Learning Support Teacher at Aga Khan Education Service, Kenya (AKESK)

Role Summary
The Learning Support Teacher will provide assistance to teachers in designing and implementing inclusion strategy, implementing Individual Education Plans in and out of class and facilitating continuous implementation of IB philosophies. The incumbent will also assist the Homeroom teachers to model, team-teach and evaluate child centered, inquiry-based learning within the classrooms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify children who need support and /or with learning differences.
• Provide individualized and tailor-made instruction to children with learning differences.
• Monitor and track learning / progress using individual, class and school wide assessment.
• Accommodate the needs of children with learning differences by recommending intervention strategies within a mainstream classroom.
• Design and write individualized reports.
• Design and draw up individual education plans.
• Apply a variety of teaching strategies in your practice.
• Employ resource- based activities.
• Develop and implement special needs/Learning Support policy and procedures.
• Coordinate learning support programmes and personnel.
• Coordinate with internal and external support services and agencies.

The requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education (Special Needs) with a specialisation in learning difficulties.
• Certification in methods of educational assessments and access arrangements.
• 5 years of working experience in an international school.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a multicultural collaborative team and environment.
• Teachers Service Commission (TSC) registration certificate.
• Certificate of good conduct.
• Proficiency in teaching Swahili to lower school students.