The Role
| Reports to: | Head of Secondary / Head of School |
| Leadership Status: | Member of the Pedagogical / Academic Leadership Team |
| Direct Responsibility for: | • All MYP subject teachers (Grades 6–10) • Grade 6 (MYP 1): ages: 11-12 • Grade 7 (MYP 2): ages 12-13 • Grade 8 (MYP 3): ages 13-14 • Grade 9 (MYP 4) ages 14-15 • Grade 10 (MYP 5) ages 15-16) • Interdisciplinary learning structures • MYP programme requirements (projects, service, assessment coherence) |
| Strategic Collaboration with: | • DP and PYP Coordinators (continuum alignment). (MYP 0 (Grade 5, ages 10–11) functions as a transition year after the PYP) • Pastoral leaders and student support teams • Admissions and communications teams (parent education and transition points) |
Overview of role
The Middle Years Programme (MYP) Coordinator at Genesis College is a senior pedagogical leader responsible for ensuring that the MYP is conceptually coherent, instructionally strong, and developmentally responsive. The role safeguards the integrity of the programme while leading its continuous improvement in a diverse, multilingual, high-expectations international school context.
Genesis College is at a pivotal moment in its development as it expands its international reach and commitment to the IB values while remaining faithful to its Romanian heritage and values, as well as to the rigorous preparation for national examinations. The successful candidate will recognise this unique opportunity for intentional curriculum design where rigorous academic standards are balanced with adaptability and future-focused learning.
The MYP Coordinator will play a key role in shaping a coherent, student-centred programme that reflects the inquiry learning and real-world application in action, as Genesis College continues its quest to position itself as the best Romanian international IB school that is both locally grounded and globally oriented.
The MYP Coordinator balances curriculum leadership, teacher development, and programme systems management, ensuring that the MYP is treated as a unified educational framework preparing students for the Diploma Programme and global citizenship and working alongside the Romanian curriculum.
The successful candidate will contribute to fostering bilingualism as a cognitive and cultural asset by encouraging both staff and students to work confidently in English and Romanian.