Summary
Date Posted: Monday, June 06, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Apprentice Pre-Primary Teacher (Athi River Primary)

Key responsibilities for the role include:
• Live the Nova Pioneer values and beliefs
• Actively engage with staff, students, and parents between 7am and 5pm daily
• Work collaboratively with the resident teacher to deliver impactful and engaging enquiry-based lessons
• With the resident teacher, co-create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students, and maintain an organized and focused learning environment
• Fully participate in opportunities for professional growth including daily team meetings and reflections, weekly professional development meetings, instructional coaching, and organisation wide learning and reflection
• Work collaboratively with the resident teacher to conduct ongoing assessment of student progress. Use assessment data to adjust instructional content and delivery techniques accordingly
• Infuse joy and passion for learning into lessons so that students are excited about and invested in their academic excellence
• Help to set and communicate rigorous and ambitious goals for all students and provide student feedback so they internalize it
• Attend weekly feedback meetings with resident teachers and Deans to enhance teaching practices
• Participate in a variety of collaborative teams and committees, fulfil supervision duties as assigned including some morning, evening and weekend events
• Coordinate, plan and lead an after school co-curricular activity for a variety of ages
• Plan, implement and supervise the curriculum for the class in accordance with school policies and philosophy.
• Work with the resident teacher as a team, being respectful of each person’s contributions and style. Going directly to the co-worker involved (rather than another co-worker) when concerns or conflicts surface.
• Teaching
• Leads ~20-30% (1-3) core content lessons. When not leading a lesson, supervises students
• Manages student behavior. Participates in following-up with persistent misbehaviors
• Execute necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students
• Provide feedback to the curriculum design team about lessons you teach and the overall structure of a unit to ensure revisions are made
• Administration
• Keep the classroom neat and tidy
• Alongside the resident teacher, prepare materials for lessons
• Facilitate parent communication in collaboration with the resident teacher
• Attend scheduled parent conferences
• Participate in rotation duty (student arrival, lunch, playtime and student dismissal)
• Document student’s academic work

About You
Skills and Qualifications required:
• TSC certification and Degree in Education/ Diploma in ECDE/ P1 Diploma
• 1 - 2 years of teaching experience
• You have good working skills with technology such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• You are a great communicator. You are able to provide clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• You are flexible and open to change - you handle uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity well.
• You are a problem solver - you are proactive in identifying issues and address these thoroughly by making an effort to find appropriate solutions.
• You are excited about our organizational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.
• You have a desire to further develop your leadership skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Nova Pioneer on novapioneer.applytojob.com to apply


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