Background

The Aga Khan Academy Nairobi is operated by Aga Khan Education Service Kenya (AKESK), a non-profit organization, with close to a hundred years’ experience operating schools in Kenya. Our first formal schools were opened in 1918, and AKESK currently operates 11 schools in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret, serving close to 5,000 students with a quality, ...

Key Responsibilities

To prepare and deliver high-quality lessons in line with the school’s vision and mission.

To collaboratively develop unit and lesson plans for the curriculum.

To ensure students acquire excellent knowledge and skills so that they make progress, achieve their targets and are prepared for the next stage of their careers.

Produce documents such as Unit plans, Records of Work, Course outlines, class analyses etc.

Differentiate lessons in order to match learners’ needs

Involve the learners in different learning activities such as storytelling, role plays, numbers and letters recognition, etc.

Displaying learners’ work in the classroom to showcase their abilities and finished projects.

Plan regular excursions to expose them to different environments.

Observe the behavior of children and help them improve it by building self-confidence and teaching social values.

To guide learners with learning differences and behavioral challenges.

Manage and update the progress of children and create reports for parents.

The requirements

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Art and Design, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Arts Education (with a specialization in Art) with a minimum of B- in O-levels.

Must be registered with Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

At least 1-2 years' teaching experience.

Be conversant with the new Competency Based Education

Able to teach another subject will be an added advantage.

Working knowledge of MS – office computer applications.

• To prepare and deliver high-quality lessons in line with the school’s vision and mission.
• To collaboratively develop unit and lesson plans for the curriculum.
• To ensure students acquire excellent knowledge and skills so that they make progress, achieve their targets and are prepared for the next stage of their careers.
• Produce documents such as Unit plans, Records of Work, Course outlines, class analyses etc.
• Differentiate lessons in order to match learners’ needs
• Involve the learners in different learning activities such as storytelling, role plays, numbers and letters recognition, etc.
• Displaying learners’ work in the classroom to showcase their abilities and finished projects.
• Plan regular excursions to expose them to different environments.
• Observe the behavior of children and help them improve it by building self-confidence and teaching social values.
• To guide learners with learning differences and behavioral challenges.
• Manage and update the progress of children and create reports for parents.

• Working knowledge of MS – office computer applications.

• Bachelor's degree in Art and Design, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Arts Education (with a specialization in Art) with a minimum of B- in O-levels.
• Must be registered with Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
• Be conversant with the new Competency Based Education