Learning Support Teacher

The requirements

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Proven experience as a Special Education Teacher or relevant role
  
• Diploma in special education certificate
  
• Teachers Service Commission (TSC) registration certificate if in Kenya
  
• Certificate of good conduct
  
• Good knowledge of current special education topics and methodologies
  
• Experience working with children with a wide range of abilities
  
• Ability to create Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs)
  
• A patient, resourceful, and resilient personality
  
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  
• Proven ability to work effectively in a multicultural collaborative team and environment
  
• Be conversant with the use of technology as a teaching and learning tool
  

• Assess students’ abilities and learning requirements and craft teaching plans.
  
• Find engaging activities to teach skills and adapt learning materials to students’ needs.
  
• Keep track of and reflect on students’ progress.
  
• Design Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) for children with learning needs.
  
• Monitor children’s behavioural patterns and arrange appropriate interventions if needed.
  
• Manage classroom crises and resolve conflict.
  
• Collaborate with teachers and parents to track students’ progress.
  
• Inform parents about their children’s performance and potential problems.
  
• Establish and maintain a record of completed planners.
  
• Ensure that essential agreements for all areas are formulated in collaboration with the staff.