Humanities Teacher, REF: SEC012 at Lusaka International Community School
- Company: Lusaka International Community School
- Location: Zambia
- State: Lusaka
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Education/Teaching Jobs in Zambia
Job Description
Based in Lusaka, Zambia, Lusaka International Community School (LICS) is a co-educational, secular, fee-paying, non-profit school, which provides an internationally recognised education to a culturally diverse, globally-minded student body in a caring and supportive learning environment. LICS holds in high esteem its vision statement which is to “maximise the potential of future world citizens”.
LICS is a leading independent Pre-Primary, Primary, and Secondary School based in the leafy suburb of Roma in Lusaka, Zambia, and is a member of CIS, AISA, and ISAZ.
The school currently has an opening in the Secondary School and is looking for a suitably qualified individ-ual to join the LICS community as a Humanities Teacher with effect 1 January 2025.
1. Requirements
- At least 3 years of relevant teaching experience.
- Demonstrate excellent subject and/or specialist knowledge.
- Have a full understanding of connections and progressions in the subject and use this in their teaching to ensure pupils make good progress.
- Understand the application and use of ICT in their specialist subjects.
2. Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in education (QTS), /PGCE or equivalent
- Additional qualifications are relevant to the role.
3. Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities
3.1 Planning and Setting Expectations
- Demonstrate an excellent ability to plan.
- Prepare lessons and sequences of lessons with clear objectives to ensure successful learning by all students.
- Consistently set high expectations for students in general school life and their academics
- Plan teaching to ensure it builds on the current and previous achievements of students and is centred on best practice
3.2 Teaching and Managing Pupil Learning
- Demonstrate an excellent ability to teach, manage students and maintain discipline.
- Ensure lessons are engaging and challenging for all ability levels.
- Understand and use the most effective teaching methods to achieve teaching objectives.
- Display flair and creativity in engaging, enthusing, and challenging groups of students.
- Develop students’ literacy, numeracy, and ICT skills as appropriate within their phase and context.
- Provide positive and targeted support for students who have special educational needs, are very able, lack confidence, have behavioral difficulties, or are disaffected.
- Be aware of which students are on the gifted and talented register or are highly able – and provide an appropriate level of challenge for these students.
- Ensure that the secondary school environment is safe, well maintained, and in keeping with the health and safety policies.
3.3 Pastoral Responsibilities within the school environment.
- Undertake child protection and safeguarding training relevant to the role.
- Play an active role in the care, wellbeing, and safeguarding of all students.
- Undertake child protection and safeguarding training relevant to the role.Proactively act on concerns, reporting immediately using the relevant school procedures.
- Demonstrate care, empathy, and respect for all students.
- Actively support and encourage students to create, develop and maintain healthy friend-ships.
- To actively support all school systems of recording and reporting concerns regarding stu-dent welfare, including child protection and safeguarding.
- Act as a good role model to all students.
- Actively participate in the school’s House System.
- Attend trips and outdoor educational activities to support students’ personal development.
- Take part in extracurricular activities and enrichment program
- Model good practice to students, promoting the values as set out in the school’s mission statement.
- Consistently apply school policies, in particular, to reinforce positive behavior.
4. Remuneration
Competitive package.
Method of Application
Submit your CV and Application on Company Website : Click HereClosing Date : 25th October, 2024.