Early Years Arabic Teacher (Play-Based) - Jeddah

About the role

An international school in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is seeking a qualified Early Years Arabic teacher to start in October 2026. The teacher runs play-based classrooms in Arabic and develops young students' language and literacy, while providing targeted Arabic phonics and early literacy intervention for individual learners.

Required profile

• Relevant bachelor's degree and a recognised Early Years teaching qualification.
• Proven experience teaching Arabic in Early Years, especially language and literacy development.
• Excellent spoken and written Arabic, with intermediate English.
• Strong understanding of early childhood development and age-appropriate teaching.
• Ability to assess learning needs and support diverse learning abilities and language backgrounds.
• Safeguarding awareness, including reporting concerns through school procedures.
• Teaching license required; key preference for Saudi female candidates based in Jeddah.

Required skills

• Arabic phonics, vocabulary, early reading and writing.
• Play-based learning and classroom management.
• Parent engagement and collaboration.

Desirable: experience in an international or bilingual Early Years setting, familiarity with the Cambridge Early Years framework, further training in early childhood education, Arabic phonics or literacy intervention, experience developing Arabic learning resources and supporting transitions to primary. Candidates are asked to show their expertise through a play-based Arabic teaching activity, a short individual literacy intervention plan and a discussion of how they assess and respond to student progress.