Posted:12 hours ago
By:Hiring Kenya
Company Details
Industry:
Education Management
Description:
Taking inspiration from the 600-year legacy of outstanding education in the UK, and recent opening experience of Durham School for Girls Doha, Durham will open in Nairobi in September 2020 with its first phase, Durham International Nursery for children aged 3-6 years. The wider ambitions of the project are to establish a full Primary and a Secondary School. Durham International Nursery will provide a safe, happy and caring environment in which children years can spend their formative years, nurturing their individual needs in a supportive and inclusive environment.
Located in a high-end leafy suburb of Nairobi, close to a number of consulates and the United Nations headquarters, Durham International Nursery will cater for up to 200 children, offering generous space for teaching and learning, a swimming pool, outdoor activity areas and indoor spaces for expressive arts and design.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Management and Leadership of the schoolwide SEN provision Assessment and Identification of Educational Needs Together with the Heads of School and Board of Directors, determine the strategic development of the SEN provision in the School.
- Ensure the School has a clear approach to
- identifying and responding to students with special educational needs (Identifying needs at the earliest point and then making effective provision improves long term outcomes for the child or young person).
- Day to day responsibility for the operation of the SEN provision school wide and oversight of the specific provision made to support individual students with SEN across the whole school.
- Annual review of school policies related to students who learn differently (including SEN policy, EAL policy, G&T policy and parts of Curriculum policy).
- Monitor the effectiveness of the School’s programmes of support and resources used through the annual review and evaluation of the breadth and impact of the support the School is offering for SEN, EAL and G&T
The successful candidate will:
- Be a fully qualified teacher with a minimum of 5 years teaching experience
- Have a valid Teacher Services Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or a PGCE or QTS or equivalent (for overseas applicants)
- Have a minimum of a Level 5 qualification in Specific Leaning Difficulties
- Be an enthusiastic and passionate educator
- Have excellent interpersonal skills with students, colleagues and parents
- Be adventurous, adaptable and excited by new experiences
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
