Teacher for Special Education Needs (SEN) at Discovering Talents Academy

Discovering Talents Academy, a fast-growing Nursery and Primary School in Gwarinpa, Abuja, offers first class education from preschool to primary levels. Discovering Talents Academy uses the Blended Nigeria-Montessori curriculum in Early Years and a Blended Nigeria-British curriculum at the primary level.

Discovering Talents Academy does not only focus on best practices in the teaching and learning process, it also builds talents in a wide range of skills and this in a short while affirms their ego and builds their confidence. At Discovering Talents Academy we believe that every child is unique and talented, this drive leads us to establishing rich skill acquisition programmed for students.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Teacher for Special Education Needs (SEN)

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Role

Assess children who have long or short-term learning difficulties and work with colleagues to identify individual pupils’ special needs.
Work closely with parents and guardians.
Assist in severely disabled pupils’ personal care/medical needs.
Manage behaviour.
Develop and adapt conventional teaching methods to meet the individual needs of pupils.
Use special equipment and facilities, such as audio-visual materials and computers to stimulate interest in learning.
Use specialist skills, such as teaching Braille to pupils with visual impairments or sign language and lip reading to students who have hearing impairments.
Collaborate with the classroom teacher to define appropriate activities for the pupils in relation to the curriculum.
Patient and be kind hearted.
Passion to help the children.
Organizational and communication skill.

Requirements

Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree, HND, B.Ed with 2 years experience.

Skill:

Commitment to working with pupils with special educational needs.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
The ability to build good relationships based on trust with pupils and their families.
Behaviour management skills, with the ability to manage confrontation and challenging behaviour.
Initiative and problem-solving skills.
Team working skills to liaise with other teachers, teaching assistants and other professionals such as educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and social workers.
Organisational skills.
An observant and responsive approach.
Flexibility – it’s important to be able to respond to the needs of the children and adapt or change plans accordingly.
A positive, energetic and enthusiastic outlook.
Patience, understanding and empathy with pupils and parents.
A sense of humour.