Aga Khan Education Service Maths Coordinator Jobs in Kenya
Purpose
To work with the AKES, Kenya Head of Academics and the School Senior Leadership Team (Head Teachers, Deputy Heads and Head of Departments) to support Mathematics Departments to develop the quality of teaching and learning; develop and manage resources to achieve excellent outcomes for students.
The role is predominantly classroom based, with 50-75% of the working week working alongside teachers in supporting their teaching.
Key Responsibilities
School Leadership
Establish and lead regular Professional Learning Community meetings to enable the sharing of best practice.
Work intensely with a small number of focus schools to support outcomes in maths, as directed by school leadership. This is typically in the form of Intensive Programmes (10-week support, PLCs, team meetings and visits). The nature of visits and support might include training, modelling, co-teaching, feedback and coaching.
Work with Heads of Maths one-to-one and in smaller groups to develop and act on plans to improve outcomes across all grades.
Teaching and Learning
To support the quality of teachers’ planning and delivery of lessons.
To evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning in mathematics and progress towards meeting agreed targets across the school.
Develop and deliver in-house maths training programmes based on a needs’ analysis.
To assist the Head of Maths to identify resource needs and to contribute to the efficient and effective use of both physical and IT resources.
Support the selection, design and quality assurance of assessments.
Support the design and delivery of training to support schools with the recording and use of data.
Evaluate the use of digital learning tools and work to support and promote effective use of these tools, particularly for home learning.
Curriculum
To ensure that the schools’ curriculum and resourcing needs are met, delivery of the curriculum is ambitious and tailored to the needs of the department.
To assist in the process of curriculum development and change to ensure continued relevance to the needs of students, examination bodies and our aims and strategic objectives.
To assist the Heads of Maths to ensure that the curriculum area provides a range of teaching which complements the school’s strategic objectives.
To assist in the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, curriculum maps, marking policies and teaching strategies in the subject area and faculty.
Qualifications and Experience
Bachelor of Education (Mathematics) or an equivalent in the respective field
Master’s in Education or an equivalent in the respective field will be desirable
TSC Certification
At least 5 years school teaching experience
Experience leading and teaching Maths across a school
Experience of raising attainment of all students
Experience of leading change and improvement across a department
Substantial knowledge of the Maths curriculum and related pedagogy
Experience of mentoring and coaching other staff including delivery of CPD to teachers
Ability to plan and deliver effective training and development programmes which meet identified needs of each school
Data analysis and using department performance data to inform decision-making
Excellent interpersonal, planning and organisational skills
Excellent oral and written language proficiency in English
IT proficiency
High degree of professionalism, commitment and integrity
Cultural awareness, adaptability, understanding and sensitivity
Commitment to promote the safety and wellbeing of students, ensuring that the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding policies and procedures are promoted
Willingness to travel across the network to visit schools in different regions using public transport whenever practicable, and when necessary, work outside normal working day to achieve deadlines
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Aga Khan Education Service Maths Coordinator Jobs in Kenya
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