The Deputy Head Academic is responsible for promoting a vibrant and dynamic academic culture within the Prep School, working to ensure the highest standards of teaching, learning and academic attainment. The role is key to ensuring the Ethos, Aims and Values of the School are continuously maintained and demonstrated. The successful applicant will work closely with the Heads of Department and other senior staff to ensure effective planning and delivery of outstanding academic curriculum, assessment and reporting; and will be actively involved in overseeing teaching and learning practice and the efficient management of academic departments. They will be actively involved in overseeing teaching and learning practice and the efficient management of academic departments.

Person Specification

• Have a good honours degree, a teacher training qualification and a proven track record of successful teaching in the 5 – 11 age range
• Have a good track record of leading and managing staff; envisioning, encouraging, supporting, onitoring and challenging colleagues
• Have worked in a promoted academic role
• Be committed to the ethos and values of Durham International School
• Be able to work within organisational procedures and meet the required standards for the role
• Be able to work collaboratively and supportively with colleagues within Durham International School and with colleagues in other organisations
• Be able to relate effectively to parents and to students
• Be able to communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing and demonstrate good ICT skills
• Have a clear understanding of excellence in teaching and learning
• Be patient, determined, enthusiastic and well-organised with a good eye for detail
• Be committed to continual personal and professional development and be reflective and able to learn from past experience
• Be resilient and demonstrate an ability to work well under pressure
• Display commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people

Summary of Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Specific Duties

• Teaching & Learning and Assessment
• All professional duties including planning, preparation, teaching a broad and balanced curriculum, marking and assessment, giving feedback and reporting.
• Maintaining effective communication with parents.
• The pastoral care, safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all students.
• Contributing to the busy life of the school through the co-curricular programme.
• Supporting and driving the ethos, aims and values of the school.
• Ensuring every child is included and achieves to their full potential.
• All staff are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the School’s Code of Conduct.

Person Specification

• Be a fully qualified teacher with a minimum of 2 years teaching experience.
• Have a valid Teacher Services Commission
• Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or a PGCE or Qualified Teacher Status (for overseas applicants).
• An enthusiastic and passionate educator
• A team player
• Excellent interpersonal skills with students, colleagues and parents
• Adventurous, adaptable and excited by new experiences

Summary of Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Produce a departmental development plan, updated annually.
• Produce and regularly update schemes of work and curriculum documents.
• Take responsibility for the demands of public examination courses.
• Mark and assess the work of potential entrants to the school as required.
• Maintain regular communication (where appropriate) with Prep School Curriculum Advisors, especially about the transition from Year 6 to Year 7.
• Contribute to the overall curriculum planning of the school.
• Plan and prepare courses and lessons in accordance with published schemes of work.
• Teach the assigned students, including setting and marking of work and assessments in line with school policy.
• Assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of students in line with school policy.
• Communicate with parents and inform/consult class teacher, form tutor, Head of Year, Deputy Head and/or Principal as appropriate.

Qualifications, Background and Experience

• Have a good honours degree and a teacher training qualification for the 11-18 age range.
• Have a minimum of two years teaching experience, ideally five or more years teaching experience.
• Be able to teach English up to IGCSE and A Level or IB.
• Have a valid Teacher Services Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or Qualified Teacher
• Status (QTS) or a general education degree (for overseas applicants).
• Be a skilled classroom practitioner, having a good subject knowledge and an awareness of teaching methodology

Summary of Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Produce a departmental development plan, updated annually.
• Produce and regularly update schemes of work and curriculum documents.
• Take responsibility for the demands of public examination courses.
• Mark and assess the work of potential entrants to the school as required.
• Maintain regular communication (where appropriate) with Prep School Curriculum Advisors, especially about the transition from Year 6 to Year 7.
• Contribute to the overall curriculum planning of the school.
• Plan and prepare courses and lessons in accordance with published schemes of work.
• Teach the assigned students, including setting and marking of work and assessments in line with school policy.
• Assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of students in line with school policy.
• Communicate with parents and inform/consult class teacher, form tutor, Head of Year, Deputy Head and/or Principal as appropriate

Qualifications, Background and Experience

• Have a good honours degree and a teacher training qualification for the 11 to 18 age range.
• Have a minimum of two years teaching experience, ideally five or more years teaching experience.
• Be able to teach Mathematics up to IGCSE and A Level or IB.
• Have a valid Teacher Services Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or Qualified Teacher
• Status (QTS) or a general education degree (for overseas applicants).
• Be a skilled classroom practitioner, having a good subject knowledge and an awareness of teaching methodology.

