Position Title: Head Teacher (IGCSE & CBC)
Location: Athi River, Machakos county
Reports to: Board of Directors
Job Summary: Responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the School’s core strategies in order to provide an excellent education to all learners who attend.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Instructional Leadership
- Lead the school’s vision, mission, and strategic goals to support high school-readiness and academic and socio-emotional success for all learners
- Establish rigorous academic goals and priorities that are systematically monitored for continuous improvement with all learner populations.
- Lead teachers in using a variety of formal and informal methods and assessments to measure learner growth and understanding and make necessary adjustments to drive improvement.
- Plan and teach assigned subject areas
- Drive rapid and dramatic instructional improvements by implementing strategies in line with the priority areas identified in the School’s strategic plan
- Foster a shared commitment to high standards of teaching and learning with high expectations for achievement for all.
- Implement an observation and feedback cycle that ensures continuous improvement in teaching and learning
- Use multiple sources of evidence related to learner learning and school assessment results and growth data, to inform school goals and improve organizational performance, teacher effectiveness, and learner learning.
- Develop and implement a professional development plan to address identified areas of need
- Develop a school calendar that offers built-in opportunities for staff to collaborate, plan instruction, and review learner data
Management and Operations
- Develop and execute effective plans, procedures, routines, and operational systems to address a full range of safety, health, and emotional and social needs of learners.
- Oversee the recruitment and hiring of diverse, highly-qualified staff;
- Strategically align people, time and money to drive learner achievement;
- Apply teacher and staff performance management systems in a way that ensures a culture of continuous improvement, support, and accountability;
- Provide professional development and training opportunities to help teachers adapt best practices based on reflection and data research.
- Implement a reward system for teachers’ positive reinforcement
- Support a school-wide approach to promote collaboration as often and as feasibly and appropriately as possible.
- Oversee the operations of the school in partnership with management
- Develop a timeline with an action plan to create scheduled communication opportunities with families and community stakeholders about learning performance.
- Provide professional development for school teams to build a variety of conflict resolution strategies.
- Understand and comply with Kenyan laws & regulations and mandates, school policies and ethical guidelines.
Family and Community Engagement
- Create a culture of open communication, respect, and trust as the school and community develop a sense of collective responsibility for improving the learning of all learners.
- Actively ensure that all families are welcome members of the classroom and school community and can contribute to the classroom, school, and community’s effectiveness.
- Strengthen teacher and staff capacity to cultivate and sustain meaningful partnerships with families of diverse backgrounds and with community members that support learner achievement and learner well-being
- Manage partnerships.
Our leaders:
- Are focused on results and have proven success in increasing learner achievement and adult performance;
- Influence and motivate others to reach their potential;
- Are solution-oriented and creative problem solvers with experience in data analysis and creating and managing systems;
- Set high expectations and communicate them to a variety of stakeholders;
- Understand, communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures;
- Continually reflect and seek feedback to improve their practice;
- Have demonstrated perseverance in their career and education;
- Thrive in a fast-paced, change-oriented environment; and
- Possess strong pedagogical skills and are highly effective at coaching other adults
Qualifications
- Experience with CBC and IGCSE curriculum
- Bachelor/Master’s degree from an accredited institution
- Experience as a school leader required
- Teaching experience
- Demonstrated experience in building a positive school culture
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in turning around a school highly preferred
- TSC licensed
Deadline: Interested parties should send their online applications on or before 9th November 2022
Correspondence: Detailed CV to be submitted online at http://goo.gl/T8sryH
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, only suitable candidates will be contacted to continue the application process.