PP1 Apprentice Teacher (Tatu Primary)

ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Provide a safe and secure environment for children to feel comfortable.
• Plan activities that meet the social, physical and emotional needs of the children.
• Develop schemes of work and lesson plans in line with the school curriculum.
• Schedule stimulating and learning activities for the children.
• Prepare teaching aids to facilitate children learning.
• Devise games and activities, and also provides playing equipment, and ensure the playing facilities and equipment are clean and safe.
• Supervise the children as they learn and play.
• Observe and evaluate each child’s progress and provide a written report to the Principal, other school leaders and parents.
• Monitor and keep records/ reports of the children’s progress and development.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Establish and enforce rules for behaviour, and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Assist in bus loading and unloading.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• TSC certification and Degree in Education/ Diploma in ECDE.
• 1 - 2  years of teaching experience
• You are a great communicator. You are able to provide clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• You are flexible and open to change - you handle uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity well.
• You are a problem solver - you are proactive in identifying issues and address these thoroughly by making an effort to find appropriate solutions.
• You are excited about our organizational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.