Primary Class Teacher
Primary Class Teacher
Highly experienced and talented teacher needed to be a Class Teacher in Primary Section teaching English, Mathematics, Science, Global Perspectives, Humanities, and Personal Social Health Education which will be a maximum of 24 teaching periods per week.
Reports to Head of Department/Section Head
The class teacher has a critical role to play in the development of the cognitive, motor, psychomotor and affective domains of a child as well as the development of the school. He/she is always in daily contact with the students in the class and plays a denominator part in fostering and bolstering positive approaches to work, the school, and the community as a whole. The role of the class teacher is instrumental in setting the momentum for the day ahead and ensuring a serene, focused, disciplined and harmonious approach.
The class teacher roles are:
Registration
- Correctly mark student attendance registers daily.
- Record absence and collect absence letters from students.
- Monitor students’ attendance records to curb truancy and tardiness.
- Ensure that students are seated during registration.
- Alert other teachers and administration on individual student lateness and patterns of absence.
- Seek audience with parents to discuss matters of attendance and academic progress.
General Duties
- Organize the class notice boards, record merit slips, collect reply slips, and complete records of achievement.
- Ensure maintenance of a tidy and stimulating environment with a focus on the care of personal and school property within the classroom and school.
- Organize election of form monitors.
- Provide information to colleagues, parents, and management about issues affecting students.
- Attend annual team meetings.
Links to Learning
- Assess student progress through students, parents, various meetings, and reports.
- Accompany students to assembly and ensure that they enter quietly and orderly.
- Encourage positive communication between home and school, whilst liaising with the school coordinator.
- Play an important role in clarifying to students the consequences of infringing the rules and regulations.
- Check personal effects such as uniform, essential equipment, topic outlines, revision topics, examination timetable, and other materials, their use, and condition.
- Make a professional observation of students’ behavior, appearance, friendships, or any significant changes that are likely to require action or intervention.
- Help form members develop a behavior contract with a focus on specific behavioral problems and benefits for achieving the student goals.
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of the students that fall under his/her responsibility.
- Extend formal and informal counseling to students and induct new students.
- Maintain and uphold school standards of punctuality, correct uniform, and appropriate dress.
- Encourage the development of ideas and opinions in ways to encourage student participation in community work.
- Perform such other duties that the school coordinator and principal may from time to time assign him/her.
Applications for this position will be received directly by the school and will not be reviewed by Teach Away's Placement Coordinators.
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Location | Kampala, Uganda |
Start Date | September 2023 |
Eligible Candidates | Licensed Teacher, College/University Faculty, University Graduate |
Student Level | Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School |
Number of Vacancies | 2 |
Job Benefits
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Qualifications and Requirements
Education Required | Bachelor |
Work Visa Eligibility | United States (USA), United Kingdom (UK), Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines |
Additional School Requirements | |
Galaxy International School Uganda is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is mandatory that before employment, a comprehensive background check is carried out. This will include; professional and character reference checks as well as recent criminal background checks |