Special Support English Teacher (Upper & Lower Primary - PLE) job at Aga Khan Education Service, Uganda ( AKES,U )

Background

AKES, U is a private, not for profit organization committed to enriching the lives of “many generations of multi-racial and multi-cultural student populations” through the provision of quality and affordable education. AKES, U operates schools from Pre-School to High School and offers the British National Curriculum (BNC), International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and the Uganda National Primary and Secondary curriculum.

At Aga Khan School we live by the school mission statement which states, “The Aga Khan Education services will enable many generations to acquire both knowledge and the essential spiritual wisdom to balance that knowledge and enable their lives to attain the highest fulfilment”.

The Special Support teacher (English) will be responsible for supporting a group of English Language Learners in improving their English Language skills as well as learning the UNEB primary-level Social Studies curriculum.

Major Responsibilities

• Review diagnostic, student work and teacher reports to determine where each learner stands with respect to their English Language proficiency.
• Develop tailored termly schemes of work, weekly/monthly planners, worksheets and other learning material, as well as learning plans for each session. Use the domains of language learning and of reading to guide this planning.
• Support identified students in-class and with pull-out sessions to enhance proficiency in English to enable them to competently work with the UNEB curriculum with their class.
• Where appropriate, use e-learning tools to enhance reading and English Language skills, after approval from the Head-teacher and CEO.
• Provide dedicates sessions to small group of students to help them learn the Social Studies curriculum to their year-level, covering any prior year gaps.
• Monitor each child’s progress on a daily basis and submit an individual student progress report on a weekly basis to the Head-teacher and CEO. (Evaluating the progress of individual learners on a weekly basis to measure progress, identify barriers to learning and recommend action to overcome barriers.)

The requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of a University Bachelor’s degree in Education (with a specialization in English/Humanities or Social studies)
• At least five years’ experience teaching English in either national or international curriculum.
• Empathetic, compassionate teacher who is patient with English Language Learners and is able to guide children in their learning.
• Ability to work individually and with small groups of learners.
• Willingness to take direction and learn new ways of teaching learners.
• Previous experience as an ESL teacher is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills

Sector

Social Development

About the Agency

The Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, non-denominational educational networks in the Global South. AKES currently operates over 190 pre-primary, primary, secondary and higher secondary schools and more than 100 non-formal education programmes in diverse geographic locations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates. Most schools offer their respective country's national curricula, with some schools in East Africa and Bangladesh also offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). AKES employs over 6,500 teachers and staff and educates over 104,700 students. More information...

Region

Eastern Africa

Location

Uganda

• Review diagnostic, student work and teacher reports to determine where each learner stands with respect to their English Language proficiency.
• Develop tailored termly schemes of work, weekly/monthly planners, worksheets and other learning material, as well as learning plans for each session. Use the domains of language learning and of reading to guide this planning.
• Support identified students in-class and with pull-out sessions to enhance proficiency in English to enable them to competently work with the UNEB curriculum with their class.
• Where appropriate, use e-learning tools to enhance reading and English Language skills, after approval from the Head-teacher and CEO.
• Provide dedicates sessions to small group of students to help them learn the Social Studies curriculum to their year-level, covering any prior year gaps.
• Monitor each child’s progress on a daily basis and submit an individual student progress report on a weekly basis to the Head-teacher and CEO. (Evaluating the progress of individual learners on a weekly basis to measure progress, identify barriers to learning and recommend action to overcome barriers.)

• Empathetic, compassionate teacher who is patient with English Language Learners and is able to guide children in their learning.
• Ability to work individually and with small groups of learners.
• Willingness to take direction and learn new ways of teaching learners.
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills

• A minimum of a University Bachelor’s degree in Education (with a specialization in English/Humanities or Social studies)
• At least five years’ experience teaching English in either national or international curriculum.
• Previous experience as an ESL teacher is a plus.