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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:
- Live the Nova Pioneer values and beliefs
- Actively engage with staff, students, and parents between 7 am and 5 pm 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, fulfill 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 classroom neat and tidy
- With the resident teacher, prepare materials for lessons
- Parent communication in collaboration with the resident teacher
- Attend parent conferences
- Rotation duty (arrival, lunch, playtime and dismissal)
- Document student’s work
- Display student’s work
ABOUT YOU
Skills and Qualifications required:
- You have a TSC certificate
- A relevant degree in Early Childhood/ ECDE/ P1 Diploma/ P1 Certificate
- You have a minimum of 2-3 years of teaching experience at the key stage 1 level.
- 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 organisational 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
Salary: Discuss During Interview
Education: Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
