Kindergarten Class Teacher at Aga Khan Education Service, Kenya (AKESK)

Role Summary

The role of the Class Teacher is to facilitate the holistic development and growth of learners and provide continuous implementation of the Early Years Program. In addition, the class Teacher will create a play-based learning environment that is conducive and meets each individual learner needs.

Key responsibilities:

• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to effective learning and appropriate to the interest of the students.
• Develop lesson plans and instructional materials in collaboration with team partners.
• Translate lesson plans into learning experiences so as to best utilize the available time for instruction.
• Provide individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student.
• Evaluate students’ academic and social progress; keep appropriate records and prepare progress reports.
• Diagnose student needs on a regular basis and cooperate with other members of staff in helping students resolve health, attitude and learning problems.
• Maintain accurate, up to date attendance records for students in his/her class.
• Communicate with parents in order to exchange information regarding the school’s programme(s) and a student’s academic and social development.
• Make provision for being available to students and parents for educational related purposes outside the instructional day, when requested to do so under reasonable terms.
• Supervise students’ breaks.
• Assist the administration in implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and conduct; develop reasonable rules of classroom behaviour and procedure and maintain order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
• Plan and supervise purposeful assignments for teacher trainees, aides and/or volunteers.
• Assist in the development of curriculum, the selection and ordering of books and instructional materials and maintain required inventory records.
• Cooperate with other members of staff in planning instructional goals and methods.
• Attend and participate in faculty meetings.
• Provide for his/her own professional growth through an on-going program of reading, attending workshops, seminars and conferences, and/or taking advanced course work at institutions of higher learning.

The requirements

Qualifications and experience:

• KNEC ECD Diploma/Degree.
• Teachers Service Commission (TSC) registration certificate if in Kenya.
• Certificate of good conduct.
• Knowledge of Early Years Program Teaching.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a multicultural collaborative team and environment.
• Be conversant with the use of technology as a teaching and learning tool.