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Middle School Humanities Teacher

school
International School of Kenya
location
Nairobi, Kenya
salary
US 3515 a month
Start date
Start July 2019
2 years
1
  • Middle School
  • Licensed Teacher
  • Bachelor
  • 2 years of teaching experience
  • Humanities or related
  • Teaching Credential/License
  • Recent, up-to-date training in relevant subject area including IB training where relevant
  • Student-centered and nurturing personality
  • Commitment to collaborative planning
  • Cultural proficiency and understanding of intercultural learning
  • Proficiency with educational technology
  • Fluent English speaker with excellent writing and communication skills
  • Flexibility and creativity

 

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Qualities:

  • Master’s Degree
  • Commitment to integrated, experiential, and personalized approaches to instruction
  • Teaching experience in a multi-cultural setting
  • Experience with the Understanding by Design curriculum model
  • Experience with inquiry-based learning
  • Experience with Virtual Learning Environment (e.g., Moodle) and electronic grade books
  • Experience in data analysis and goal setting to improve learning
  • Retirement
  • Professional Learning Allowance
  • Health insurance
  • Life Insurance

 

Additional benefits for Overseas-Hired Teachers include:

  • Housing
  • Annual return airfare to home-of-record
  • Incoming and outgoing relocation allowance

Scope of Responsibilities:
The teacher’s primary responsibility is to ensure student-learning success and provide for the individual learning needs of each pupil.  The teaching assignment may include any of the following: 6th Grade English/Social Studies; 7th Grade English/Social Studies; 8th Grade English/Social Studies.
Additionally the teacher will be expected to participate in a variety of collaborative teams and committees; fulfil supervision duties as assigned, including some evening and weekend events; and supervise/coach one co-curricular activity in the course of the year.

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Work as a collaborative member
  • Collaborate with colleagues in bringing the ISK Educational Aims to life
  • Promote a positive learning environment, including high standards for habits of learning
  • Maintain professional competence in instructional techniques and in specialized teaching through in-service education activities and self-selected professional growth activities
  • Integrate technology within lessons to enhance instructional delivery
  • Understand the school assessment philosophy and conduct ongoing assessment of student progress, using data obtained to adjust instructional content and techniques accordingly
  • Differentiate instruction to address preferred learning styles
  • Support the philosophy of inclusion and the ongoing development of personalized, student-directed learning
  • Plan for the application of skills and concepts across disciplines and co-curricular activities
  • Communicate regularly with parents through e-mail, telephone and parent/student/teacher conferences
  • Attend relevant departmental, divisional and K-12 professional meetings as necessary
  • Participate on faculty committees and curriculum development programs as required
  • Promote a positive learning environment
  • Participate in and supervise a week-long intercultural trip
  • Sponsor a minimum of one extra-curricular student activity
  • Perform other duties as may be reasonably assigned by the principal
This is a Direct to School Job
This is a Direct to School Job

The International School of Kenya (ISK) is a private, non-profit PreK-Grade 12 school created in 1976 through a joint partnership between the governments of the United States and Canada. Nestled on 50 acres of a former coffee plantation, ISK serves the educational needs of both expatriate and Kenyan students who seek a challenging, North American curriculum together with the rigorous International Baccalaureate Diploma program.

All decisions at ISK are guided by three foundation documents. Taken together, these documents define our purpose, the educational beliefs that drive learning, and the specific learning outcomes we are committed to developing in each student. Those three documents are the Mission, Vision, and Educational Aims.

Mission - ISK inspires and nurtures passion, creativity and ambition in pursuit of a better world.

Vision - Empowering students to create solutions for tomorrow’s challenges.

Educational Aims - We strive to develop students of character who learn, create, act and solve in a collaborative and engaging environment.

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