Vacancies at Nova Pioneer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Managing our students’ wellness and offering health-related support as needed.
  • First-aid and care to students with acute and/or chronic health problems
  • Coordinate referrals to the nearest/preferred health facilities.
  • Perform health screenings to detect health issues.
  • Lead wellness/health-related initiatives to provide health education to students, staff and parents.
  • Oversee infection control measures within the school.
  • Supervise and/or administer medications brought to school by students.
  • Make courtesy follow-up calls to parents of children absent from school due to illness.
• Liaise with the medical staff at the nearest private hospital and update school’s hospital referral list  
• Create and manage incident documents on all students confidentially.
• Collect and record data daily on illnesses and injuries, flag multiple occurrences and escalate to School Leadership with a proposal on how to address the cases and prevent future cases. 
• Collect student allergy information and make follow-up on the same.
• Communicate effectively with students, staff, parents and other stakeholders (e.g. clinicians and paramedics) in matters related to health and wellness.
• Escalate any medical issues and injuries with the School Leadership
• Responsibly keep and manage inventory of medical equipment and supplies

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You have a Diploma or Degree in Nursing with great people skills.
• You have at least 3 years experience working as a pediatric nurse.
• A professional, flexible and conscientious registered nurse with the ability to build a harmonious, energetic and cohesive relationship with students and co-workers.
• Professional counseling skills with a proven track record will be an advantage.
• You are comfortable with children and their health and safety
• You thrive in a busy and entrepreneurial environment
• You are willing and able to work part-time with us: your schedule is flexible to accomodate a half day schedule (8:00am-1:00pm) every day

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Your typical week at Nova will look like this:

• Use themes, big ideas, and Kenyan Competency Based Curriculum to create the day-by-day overview of literacy lessons, including Read Aloud lessons, Centres rotations, Guided Reading lessons, Writer’s Workshop lessons, and Literature Circles lessons in Grades PP2 - 6, beginning with Upper Primary.
• Create year-long Schemes of Work for your subject areas and grade levels
• Create detailed, inquiry-based lesson plans using the 5-E model, blended learning, and small-group instruction
• Create materials that go along with each lesson 
• Create a full unit’s worth of material that culminates in Project-Based Learning
• Work with your manager and classroom teachers to revise lessons after they have been taught.
• Work with learning designers in other subjects to create integrated projects and investigations
• Create strong assessments/rubrics/continuums/checklists that allow each teacher to evaluate students 
• Create assessments that infuse multiple assessment methods, including CBC KNEC approaches, Cambridge, and more.
• Receive  professional development on the Nova Model of Learning Design, integrated curriculum design, STEAM, and Project-Based Learning
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by your manager

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You have 2+ years of experience in a rigorous, high-expectations primary setting (CBC classroom experience and training preferred)
• You have distinctive experience and interest in English and Literacy, particularly in the lower primary years.
• Experience with a balanced literacy model is a plus.
• You have a track record of developing creative and rigorous curriculum that has led to distinctive learning outcomes and can demonstrate this through example products and references
• You have a desire to further develop your curriculum development skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth
• You have strong writing skills and are able to use those to create lessons that will help students learn while being engaged and interested
• You are driven by data and can use data from student assessments to strengthen lessons and spiral in key skills