Teacher at University of Eastern Africa, Baraton

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Diploma in Education (Kiswahili/History or Kiswahili/CRE or Kiswahili/Geography) or its equivalent from an accredited university.
• Must be registered with Teacher Service Commission with a TSC Number
• KCSE Certificate or its equivalent;
• At least two years of teaching experience in a Primary School. For new entrants, no experience is required.
• Satisfactory Performance Contract Assessment reports.
• Three referees one of whom must be a church pastor.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for preparing lesson plans in accordance with the national curriculum.
• Responsible for educating pupils in a fun and engaging manner, marking students’ work and providing them with necessary feedback, encouragement and support.
• Teach several subjects of the national curriculum in the school that may including mathematics, English, music, physical education, etc.;
• Required to use creative, interactive and engaging teaching methods to encourage pupils to actively participate in classroom activities and develop cognitive, numerical and verbal reasoning skills.
• Paying attention to each individual pupil’s progress and evaluate their learning abilities by setting assignments, periodic tests and homework projects.
• Take part in events and projects outside of the classroom, such as field trips and sports days.
• Attend meetings with other teaching staff, write reports, undertake in-service training and meet with pupils’ parents to discuss their children’s academic progress.
• Required to keep up to date on new teaching methods and developments in the curriculum.
• Taking responsibility for the progress of each pupil in a class;
• Organizing the classroom and learning resources and creating displays to encourage a positive learning environment;
• Planning, preparing and presenting lessons that cater for the needs of the whole class;
• Motivating pupils with enthusiastic, imaginative presentation and maintaining discipline;
• Preparing and marking class work and assignments to facilitate positive pupil development and recording of pupils’ progress;
• Providing feedback to parents and guardians on a pupil’s progress
• Perform other duties that may be assigned by the Principal.