Job Description

We are seeking full time qualified Teachers who reside within short distance of the School to support the achievement of our goals. The successful Teacher will contribute towards the total development of children in, but not restricted to, lower primary.

Teacher Job Responsibilities:

• Contributes to student learning, growth, and advancement.
• Demonstrates academic competence in subject area(s), and displays an inclination for developing integrated and interdisciplinary work across the curriculum.
• Maintains a growth mindset toward student learning, teaching practice, and personal/collective professional development.
• Demonstrates a high degree of self-efficacy (agency); holds themselves accountable for learner outcomes and advocates for their students; works efficiently; and believes in their ability, the capability of their students, and themselves to succeed and excel.
• Facilitates problem-solving, with a curious mind and critical thinking skills, showing a high degree of creative application in the implementation of data-driven curriculum and practice.
• Serves as a role model and an innovative and creative learner with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, personal growth, and being on the cutting edge of instructional practice and pedagogy.
• Collaborates effectively with a variety of stakeholder groups within the organization and with external partners to increase student performance and contribute to advancing the teaching and learning craft.
• Looks beyond the walls of the classroom and demonstrates global competence and how their work will expand the impact of students’ work to their families and local and global communities.
• Invests in the learners’ well-being, health, and safety, physically, socially, and emotionally.
• Recognizes the relationship between social-emotional learning and academic performance, and aspires toward developing and teaching the whole child.
• Designs and facilitates differentiated and personalized learning goals and activities that follow a coherent sequence, are aligned to instructional goals, and engage students in high-level cognitive activity.

Required Skills or Experience

• Knowledge of instructional methods appropriate for students at the respective grade level.
• Desire and ability to work with students at the specified age level with diverse backgrounds and levels of ability toward accomplishing their educational goals.
• Ability to organize tasks and manage time to meet many and varied deadlines; manage small and large groups of students in a classroom environment; and communicate effectively with students, parents, school administrators and other staff, including the ability to discuss topics which may be sensitive.
• Working familiarity with assistive technologies; internet and email systems; and word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet software.
• Familiarity with computers and their use in instruction to enhance student learning.
• Working knowledge of various office and video equipment.
• Knowledge of educational software.

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in education or related field
• 2-5 years recent teaching experience in primary school instruction
• Demonstrated knowledge of current instructional strategies appropriate for students at primary grade levels
• Teaching credentials and previous experience appropriate for Grade 1- 6 within the Ghana Education Service curriculum