National Studies Teacher

Manara School’s Mission

Manara School provides exceptional students with a world-class education based on ethics, academics, and diversity. We expect our students to become the passionate leaders required to shape a more prosperous and equitable world.

About Manara School

Manara School started its first year of operation in the Fall of 2023, with its inaugural class of 2028. The school is expected to grow to 500 students. As a co-educational residential school, with a mission to provide exceptional students with a world-class education based on ethics, academics, and diversity, Manara continues to build its organizational systems and infrastructure.

Manara School is seeking to hire a faculty member in Social Studies and History (الدراسات الاجتماعية and التاريخ), following the Egyptian national curriculum, for its 2026-2027 academic year. All faculty contribute to the evening and weekend residential program as well as to the academic program, and most live on campus.

The successful faculty member should be prepared to teach national courses at any grade level from 8-12, but will likely teach grades 8 and 10 in 2026-27. Ability to teach Islamic Studies is a plus. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to prepare students for national exams using modern pedagogical strategies such as differentiation, student-directed inquiry, and experiential learning.

The successful candidate will report to the Dean of Academics and will also work in close collaboration with the Dean of Students with regard to their residential duties.

Responsibilities

• Teach approximately 8 course sections, each meeting 1-2 hours/week, with responsibility for about 80 students
• Perform some combination of the following duties, as assigned:
• Advising a group of students
• Serving as a dorm parent
• Coaching or directing three seasons of student sports and/or activities
• Supervising study halls
• Supervise evenings and weekends on a rotational basis as part of a duty team
• Contribute to special events, as needed, such as community service events, trips, and outdoor excursions
• Serve on assigned committees (such as discipline, accreditation, curriculum, etc.)
• Attend and contribute to all school programmatic events (such as school meetings and assemblies, admissions events, faculty and student orientation, parent weekends and meetings, faculty meetings)
• Any academic, supervisory, educational or other activities that are typically recognized (internationally, regionally or locally) as part of the job title or part of boarding school activities, and work as assigned by direct supervisor or the Head of School

Qualifications and Requirements

Fundamentally, Manara’s teachers are knowledgeable, joyful, and caring mentors, both in and out of the classroom. To help Manara students develop as leaders, faculty empower and guide them towards exercising curiosity, problem-solving, perseverance, resilience, and responsible decision-making. As faculty members with the rare opportunity to help build a new, world-class residential school program, our teachers will manifest flexibility, teamwork, and an entrepreneurial spirit, and will celebrate the school’s Egyptian identity within a diverse global context.

Qualified candidates will demonstrate

• Educational qualifications (at minimum, a Bachelor’s degree), or other evidence of deep knowledge in their subject area
• Passion for their subject area and a demonstrable love of learning
• Joy in spending time with teenagers and helping them find their way through adolescence and young adulthood
• Mastery of engaging and age-appropriate pedagogical strategies, including differentiation, student-directed inquiry, and experiential learning
• Demonstrated success in a boarding environment or similar setting where they have provided care and mentorship for students outside the classroom
• Experience teaching students who are multilingual learners, or an eagerness to develop this skill set
• Patience, kindness, and a collaborative work style
• Interest in our Egyptian culture and the motivation to embrace it
• Fluency in English