Summary of Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Produce a departmental development plan, updated annually.
• Produce and regularly update schemes of work and curriculum documents.
• Take responsibility for the demands of public examination courses.
• Mark and assess the work of potential entrants to the school as required.
• Maintain regular communication (where appropriate) with Prep School Curriculum Advisors, especially about the transition from Year 6 to Year 7.
• Contribute to the overall curriculum planning of the school.
• Plan and prepare courses and lessons in accordance with published schemes of work.
• Teach the assigned students, including setting and marking of work and assessments in line with school policy.
• Assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of students in line with school policy.
• Communicate with parents and inform/consult class teacher, form tutor, Head of Year, Deputy Head and/or Principal as appropriate

Qualifications, Background and Experience

• Have a good honours degree and a teacher training qualification for the 11 to 18 age range.
• Have a minimum of two years teaching experience, ideally five or more years teaching experience.
• Be able to teach Mathematics up to IGCSE and A Level or IB.
• Have a valid Teacher Services Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or Qualified Teacher
• Status (QTS) or a general education degree (for overseas applicants).
• Be a skilled classroom practitioner, having a good subject knowledge and an awareness of teaching methodology.

Summary of Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Contribute to the production of a departmental development plan, updated annually.
• Contribute to the production and regular update of the schemes of work and curriculum documents.
• Take responsibility for the teaching of public examination courses as allocated by the timetable.
• Contribute to the overall curriculum planning of the school.
• Plan and prepare courses and lessons in accordance with published schemes of work.
• Teach the assigned students, including setting and marking of work and assessments in line with school policy.
• Assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of students in line with school policy.
• Communicate with parents and inform/consult Class Teacher, Form Tutor, Head of Year, Deputy Head and/or Principal as appropriate.
• Maintain records of books and equipment assigned to the department, having due regard to security.
• Contribute to the organisation of trips within the department.

Qualifications, Background and Experience

• Have a good honours degree and a teacher training qualification for the 11 to 18 age range.
• Have a minimum of two years teaching experience, ideally five or more years teaching experience.
• Be able to teach Science up to KS3 and Physics up to IGCSE and A Level or IB.
• Have a valid Teacher Services Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or Qualified Teacher
• Status (QTS) or a general education degree (for overseas applicants).
• Be a skilled classroom practitioner, having a good subject knowledge and an awareness of teaching methodology

Summary of Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Contribute to the production of a departmental development plan, updated annually.
• Contribute to the production and regular update of the schemes of work and curriculum documents.
• Take responsibility for the teaching of public examination courses as allocated by the timetable.
• Contribute to the overall curriculum planning of the school.
• Plan and prepare courses and lessons in accordance with published schemes of work.
• Teach the assigned students, including setting and marking of work and assessments in line with school policy.
• Assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of students in line with school policy.
• Communicate with parents and inform/consult Class Teacher, Form Tutor, Head of Year, Deputy Head and/or Principal as appropriate.
• Maintain records of books and equipment assigned to the department, having due regard to security.
• Contribute to the organisation of trips within the department.

Qualifications, Background and Experience

• Have a good honours degree and a teacher training qualification for the 11 to 18 age range.
• Have a minimum of two years teaching experience, ideally five or more years teaching experience.
• Be able to teach Science up to KS3 and Physics up to IGCSE and A Level or IB.
• Have a valid Teacher Services Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or Qualified Teacher
• Status (QTS) or a general education degree (for overseas applicants).
• Be a skilled classroom practitioner, having a good subject knowledge and an awareness of teaching methodology

