The Banda School, a leading independent school in Kenya offering an outstanding educational experience to children aged between 2 and 13 years, is seeking a dedicated Class Teacher for Year 3 & 4 (Lower Key Stage 2). This role is crucial in promoting a Broad and Balanced educational experience, encouraging ambition to excel, and maintaining a nurturing environment.
Main Duties and Accountabilities
Planning and Implementation
- To take responsibility for planning and implementing appropriate work programmes for all pupils in the designated class, within the framework of national and school policies.
- To plan work for the class in accordance with the national curriculum, school policies, and schemes of work in cooperation with Heads of Department and the Headteacher, ensuring that pupils experience a broad, balanced, and stimulating curriculum appropriate to their age.
- To provide well planned, creative, and engaging learning experiences for pupils.
- To evaluate your teaching and use this evaluation to improve and develop teaching strategies.
- To maintain close relationships with colleagues and work together to develop and implement short, long, and medium term plans in line with agreed schemes of work.
Pupil Development and Care
- To ensure that the learning experience matches the individual needs of the pupils in your class – giving each child an opportunity to achieve to the best of his/her capability.
- To make appropriate educational provision for pupils with learning difficulties and for those children with EAL (English as an Additional Language), with support from The Banda’s Learning Development Centre.
- To create a secure, happy, and stimulating environment, maintaining the highest standards of organisation and discipline.
- To take an active role in the pastoral care of pupils, building positive and supportive relationships, promoting pupils’ wellbeing and working closely with pastoral leaders, colleagues, and parents to support pupils’ social, emotional, and behavioural development.
- To safeguard and promote the welfare of the pupils.
Assessment and Communication
- To consistently assess pupils’ progress, maintain records and provide regular written reports to parents.
- To maintain and use assessment records and report on pupils’ progress to staff, and to parents and carers, in accordance with school policy.
- To communicate regularly and effectively to parents about pupils’ progress and attainment in a positive, professional, and polite manner.
School Engagement and Administration
- When required, to manage a Teaching Assistant effectively within the classroom.
- To follow and implement school policies and procedures.
- To ensure that the school’s aims and objectives in relation to the curriculum, equal opportunities, and behaviour are promoted in everyday classroom organisation and practice.
- To create engaging and interactive displays of high standard both in the classroom and in other areas of the school.
- To play an active role in the general life of the school.
- To be committed to the school’s Continuing Professional Development programme.
- To undertake required duties and attend regular staff meetings and INSETs before, during, and after school hours when required.
- To assist, where necessary, in co-curricular sporting, dramatic, and musical events.
- To organise and take pupils on field trips in a safe and secure manner, in accordance with school policies.
- To liaise with colleagues from Key Stage 1 and 2, the Upper School, and the Learning Development Centre.
- To ensure confidentiality concerning pupils, parents, colleagues, and school business.
- To maintain professional levels of conduct and adhere to the school’s Code of Conduct for staff.
Required Qualifications, Experience and Attributes
The Lower Key Stage 2 Teacher needs to:
- Be a fully qualified teacher with Key Stage 2 training and experience.
- Have a valid Teachers Service Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or Qualified Teacher Status (for overseas applicants).
- Have experience of working in British Curriculum schools.
- Be able to build good relationships with pupils, parents, families, and colleagues.
- Be able to create a stimulating and engaging learning environment.
- Be able to use initiative, show flexibility and be adaptable.
- Be proactive as a part of The Banda School staff team and possess the desire to be fully involved in all aspects of life in a leading preparatory school.
- Be punctual and use preparation time appropriately.
- Be a good communicator with adults and children.
- Show good organisational skills.
- Show a competent level of written English.
- Be able to use ICT in teaching. Familiarity with using interactive screens and iPads is important.
- Present a clean Police Clearance Certificate or International Certificate of Child Protection (ICPC).
- Keep up to date with educational developments and best educational practice.
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