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County Government of Nakuru

Responsibilities or duties

Duties and responsibilities;

• Class teaching;
• Facilitate learning;
• Role modelling, guidance and counselling, mentoring and motivation of the learners;
• Preparing reports;
• Ensuring the safety and security of the learners;
• Developing and facilitating play/learning activities that will enable learners enjoy living and learning through play in ECDE centres;
• Developing relevant play/learning materials for all learners;
• Preparing and developing schemes of work, lesson plan and daily program of activities, assessment and evaluation of children progress and keeping other professional records;
• Planning and implementing the ECDE Centre programmes;
• Conducting research on ECDE;
• Initiating stakeholder engagements in the ECDE sector;
• Mobilizing and sensitizing communities on the need for ECDE;
• Implementation of the ECDE policy;
• Assist in the Development and implementation of the strategic plan of the ECDE sector;
• Monitoring and evaluation of the ECDE programmes in the Ward/Sub-County;
• Conduct professional Development and capacity-building for Early Childhood teachers and other stakeholders;
• Plan and budget for the ECDE play/learning materials and the feeding programme;
• Mentorship and counselling supervisory role over ECDE Teachers in the County;
• Induction of new ECDE teachers;
• Liaising with community, education fraternity, other government departments and other relevant Stakeholders on ECDE related matters;

Note: A Senior ECDE Teacher I Job Group ‘M’ may be deployed at the Sub-County Centre for Early Childhood Education (SCOCECE) in the area of: -

• ECDE Programmes;
• ECDE Curriculum Implementation;
• Community Mobilization;
• Health &Nutrition;
• ECDE Quality Assurance;

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• Served in the grade of Graduate ECDE Teacher II Job Group “L” or a comparable and relevant position for at least3 years;
• A Degree in Early Childhood Development and Education offered by a recognized institution of higher learning;
• A Certificate in Senior Management Course from a recognized government training institution;
• Registered by the Teachers Service Commission;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;

• Class teaching;
• Facilitate learning;
• Role modelling, guidance and counselling, mentoring and motivation of the learners;
• Preparing reports;
• Ensuring the safety and security of the learners;
• Developing and facilitating play/learning activities that will enable learners enjoy living and learning through play in ECDE centres;
• Developing relevant play/learning materials for all learners;
• Preparing and developing schemes of work, lesson plan and daily program of activities, assessment and evaluation of children progress and keeping other professional records;
• Planning and implementing the ECDE Centre programmes;
• Conducting research on ECDE;
• Initiating stakeholder engagements in the ECDE sector;
• Mobilizing and sensitizing communities on the need for ECDE;
• Implementation of the ECDE policy;
• Assist in the Development and implementation of the strategic plan of the ECDE sector;
• Monitoring and evaluation of the ECDE programmes in the Ward/Sub-County;
• Conduct professional Development and capacity-building for Early Childhood teachers and other stakeholders;
• Plan and budget for the ECDE play/learning materials and the feeding programme;
• Mentorship and counselling supervisory role over ECDE Teachers in the County;
• Induction of new ECDE teachers;
• Liaising with community, education fraternity, other government departments and other relevant Stakeholders on ECDE related matters;
• ECDE Programmes;
• ECDE Curriculum Implementation;
• Community Mobilization;
• Health &Nutrition;
• ECDE Quality Assurance;

• Registered by the Teachers Service Commission
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results

• Served in the grade of Graduate ECDE Teacher II Job Group “L” or a comparable and relevant position for at least3 years;
• A Degree in Early Childhood Development and Education offered by a recognized institution of higher learning;
• A Certificate in Senior Management Course from a recognized government training institution;
• Registered by the Teachers Service Commission;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;