Kenya Secondary Sciences Learning Designer, Associate at Nova Pioneer

About The Role

Your typical week at Nova will look like this:

• Use themes, big ideas, and the Kenyan 8-4-4 Curriculum to create the day by day overview of the secondary Biology and Chemistry lessons
• Use themes, big ideas, and the Kenyan CBC Curriculum to create the day by day overview of the junior secondary Integrated Science and Agriculture lessons
• Create year-long Scope & Sequences for your subject areas and grade levels
• Create detailed, inquiry-based lesson plans using project-based learning, multimedia approaches, and small-group instruction
• Create materials that go along with each lesson
• Create a full unit’s worth of material that culminates in Project Based Learning
• Work with the Team Lead and classroom teachers to revise lessons after they have been taught.
• Work with learning designers in Literacy/Languages, Humanities, Sciences, and Mathematics to create integrated projects
• Create strong assessments/rubrics/continuums/checklists that allow each teacher to evaluate students
• Create assessments that infuse multiple assessment methods into the questions.
• Receive professional development on the Nova Pioneer Model of Learning Design, integrated curriculum design, STEAM, and Project-Based Learning
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by your manager

About You

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You have 2+ years of teaching experience in a rigorous, high-expectations setting
• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, or Secondary STEM Education
• Experience in examining KCSE Biology or Chemistry is a plus
• You have a track record of developing creative and rigorous curriculum that has led to distinctive learning outcomes and can demonstrate this through example products and references
• You have a desire to further develop your curriculum development skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth
• You have strong writing skills and are able to use those to create lessons that will help people learn it while being engaged and interested
• You are driven by data and can use data from student assessments to strengthen lessons and spiral in key skills