- Where
- Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
- Level
- Mid
Job Description – Early Years Foundation Stage - Arabic Teacher
Position: Early Years Arabic Teacher
Location: Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Start Date: October 2026
International Schools seeks a qualified Early Years Arabic teacher with expertise in running play-based classrooms in Arabic and developing young students’ language and literacy. The successful candidate will also provide targeted Arabic phonics and early literacy intervention for individual students.
Requirements
Qualifications: Relevant bachelor’s degree and recognised Early Years teaching qualification.
Teaching Experience: Proven experience teaching Arabic in Early Years, particularly language and literacy development.
Language Proficiency: Excellent spoken and written Arabic, with intermediate English proficiency.
Classroom Management: Ability to deliver engaging, play-based learning and maintain a positive classroom environment.
Child Development: Strong understanding of early childhood development and age-appropriate teaching practices.
Arabic Literacy: Expertise in Arabic phonics, vocabulary, early reading and writing.
Individual Support: Ability to assess learning needs and provide targeted literacy interventions.
Assessment & Inclusion: Experience supporting diverse learning abilities and language backgrounds.
Professional Skills: Strong communication, collaboration, parent engagement and safeguarding awareness.
Safeguarding: Understand safeguarding responsibilities, professional boundaries and confidentiality, and report concerns promptly through school procedures.
Desirable requirements
Experience in an international or bilingual Early Years setting.
Familiarity with Cambridge Early Years framework.
Further training in early childhood education, Arabic phonics, literacy intervention or additional-language teaching.
Experience developing Arabic learning resources and supporting transition into primary.
Candidates should demonstrate their expertise through a play-based Arabic teaching activity, a short individual literacy intervention plan, and discussion of how they assess and respond to students’ progress
Key preference:
Saudi Femal
Based in Jeddah
Having a teaching license is required
Experience teaching early years and Arabic