Position Title: National Teacher Intern -Junior school
Reports to: Education Officer-Junior school
Location: Kakuma Area Program
Unit Summary
Lutheran World Federation Department for World Services Kenya/Somalia runs 21 primary schools and 13 ECDE centers within Kakuma Refugee Camp. The schools have both national teachers and refugee teachers. The program is seeking to recruit a Kenyan national for the following position of national teacher intern to be based in Kakuma refugee Camp.
Overall Purpose/Broad Function
Overall responsibility to implement and evaluate curriculum in Junior secondary school and impart knowledge, skills, develop personality and character that will provide a lasting and inspiring impact on their lives to develop a positive attitude.
Key Duties And Responsibilities
- Curriculum implementation and evaluation
- Develop and deliver dynamic STEM-based lessons that align with national education standards and school curriculum.
- Incorporate project-based learning and hands-on activities to enhance student engagement and understanding in STEM Learning areas.
- Ensure safe practices in the use of laboratory equipment and technology.
- Inspire students to pursue STEM-related careers through exposure to role models, field trips, and extracurricular activities.
- Prepare and maintain lesson plans, lesson notes, timetables, schemes of work, teaching aids, and maintain academic standards in the school to ensure that the syllabus is covered in time for evaluation;
- Evaluate learners in subjects of specialization and prepare them for national and other examinations;
- Introduce new ideas and programs to ensure improvement in teaching and learning in the subjects of specialization;
- Ensure consistency and improvement in curriculum delivery through teamwork and collaborative planning;
- serve as a role model and maintain learner discipline to create a conducive environment for learning;
- provide guidance and counselling services to learners to instill norms and values for harmonious co-existence;
- Ensures the cleanliness of the school compound and the tidiness of learners;
- Training teachers on modern trends in special needs education
- Train incentive teachers in new teaching pedagogy that is responsive to current trends in education
- Assist untrained incentive teachers in developing basic theoretical and practical knowledge about the teaching profession.
- Mentor students in STEM competitions, clubs, and projects
- Train teachers on the production of teaching and learning materials using locally available materials.
- Facilitate training of incentive teachers in the maintenance of teaching and learning resources.
- Participate in workshops, training, and teacher learning circles activities.
- Develop in the teacher the ability to communicate effectively.
- Facilitate Community participation in promoting teaching and learning
- Guide parents to form parent’s groups for classes of their children
- Train parents of children on basic concepts on child upbringing
- Participate in PTA meetings for the schools where they work
- Involve the refugee community through the school PTA to support education
- Encourage the community to give girls equal chance in education through mobilization
- Encourage the school committee to make the school compounds environmentally friendly and barrier free.
- Managing Classroom resources
- Ensure proper utilization any used equipment used during classroom instruction
- Ensure proper storage and safety of equipment after use by children
- Responsible for proper management of classroom resources issued for promoting teaching/learning environment i.e. textbooks, teaching aids and desks and others materials.
- Accountable for keeping proper and accurate lists of books issued to students and ensure school authority kept aware of any discrepancies.
- Promote partnership with local educational Institutions
- Conduct community mobilization and sensitization on significance of primary education. Regularly monitor the attendance, scholastic performance and learning needs of the children in the school in close liaison with LWF Kenya program education SMT.
- Initiate close relationship with teachers of local Kenyan primary schools to share approaches for effective teaching in refugee-local schools
- Develop refugee inter-school competition in co- curricular activities as sports, games, drama and music festivals. Also train children so as to participate in games and sports.
- Development of Human Potential in Students
- Prepare high achieving pupils’ for post primary education
- Develop the pupils’ potential abilities to their maximum through a variety of experiences.
- Develop in pupils’ an awareness and appreciation of innovation in the field of education and an ability to utilize them.
- Engage learners in curricular and co-curricular activities so as to identify, nurture, and develop talents;
- Develop in the pupils’ an awareness of the principles which underline good human relationship and use of these in their dealings with the community.
- Prepare the pupils’ to face life with self-confidence and independence.
- Promote clear logical thought and critical judgment.
- Offer career guidance to pupils’.
- Conduct counseling for pupils’ in need of counseling. Liaise with parents of individual learners for effective delivery of counseling services.
- Other
- Work in a team spirit with other teachers to promote understanding of school mission and goals successfully.
- Establish closer relationship with other LWF Kenya program colleagues to establish a positive image of the LWF Kenya program education sector.
- Take advantage of the available opportunities in education to foster self-development professionally.
- Perform any other duty assigned to you by your immediate supervisor.
Authority
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- Has full authority on matters pertaining to effective curriculum implementation in assigned classroom tasks.
- Has the mandate on what action should be taken against deviant learne
- Advisor of the head teacher and education community teachers on all matters related to curriculum, teaching and co-curricular activities.
Qualifications
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- Diploma in teacher education with two STEM teaching subject. Degree in education is an added advantage
- Registered with TSC as a teacher.
- Years of teaching experience in the refugee setting is an added advantage.
Our recruitment and selection procedures reflect the organization’s commitment to the prevention of abuse and exploitation of beneficiaries.
Disclosure: LWF participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme developed by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (misconduct-disclosure-scheme.org), which requires LWF to conduct reference checks with prior employers including questions about employee misconduct. By proceeding with this job application, you consent to LWF requesting a Statement of Conduct from your previous employers. This Statement of Conduct is requested from previous employers for all candidates for employment and provided to all employers that request it from LWF.
Qualified candidates who are interested in the above position should submit an updated detailed CV and application letter (in English), giving a day time telephone contact and email addresses of 3 (three) work referees.
Closing date for application: 21st January 2025
