ROLE PURPOSE:

You are primarily responsible for facilitating a positive learning environment and promoting the academic success of all students. You should demonstrate high standards of professional practice and quality of teaching, especially in the classroom, clubs, and sports. You must devise comprehensive, dynamic work and lesson plans, to challenge students and promote engagement. Additionally, you should pay attention to each student’s performance and provide additional support when necessary to ensure each student can thrive.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Planning, preparing, and delivering lessons to all students in the class.
• Teaching according to the individual and group students’ educational needs, abilities, and achievements.
• Providing guidance and advice to students on educational and social matters and their further education and future careers; providing information on sources of more expert advice
• Participating in in-service education and training courses, continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities, and participating in action research exercises.
• Prepare schemes of work by following the National Curriculum guidelines and requirements and submit them to the Head of departments at the beginning of the academic year.
• Plan and supervise class lessons, projects, field trips, experiments, or other experiential activities. Incorporate technology into class lessons as frequently as possible.
• Establish and enforce classroom expectations and take appropriate action when disciplinary intervention is required.
• Administer assessments according to High Order Thinking of Bloom’s Taxonomy to promote generic competencies as CBC highlighted them and interpret results to determine students’ strengths and areas of need. Follow up with students who are under- performing to plan for improvement.
• Maintain organized and complete records of student performance, including attendance, grades, timeliness, and engagement.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children’s progress and to determine their priorities for their children.
• Teach according to the educational needs, capability, and achievements of students and maintain flexibility to ensure students at all levels can be successful.
• Serve as an advisor to a small group of assigned students. Provide advice and guidance to students on social, educational, or career-related matters.
• Communicate, consult, and cooperate with the whole staff to promote the success of each student.
• Review and evaluate one’s own teaching and learning strategies, methodologies, and programs in line with the Rwanda National Curriculum guidelines.
• Ensure the optimum use of equipment used during lessons and see to its regular service and maintenance.
• Participate and mentor co-curricular activities such as clubs, sports, student organizations, and academic contests

Safeguarding

As a teacher, you will hold a key position within the organization, being responsible for the effective delivery of the national curriculum, using diversified and student centred methodologies and practices, in line with our mission and values. In this role, safeguarding is of utmost importance, and GGAST operates a zero tolerance policy to anyone who violates our safeguarding and child protection policies, procedures and protocols.

We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of children, and we expect all employees, partners, and stakeholders to share this commitment. As a teacher, you will be responsible for fostering a culture of safeguarding in the school, ensuring that appropriate policies, procedures, and practices are reflected and represented, playing a key role to prevent abuse, exploitation, and harm.

You will be expected to lead by example, demonstrating and promoting the highest standards of safeguarding within the organization.

(Values in Practice)

Accountability:

Held accountable to deliver on their responsibilities.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their students, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their students to do the same.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their students, colleagues, and external partners and supporters where necessary.
• Values diversity and sees it as a source of competitive strength.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions to teaching and learning, responding to the needs of the students.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity; lives out Gashora values, vision, and mission in all areas.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in science with Education (Physics-Mathematics or Physics-Chemistry).
• Postgraduate qualifications in education are an advantage.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILL

• Experienced (5) years + educator, who has held teaching positions in reputable schools.

• At least five (5) years of experience teaching in a diversified and student-centred teaching and learning environment.
• Experience in working as part of a faculty to design cross cutting schemes of work and lesson plans, that promote excellence and support students to reach their full potential in all areas of their academic and social development.
• Demonstrable understanding of key trends and developments in national and international education.
• Demonstrable ability to lead and develop high calibre students from a range of socio-economic backgrounds.
• Strong record of accomplishment in developing high performing learners and creating classroom environments, that encourage leadership and peer review approaches to learning.
• Ability to manage and motivate self and others.
• Innovative approach to teaching and learning as demonstrated by a broad range of adaptable teaching styles and methods.
• Experience (5+ Years) and knowledge of the education context in the East Africa Region, and possesses high proficiency of English (speaking, reading and writing).
• Commitment to the GGAST vision, principles, mission, and values.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the Gashora’s policies, procedures, and protocols.

How to Apply:

If you are passionate about education and empowering young women in STEM, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your application, which should include an updated CV, cover letter, and a minimum of two references, by April 9, 2025, to jobs@rwandagirlsinitiative.org