Early Years Teacher at Imagine Early Years & Elementary School

Imagine Early Years & Elementary School – At Imagine E & E, we believe our role as the more knowledgeable individuals is to help the children develop critical thinking skills.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Early Years Teacher

Location: Maitama, Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

The Role

• As a teacher at Imagine E & E, you will be referred to as a Mind Aider. A Mind-Aider functions more like a coach who mediates, facilitates, prompts, and helps students develop and assess their understanding, and thereby their learning.
• Your biggest job becomes asking good questions, Good questions that lead to complete understanding and mastery of what is being learned.
• Your critical goal is to support the learner in becoming an effective thinker.

Responsibilities

• Providing care and support to children in a safe, secure, loving, and comfortable environment to learn.
• Planning learning opportunities that are structured for maximum participation (e.g. individual, partner, and small-group activities; non-elimination activities; activities that require no wait time).
• Motivating and stimulating the children’s learning abilities by encouraging learning through experience.
• Researching and understanding each child’s development stage and learning ability to help you in the planning of an individualized lesson plan.
• Researching and introducing new, innovative, and creative teaching methods and learning activities.
• Treating children with dignity and respect and meeting the needs of an individual child with an awareness of their interests, special talents/needs, cultural background, and individual learning styles.
• Developing children’s curiosity and knowledge.
• Working with others, including caregivers to plan and coordinate work both indoors and outdoors.
• Facilitate the learning of letter sounds and letter names using Jolly Phonics/ Read – Write Inc.
• Facilitate the learning of basic concepts, number awareness, reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
• Observation of each child is key – record observation using post-it notes, observation boards, and observation folders.
• Link each observation to the child’s developmental stage (age-based) to monitor progress.
• Submit a quarterly / end-of-season report for each child in your group.
• Set up learning centers within the Mind-Room and outdoor (where necessary).
• Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the school.

Qualifications and Skills
Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education
• Ability to build good relationships with children, parents/carers, and colleagues.
• Commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to work in a team but also to use your own initiative.
• Ability to manage classes well and deal with challenging behaviour.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Patience and a good sense of humour.
• Love being with children.
• Energetic and enthusiastic.
• Innovative and prepared to take risks.
• Friendly and approachable.

Desired:

• Minimum 3 years experience working in a school setting with children within the age range of 0 – 6 years.
• Minimum 1 out of 3 years experience with the EYFS and/ Common Core Curriculum.
• Experience with 4-5year olds
• Experience teaching mixed grouping is an advantage
• Certifications in Early Years Education and related courses for example Phonics, Social-Emotional Development, Arts, Handwriting, Class Room Display, etc.

Application Closing Date
30th June, 2021.