Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Associate Dean

About Your Role
You will be responsible for supporting instructional leadership and teacher development through coaching at our school campuses. This is an opportunity to help create a transformative school model with the future of Africa’s youth at stake.

Responsibilities
• Teaching 6-12 lessons as per your subject of expertise.
• Liaise with the Dean of Instruction and Learning and coordinate the registration of candidates for KCSE. Including document collection and the KNEC Portal set-up.
• Work with the Principal to articulate a compelling short- and long-term vision for the development of the school’s academic culture and programs.
• Contribute to the school termly action plan and execute on the academic portion of the action plan.
• Set and model a consistent tone of highest expectations, joy, and growth mindset
• Lead key school rituals as needed to model and ingrain culture
• Quickly identify and respond to classroom/school culture on behavior issues
• Lead instructional sessions for parents such as during Open Days and Academic days.
• Follow up with the Learning Design team on teachers’ feedback on lesson plans.
• Coordinate with the academic support team on availability of learning materials and teaching resources.

Supporting the Dean of Instruction and Learning:
• Serve as hiring manager for all instructional staff hires
• Coach teachers through extensive classroom observation and feedback
• Weekly Update Observation and Feedback tracker and use the data to effectively coach teacher on the sequence of action steps
• Supervise all professional development routines and activities across the school
• Facilitate collaboration among teachers within/across grade levels and subject areas
• Collect, analyze, share and interpret internal and external school assessment data and ensure that data is used strategically to improve student academic performance and run teacher data circles.
• Oversee planning, execution and analysis of intervention programs targeted at needs of diverse academic subgroups, whether remedial or academic enrichment
• Partner with the Dean of Instruction and Learning to run all academic systems and structures including but not limited to Ed Admin, Timetabling, Booster Lessons

Qualifications
• You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and you are TSC certified
• A Masters in education/education management is desirable
• You have at least 3 years of experience in a rigorous, high-expectations school setting including at least one instructional leadership role (e.g., department chair, grade level lead, teacher coach, etc.)
• You are widely recognized as a highly effective teacher and can model what great, inquiry-based teaching looks like
• You have a track record of improving other people’s performance through coaching and build uncommonly strong relationships
• You have an exceptional ability to think strategically and yet you sweat the small stuff—people see you as unusually detail-oriented and conscientious
• You are driven by data and know how to use data from student assessments to strengthen and differentiate student learning
• 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 learning design skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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