Job Description and Person Specification
Instructional Delivery
- Plan and deliver engaging, learner-centred lessons across all assigned subjects.
- Use a variety of teaching strategies including discussion, group work, projects, role-play, inquiry-based learning, and practical demonstrations to accommodate different learning styles.
- Integrate ICT tools such as smart boards, tablets, educational applications, and digital learning platforms to enhance lesson delivery.
- Ensure all lessons align with the Competency-Based Education (CBE) framework, focusing on skills, values, attitudes, and knowledge acquisition.
- Foster critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills among learners.
- Promote a culture of curiosity, innovation, and lifelong learning.
Curriculum Planning
- Prepare termly schemes of work aligned with CBC requirements and school goals.
- Develop weekly lesson plans outlining learning objectives, activities, resources, and assessment methods.
- Create teaching aids and resources including charts, models, manipulatives, and digital content.
- Review and adjust plans based on learner progress, assessment outcomes, and feedback from colleagues or section heads.
- Ensure curriculum coverage is completed within the designated timelines.
Assessment and Record Keeping
- Design and administer formative assessments to monitor ongoing learner progress.
- Conduct summative assessments including examinations, projects, practical activities, and performance tasks.
- Maintain accurate learner records, grades, progress reports, portfolios, and assessment documentation.
- Provide timely and constructive feedback to learners and parents.
- Analyse assessment data to identify learning gaps and implement intervention strategies.
- Ensure all learner records are updated within the school's academic management systems.
Differentiated Support
- Identify learners with varied academic, behavioural, and social-emotional needs.
- Provide remedial support for learners requiring additional assistance.
- Develop enrichment programmes and extension activities for gifted and talented learners.
- Collaborate with the school's welfare team, learning support department, and parents to support
- learner success.
- Promote inclusive learning practices within the classroom.
Classroom Management
- Establish clear classroom expectations, routines, and procedures.
- Create a safe, inclusive, and positive learning environment.
- Address behavioural concerns using restorative and positive discipline approaches.
- Maintain high standards of learner conduct and classroom organisation.Model professionalism, ethical conduct, and the school's values at all times
ParentEngagement
- Share regular updates on learner progress through meetings, reports, newsletters, and digital platforms.
- Provide guidance to parents on supporting learning at home.
- Participate actively in parent-teacher conferences and engagement forums.
- Build positive relationships with parents and guardians to support learner development.
Collaboration with Peers
- Attend departmental, grade-level, and whole-school planning meetings.
- Share resources, best practices, and innovative teaching strategies with colleagues.
- Participate in professional learning communities and staff development programmes.
- Support a culture of teamwork, professional growth, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate in curriculum development, moderation, and cross-curricular initiatives.
Co-Curricular Participation
- Support or lead clubs, societies, sports teams, and co-curricular programmes.
- Participate actively in school events including cultural days, sports days, educational trips, and community outreach initiatives.
- Encourage learners to apply classroom knowledge through competitions, exhibitions, projects, and practical experiences.
- Promote holistic learner development through active engagement beyond the classroom.
Class Teacher Responsibilities
- Serve as the class teacher and provide pastoral care and guidance to assigned learners.
- Monitor attendance, punctuality, conduct, and learner wellbeing.
- Act as the primary point of contact for parents regarding learner welfare and academic progress.
- Foster a sense of belonging, responsibility, and community within the class.
- Maintain accurate class records and support learner transitions within the school.
What You Will Do
- Instructional Delivery
- Curriculum Planning
- Assessment and Record Keeping
- Differentiated Support
- Classroom Management
- Parent Engagement
- Collaboration with Peers
- Co-Curricular Participation
- Class Teacher Responsibilities
Qualifications
- Must possess a P1 Teacher Certificate from a recognised teacher training institution.
- Must hold a Diploma in Primary Teacher Education or an equivalent qualification recognised by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
- Must be registered with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and possess a valid TSC number
- Demonstrated training and understanding of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) frameworks.
- Additional certifications in educational technology, special needs education, counselling, safeguarding, child protection, or curriculum implementation will be an added advantage.
- Evidence of continuous professional development through workshops, seminars, in-service programmes, and professional learning communities.