Vacancies at Nova Pioneer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Specific key responsibilities for the role include:

Leading School Culture

• Working with the Principal to articulate a compelling short- and long-term vision for the development of the school’s culture and program
• Setting and modelling a consistent tone of highest expectations, joy, and growth mindset
• Leading key school rituals as needed to model and ingrain culture through setting up culture committees and mentorship programs
• Quickly identifying and responding to classroom/school culture or behavior issues
• Engaging with the many stakeholders who make up Nova Pioneer community- parents, students and teachers by:
• Coordinating and planning parent events, fora and seminars
• Writing parent communication and serving as first point of contact on parent queries and concerns
• Coordinating 1:1 parent meetings
• Managing student behavior by  voicing and popularizing school rules and regulations with the intention to build an harmonious school community 
• Coaching teachers on managing student behavior
• Coordinating student-related programs within and outside Nova Pioneer networks.

Student Support and Empowering Student Voice 

• Creating a vision and plan for student leadership development on the campus and systems and structures to support the vision.  
• Creating and managing the systems and structures to support students' leadership development.
• Listening to student concerns and raising those challenges to the administration
• Reviewing information from student suggestion box 
• Collecting monthly anonymous feedback from students 
• Supporting in the running of Town Halls 
• Supporting the running of student leadership programmes 
• Running skill development programmes 
• Meeting with student leaders 
• Identifying challenges in student leadership at the school and implementing solutions  to those challenges in a timely and effective manner.
• Identifying and bringing in internal/external speakers to support student leadership 
• Supporting the running of mentorship and advisory sessions on campus 
• Managing and supporting the student council
• Starting the student council on campus, including the student culture committee 
• Managing the implementation of all clubs, societies and extramural activities both during and after school
• Serving as liaison between institution administrators and the student body.
• Staying up to date on important student affairs.
• Preparing weekly school newsletters and sharing stories about student activities with relevant stakeholders e.g. parents.

Health and Safety

• Leading and supporting the health and safety committee, serving as the chair to foster a safe and healthy school environment.
• Organizing monthly fire drills, prioritizing students' overall safety, and maintaining accurate records of each drill.

Behaviour Management

• Developing and managing the behavior management system throughout the school
  • Reviewing all student infraction and behavior data, including both yellow and green cards.
  • Meeting with teachers to identify areas of improvement, challenges, and coaching needs.
  • Identifying trends, observes individual and group behavior.
  • Meeting with students.
• Leading the Behaviour Committee 
  • Convening meetings 
  • Ensuring all data is present for meetings 
  • Chair behavior committee meetings
• Coaches behavior issues with teachers 
  • Reviewing issues that teachers are having with behavior and coaches teachers through  observations, meetings, etc. 
  • Developing and coaching teachers diversified strategies of behavior management basing on Positive Behavioural Interventions and Support (PBIS)
• Leads academic behavior investigations 
  • Ensuring strong documentation  
• Referral to the counselor 
  • Knowledge of background of behavior and what behavior has to be referred to the counselor.
  • Follow up with cases referred to the counselor for tracking of support and changes.

Functional Support

• Work with the parent fee support team to manage the process of gating.

ABOUT YOU

• You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and you are TSC certified
• A Masters degree in education/ social sciences is not compulsory, it would be an added advantage.
• You have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills that encompass trust and respect
• You have excellent communication and people management skills
• You have the ability to be flexible, adaptable, innovative and creative
• You understand the complexities of working in a multi-faceted organization
• You have strong project management skills
• You have a passion for students character development
• You have high energy levels and can work in a highly confidential setting
• You have the ability to be flexible, adaptable, innovative and creative
• You understand the complexities of working in a multi-faceted organization
• You have a passion for students character development

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include: 

• Teach and deliver exceptional, real world, enquiry-based Biology/ Chemistry lessons that align with the Kenya curriculum requirements.
• Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families and colleagues. 
• Develop lessons plans and partner with the Learning Design Team in reviewing and updating lessons when required/ desired.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students and maintain an organized and focused learning environment.
• Infuse joy and passion for learning in lessons so that students are excited and interested in their academic excellence.  
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students both in academic and culture expectations.
• Be accountable for students’ mastery of content and academic standards.
• Integrate interactive technology into lessons to enhance instructional delivery.
• Set and communicate rigorous and ambitious goals for all students and provide effective student feedback so they internalize them.
• Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behavior and model expected behaviour at all times for students to emulate
• Consistently meet the ambitious goals of a rapidly-growing organization
• Serve as teacher on duty and/or boarding teacher on duty and support school wide programs aimed at behavior interventions.
• Timely capture of students data on academic outcomes and articulation of students progress to NP families and other stakeholders when called upon to do so.
• Support clubs, societies and other core-curricular enrichments at the school aimed at building all rounded students.
• Serve as a home room teachers when called upon to do so.

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• TSC certification and a relevant Degree in Education in the teaching subjects of Biology/ Chemistry.
• Strictly 3+years 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.

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include: 

• Teaching their  subject of specialization i.e. English.
• Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families and colleagues. 
• Develop lessons plans and partner with the Curriculum Development Manager in reviewing and updating lessons when required/ desired.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students and maintain an organized and focused learning environment.
• Infuse joy and passion for learning in lessons  so that students are excited  and interested in their academic excellence.  
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students, both in academic and culture expectations.
• Be accountable for students’ mastery of  content and academic standards.
• Integrate interactive technology into lessons to enhance instructional delivery.
• Set and communicate rigorous and ambitious goals for all students and provide effective student feedback so they internalize them.
• Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behavior and model expected behaviour at all times for students to emulate
• Consistently meet the ambitious goals of a rapidly-growing organization
• Serve as teacher on duty and/or boarding teacher on duty and support school wide programs aimed at behavior interventions.
• Timely capture of students data on academic outcomes and articulation of students progress to NP families and other stakeholders when called upon to do so. 
• Support clubs, societies and other core-curricular enrichments at the school aimed at building all rounded students.
• Serve as home room teachers when called upon to do so 

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• TSC certification and a relevant Degree in Education in the teaching subjects of English.
• You have 1-2  years of teaching experience.
• You have good working skills with technology such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• 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.

go to method of application »

ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include: 

• Teach and deliver exceptional, real world, enquiry-based English lessons that align with the Kenya curriculum requirements.
• Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families and colleagues. 
• Develop lessons plans and partner with the Learning Design Team in reviewing and updating lessons when required/ desired.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students and maintain an organized and focused learning environment.
• Infuse joy and passion for learning in lessons so that students are excited and interested in their academic excellence.  
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students both in academic and culture expectations.
• Be accountable for students’ mastery of content and academic standards.
• Integrate interactive technology into lessons to enhance instructional delivery.
• Set and communicate rigorous and ambitious goals for all students and provide effective student feedback so they internalize them.
• Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behavior and model expected behaviour at all times for students to emulate
• Consistently meet the ambitious goals of a rapidly-growing organization
• Serve as teacher on duty and/or boarding teacher on duty and support school wide programs aimed at behavior interventions.
• Timely capture of students data on academic outcomes and articulation of students progress to NP families and other stakeholders when called upon to do so.
• Support clubs, societies and other core-curricular enrichments at the school aimed at building all rounded students.
• Serve as a home room teachers when called upon to do so.

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• TSC certification and a relevant Degree in Education in the teaching subjects of English.
• Strictly 3+years 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.