Meadowsville Academy, a new international school with British / American standards is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Humanities Teacher
Location:
Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Responsibilities include
- Develop nine-week thematic units for humanities classes using the backward design model in which planning follows these three steps: Identifying standards-aligned desired results (in terms of the acquisition, meaning, and transfer);
- Designing performance tasks/assessments that provide evidence of learning; and creating a learning plan. Humanities units must integrate language arts, social studies, and civic standards.
- Deliver daily humanities lessons that are engaging, relevant, and rigorous.
- Understand and apply effective strategies for intervention and differentiation in the classroom, including serving English language learners and students with individualized education plans (IEPs).
- Embed opportunities for student critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity, as well as use of technology and digital media, into all lesson and unit plans.
- Integrate reading and writing into every class taught, every day.
- Maintain strong classroom management and hold students accountable for upholding school rules, student-developed norms, and classroom expectations.
- Serve as an advisor to a group of 12 to 15 multi-age students who you meet with daily and to whom you provide support.
- Develop a sense of community within the advisory group and implement any advisory curriculum.
- Mentor and support these students’ development of academic, social, health, and parenting skills to ensure they stay on track to graduation.
- Provide education and coaching for students around goal-setting and the development of non-cognitive skills such as perseverance, courage, and more. Celebrate student success at least weekly.
Person Specification
- Interested candidates should possess an NCE qualification with 5 – 10 years work experience.
- Commitment to the safeguarding of all learners
- Demonstrable effectiveness in promoting equality and diversity through teaching, managing the learning environment and challenging discriminatory behaviour and attitudes
- Knowledge and experience of the national curriculum in own specialist area
- Experience of working with students with social, emotional and mental health needs.
- Effective in using a broad range of assessment measures as a driver for improving learners’ performance
- Interest in working with vulnerable students.
- Understanding of alternative and therapeutic interventions for student progression.
- Proven good standard of teaching skills and abilities or demonstrable potential to attain the highest standards of teaching
- Remains motivated, even when under pressure, to ensure that a high standard service to the customer is maintained
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills with all stakeholders
- Adopt a reflective and restorative approach.
- A high level of tolerance and an entirely non-judgemental attitude to children
- Committed to reflecting on own performance, seeking and accepting constructive feedback and learning from own experiences
Salary
N45,000 – N55,000 monthly.
Application Closing Date
15th February, 2023.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to:
[email protected]
using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
Note: For inquiries, send a Whatsapp message to: +2348022213746.
