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Head Teacher

school
Geita Gold International School
location
Geita, Tanzania
Start date
Start August 2021
1
  • Director/Principal, Licensed Teacher
  • Bachelor
  • Teaching Credential/License

Experience: 

  • Experience as Head Teacher or equivalent post in the International curriculum school for at  least two years  
  • Experience in AISA or at least previously significantly exposed to the AISA system school.
  • Management Training/ MBA in Management will be an added advantage. 

 

Additional Requirements:

  • Proven international school management Capability 
  • Computer Literate (Outlook, Internet, MS Office- Word, Excel, PowerPoint) • Excellent Communication Skills (both written & verbal) in English Language – preferably  English as the first language. 
  • Excellent Organizational and Project management skills 
  • Analysis & Problem-Solving skills 
  • Interpersonal skills 
  • Presentation skills 
  • Ability to manager conflict in a constructive manner 
  • Proven ability to influence and motivate others and build relationships. 

 

To provide effective, dynamic, and inspirational leadership in order to maintain the quality of teaching at Geita Gold International School to enable every child to fulfil his/her potential. The role of Incumbent is to lead and manage the school, ensuring the achievement of excellent educational  standards as well as promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children.

 

Key Responsibilities

International School Management

  • Demonstrate world class leadership and management effectiveness of an international school.  • Oversee implementation of Teaching and Learning Policy in place to adhere to the school  purpose, vision, and values. 
  • Maintain Council of International Schools (CIS) Accreditation by adhering to required  guidelines and standards.
  • Have oversight of the curriculum, pastoral care and administration of the school all of which  should be appropriate to the pupils’ experience, interests and aptitudes. 
  • Embed International Primary Curriculum (IPD) and concept of ‘internationalism’ in learning and  encouraging new developments in the curriculum in the context of local, national and  international initiatives.  
  • Develop and encourage good relations with and maintain affiliation with CIS, AISA,  FIELDWORK, ACER, TISA and TAIS to ensure school retains membership and up to date  with said organizations for quality assurance purposes. 

 

Child Development, safety and Protection

  • Advocate Child Safety and Protection by ensuring teachers and support staff are adequately  vetted via company background check procedures. 
  • Promote and safeguard the general welfare of children. 
  • Ensure that there is an effective assessment, recording and reporting system of pupils’  progress. 
  • Promote a culture of encouragement, support and challenge in order to achieve each child’s  full potential and the highest possible educational standards. 
  • Maintain proper communication with children's parents / guardians in safeguarding the interests  of the children, including emails, letters, parents’ meetings, etc. 
  • Report regularly to the School Advisory Committee (SAC) regarding student progress in Teaching  and Learning. 

 

Monitoring & Quality Assurance

  • Ensure that a system for monitoring and developing the quality assurance of teaching and  learning is in place. 
  • Plan, manage and monitor the curriculum within the agreed budget, setting appropriate  priorities for expenditure allocating funds and ensuring effective administration control.  Includes providing a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum. 
  • Collate and review of schemes of work. 
  • Ensure quality assurance for report writing across the whole school (Nursery to Year 6). • Ensure the achievement of mandatory requirements for the International Primary Curriculum  (IPC) and relevant international educational standards are met. 
  • Create and maintain the School Calendar, Duty Rosters and class / events timetables. • Ensure effective management and maintenance of the school website. 

 

General School Management

  • Develop and encourage good relations between the school and the local community, including  International Schools within Tanzania and surrounding countries. 
  • Ensure recruitment of right personnel as teaching and support staff, in liaisons with the Human  Resources Department. 
  • Create and maintain good working relationships amongst all members of the school  community. 
  • Promote the school’s ethos in which the highest standards are expected from all members of  the school community. 
  • Act as a Leader of Professional Development and Learning programme. • providing an effective Professional Development Learning programme that enables teacher  improvement aimed at improving student learning outcomes. 
  • Undertake Performance Effectiveness Reviews (PER) for the teaching staff and support staff  (both online and paper-based reviews). 
  • Construct and manage the school budget in line with respective budget approval processes of  the company. 
  • Coordinate School Infrastructure maintenance (buildings, playgrounds, furniture, etc.) through  liaisons with infrastructure maintenance department
This is a Direct to School Job
This is a Direct to School Job

Geita Gold International School (GGIS) is owned and maintained by Geita Gold Mining Ltd, located at Geita Region within the mine license area. The school is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and affiliated to Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA) and Tanzania International Schools Association (TISA). The school docs the International Schools Assessment (ISA) and International Benchmarking Tests (IBT) yearly for the upper primary section. The school uses the International Primary Curriculum, which is a one of the best International recognized curriculum for primary education. The school is unique but a highly effective small school consisting of only 34 children where more than half of the attending children are Tanzanians and three quarter of teaching staff consists of Tanzanian teachers. The primary objective of establishing the school at the mine was to motivate and retain scarce and critical employees by having their families close to the mine site and to provide quality primary education for their children. 

This is a Direct to School Job
This is a Direct to School Job
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