• Application Deadline: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Humanities Teacher


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification NCE


• Experience 5 - 10 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Education / Teaching 
  


• Salary Range ₦30,000 - ₦50,000/month
  

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.