Key Responsibilities

• Management and Leadership of the schoolwide SEN provision Assessment and Identification of Educational Needs Together with the Heads of School and Board of Directors, determine the strategic development of the SEN provision in the School.
• Ensure the School has a clear approach to
• identifying and responding to students with special educational needs (Identifying needs at the earliest point and then making effective provision improves long term outcomes for the child or young person).
• Day to day responsibility for the operation of the SEN provision school wide and oversight of the specific provision made to support individual students with SEN across the whole school.
• Annual review of school policies related to students who learn differently (including SEN policy, EAL policy, G&T policy and parts of Curriculum policy).
• Monitor the effectiveness of the School’s programmes of support and resources used through the annual review and evaluation of the breadth and impact of the support the School is offering for SEN, EAL and G&T

The successful candidate will:

• Be a fully qualified teacher with a minimum of 5 years teaching experience
• Have a valid Teacher Services Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or a PGCE or QTS or equivalent (for overseas applicants)
• Have a minimum of a Level 5 qualification in Specific Leaning Difficulties
• Be an enthusiastic and passionate educator
• Have excellent interpersonal skills with students, colleagues and parents
• Be adventurous, adaptable and excited by new experiences

General Responsibilities

• Administration
• Being a welcoming face to the School
• Overseeing and monitoring all visitors – making sure the appropriate checks have been made in line with the School’s Safeguarding policies and that appropriate visitor protocols are followed
• Answer telephone calls and deal with face-to-face enquiries efficiently and in a professional and nsupportive manner
• Managing the school’s email inbox, ensuring the school meets its expected response times and emails are acted on by replying or referring/escalating where needed
• Handle all confidential correspondence with discretion
• Manage enquiries and requests efficiently, referring where necessary
• Be the point of contact between home and school for all students
• The successful candidate will have:

Knowledge and Experience

Personal Qualities

• Have excellent literacy skills and a sound command of written English
• Have experience of working in an administrative and /or customer facing role, preferably in a school setting
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office
• Ability to prioritise tasks
• Fully conversant with all aspects of data protection

General Responsibilities

• Safeguarding and Promoting the Wellbeing of students and the Durham Community:
• Maintain up to date student records including emergency contacts and medical records
• Coordinate the School’s Co-curricular Activities programme
• Liaise with the co-curricular providers, e.g. swimming, ballet, chess, sports, etc to keep them informed of term dates, changes in schedules, etc
• Coordinate half termly stationery orders and annual overseas resource orders
• Maintain the medical stocks for the Health Centre
• Arrange school visits and tours by prospective parents in conjunction with the Admissions Manager
• Assist with the arranging of Open Days including all correspondence and catering arrangements
• Complete forms required by parents for governmental and other purposes e.g. the Pupil Pass.
• Liaise with the catering department regarding events and functions
• Liaise with the Facilities department regarding bus schedules
• Coordinate all risk assessments for class visits and other outings

Knowledge and Experience

Personal Qualities

• Excellent written and verbal English communications skills
• Experience in a multicultural, high performance, educational environment
• Competent in a management information system like iSams
• Fully conversant with all aspects of data protection.

General Responsibilities

• Transport students from home to school and from school to home
• Safely drive the school buses on scheduled routes while following traffic laws and regulations.
• Ensure student and passenger safety at all times when on the bus.
• Drop students only at authorized stops
• Provide assistance to students as needed when getting on and off the bus.
• Perform school related errands
• Obey all traffic laws
• No driver will report to work or drive a bus while under the influence of alcohol
• Be at the bus 15 minutes before departure from school, or before a field trip
• Be attentive to the traffic and weather conditions, stay on schedule and ensure the safety of passengers.
• Uphold a positive image of the School by applying good and safe driving habits
• Ensure that the bus is in good operating condition by testing the brakes, tires, lights and other ncomponents, complete the pre-trip inspection on a daily basis, and submit it to the Transport Manager
• Ensure that the bus is washed twice a week, inside and outside, and sweep the bus and empty the bins daily.
• Notify the Transport Manager in case of mechanical failure or lateness
• Ensure all seatbelts are in working condition before leaving the campus
• Ensure that all passengers have their seatbelts fastened before moving the bus, and maintain rules of conduct, and respond to emergencies.
• Notify the Transport Manager if you are running late

Skills and Experience

• KCSE certificate
• A valid bus driver’s license
• A clean driver’s record is essential
• 5 years minimum experience driving in Nairobi
• Experience of working in a school would be preferable
• Know the appropriate safety and security measures associated with the role
• Have a good knowledge of the Nairobi city roads and routes