Learning Support Teacher

4356BR

Learning Support Teacher

Aga Khan Education Services

The position

The Aga Khan Education Service, Kenya (AKES, Kenya) operates 5 schools in various cities in Kenya and provides nursery to senior secondary education in both national and international curricula. It is part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a group of private development agencies working to improve living conditions and opportunities for people of all faiths and origins in specific regions of the developing world.

The Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi (AKA, Nairobi) is an IB continuum school in Kenya authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate curriculum (IB) from Early Years through to Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), and Diploma Programme (DP). With over 1000 students, AKA, Nairobi is a multi-cultural school with a variety of nationalities represented in our student and teaching faculty.

The Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi - Junior School welcomes applications from dedicated and enthusiastic professional educators for the following position: Learning Support Teacher.

Role Summary

The Learning Support Teacher will provide assistance to teachers in designing and implementing inclusion strategy, implementing Individual Education Plans in and out of class and facilitating continuous implementation of IB philosophies. The incumbent will also assist the Homeroom teachers to model, team-teach and evaluate child centered, inquiry-based learning within the classrooms.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify children who need support and /or with learning differences.
• Provide individualized and tailor-made instruction to children with learning differences.
• Monitor and track learning / progress using individual, class and school wide assessment.
• Accommodate the needs of children with learning differences by recommending intervention strategies within a mainstream classroom.
• Design and write individualized reports.
• Design and draw up individual education plans.
• Apply a variety of teaching strategies in your practice.
• Employ resource- based activities.
• Develop and implement special needs/Learning Support policy and procedures.
• Coordinate learning support programmes and personnel.
• Coordinate with internal and external support services and agencies.
  
  

The requirements

Qualifications And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Education (Special Needs) with a specialisation in learning difficulties.
• Certification in methods of educational assessments and access arrangements.
• 5 years of working experience in an international school.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a multicultural collaborative team and environment.
• Teachers Service Commission (TSC) registration certificate.
• Certificate of good conduct.
• Proficiency in teaching Swahili to lower school students
  
  

The closing date for applications is July 16, 2025.

For more details on the position and the application process, please visit www.the.akdn/careers

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Sector

Social Development

About The Agency

The Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, non-denominational educational networks in the Global South. AKES currently operates over 190 pre-primary, primary, secondary and higher secondary schools and more than 100 non-formal education programmes in diverse geographic locations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates. Most schools offer their respective country's national curricula, with some schools in East Africa and Bangladesh also offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). AKES employs over 6,500 teachers and staff and educates over 104,700 students. More information...

Region

Eastern Africa

Location

Kenya

Salary

Salary and package to attract the best candidate

Job Expires

16-Jul-2025