Posted:6 hours ago
By:Hiring Kenya
Company Details
Industry:
Education Management
Description:
Nova Pioneer Education Group is a Pan-African independent school network offering preschool through secondary education for students from ages 3 through 19. We prepare the next generation of leaders and innovators through world-class teaching methods with an emphasis on 21st century skills. We established Nova Pioneer because we believe education should prepare young people to create their future, not just work in it. Nova Pioneer is a launchpad where ambitious young Africans can begin to shape a better future for the continent and the world. We began by asking ourselves the question, "What capabilities will young people need to succeed in and shape the future that they will encounter, and what approaches to education will best develop those capabilities?” All of our founders have extensive backgrounds in education at top institutions across the globe, having studied at universities such as Harvard and Stanford and led education programs for McKinsey and Co., the African Leadership Academy, and top school networks in the US (Excel Academies). Yet at Nova Pioneer we believe that you never stop learning. So we visited and studied leading schools spanning from Singapore to Peru, and the United States to the United Kingdom. We connected with leaders of the cutting-edge education research, and leading thinkers on 21st Century Learning such as Sir Ken Robinson and teachers and atelieristas from Reggio Emilia, the leading global early education model, to name a few. We launched our first school in South Africa in 2014, with the aim of incorporating the best education models in the world, while keeping it as affordable as possible. We’ve since expanded within South Africa, and to Kenya as well - with our first Kenyan school launching in 2015. In all of our schools, we bring in and train top educators to deliver educational excellence in an environment that nurtures our students to uncover their potential and blaze trails in the world beyond our school walls.
Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE
Key responsibilities for the role include:
ABOUT YOU
- Teaching a maximum of twelve (12) lessons per week in their subject of specialization.
- Liaise with the School Principal and coordinate the registration of candidates for KCSE. Including document collection and the KNEC Portal set-up.
- Work with the School 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 issue-
- Lead instructional sessions for parents such as during Open Days and Academic days.
- Follow up with the Curriculum Development Manager on teachers’ feedback on lesson plans.
- Coordinate with the academic support team on availability of learning materials and teaching resources.
With the support and development from the School Principal:
- 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 School Leader to run all academic systems and structures including but not limited to Timetabling, Booster Lessons
Skills and Qualifications required
- 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
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
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