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Liberté International Schools Recruitment 2023/2024

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for Liberté International Schools Recruitment 2023/2024.

Liberté International Schools is a reputable academic institution located at 8 Lingfield Close, Milnerton Ridge, Cape Town.

We are recruiting to fill the following position below:

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Job Title: Assistant Educator

Introduction

Liberé School is looking for a Junior Assistant  Teacher who is studying towards Montessori 3 – 6 or 6 -12 (National diploma qualification or an advanced certificate) or equivalent and has first aid or firefighting certification is preferred. Prior child-care experience, preferably as a teaching assistant. Ideally, at least two years of working experience within education and five years of experience overall. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you feel that you meet these requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities

● Social Bonding: Encourage and foster social bonding with others

  • Create social learning and collaborative learning experiences where children can experience life with you as the educator, with other children of various ages, with other members of the school community as well as external community members
  • Be alert to and prioritize the needs of the classroom group as a whole, when dealing with
  • individual children or only a part of the classroom

● Model desirable communication habits

  • Greet each child warmly upon arrival
  • Eye contact at the child’s level
  • Listen to and interpret the child’s individual needs
  • Use appropriate voice tone as a teaching tool
  • Use encouragement appropriately
  • Encourage the use of positive language among children and staff

● Facilitate internal and external activities and learning opportunities that build Executive Functioning Skills

  • Plan and Organise Classroom Events and Learning Experiences.
  • Encourage the development of working memory skills.
  • Encourage Cognitive Flexibility and Meta Cognition (Thinking and assessing one’s thinking, thinking patterns, and biases)
  • Teach children self-regulation and self-control strategies (Development of Control Inhibitor)
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● Encourage Learning Autonomy

  • Implement Guide Learning so each child learns to become self-reliant and independent
  • Provide children with autonomous yet guided learning experiences in a real-world
  • environment/setting
  • Allow children to make and learn from their own experiences and mistakes.
  • Help children accept mistakes without shame

● Assessment of children’s learning in the classroom

  • Asking open-ended questions and assessing knowledge
  • Identify potential gaps in base knowledge (both own and student)
  • Use observation skills to gain information on how each child learns and to scaffold their learning when giving lessons
  • Involve children in your knowledge acquisition process
  • Teach children how to identify and fill knowledge gaps
  • Identify each child’s learning style
  • Liaise with and communicate assessments to parents and other staff members regularly

● Behavioural Management and Disciplining

  • Treat and respect children as intelligent, capable beings with rights, responsibilities, and obligations.
  • Use positive, consistent, predictable behavior management of students.
  • Foster Individual Relationships
  • Move towards the child calmly and respectfully when needing to get their attention.

● Preparing & Organise Learning and Classroom Environment to meet the needs of each child’s learning style.

  • Support each child in finding appropriate challenges
  • Plan and organize all classroom and external events; provide and model a peaceful an conducive learning environment
  • Keep and teach the children to keep the environment clean, tidy, and orderly.
  • Keep up the school hygiene standards

● Curriculum Implementation

  • Offer each child a challenging and appropriate curriculum material within various pedagogical philosophies and model these to adapt to individual styles and levels of learning

● Classroom Administration

  • Liaison with Parents: Assisting with parent communication regarding daily procedures
  • Assisting with writing assessments and reports
  • Classroom Planning: Discuss and carry out plans for the classroom by collaborating with the senior educator
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● General Administration

  • Attend regular coaching/training sessions
  • Communication with the school principal regarding any problems or issues in the classroom or school
  • Meet with the principal and other teaching staff regularly to discuss observations, classroom environment, strategies, plans, and improvements
  • Preparing and executing emergency plans (fire, evacuation, etc.) every quarter or as needed

● Further Learning and Self-Improvement

  • Participate and actively seek professional development to improve educative quality within the Classroom
  • Keeping up to date with developments in the teaching field, particularly relating to cognitive science (e.g. Harvard Centre for the developing child, Celine Alvarez, Mindshift KQED, Ted Talks)

● Staff Relations

  • Exhibit a respectful and friendly attitude with the staff, promoting a cooperative and team spirit
  • Accept constructive criticism and show a willingness to change your work style, which will
  • bring about positive changes
  • Work with other teachers in special programming that Liberté has developed

● Parent Involvement

  • Foster and maintain respectful relationships with the parents
  • Encourage parent involvement and “buy-in” to the school’s teaching strategies
  • Refer and discuss potential problems or issues with the School Principal or Senior Educator
  • Communicate weekly (phone calls, email, messaging services, or otherwise) to all families about past and forthcoming events and highlights

● Community and Public Relations

  • Reflect the school culture and philosophy in creating the best possible learning and social environment for the children, families, educators, school stakeholders, and the broader community
  • As a staff member of Liberté, you will be expected to conduct yourself professionally when in public or representing the school
  • Foster and Maintain relationships with internal and external activity vendors (Intra & Extra Murals)
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Desired Experience & Qualification

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Studying toward Montessori 3 – 6 or 6 -12 (National diploma qualification
  • or an advanced certificate) or equivalent.
  • First aid or firefighting certification is preferred.

Professional Affiliations:

  • Registered with the South African Council of Educators (SACE), either full
  • registration or registered as a student educator.

Experience:

  • Prior child-care experience, preferably as a teaching assistant.
  • Ideally, at least two years of working experience within education and five years of experience overall.
  • Experience in multiple pedagogical environments. For example,
    Waldorf/Steiner, Reggio Emilia, etc., or experience across various countries are
    advantageous.

Skills and Competencies:

  • Computer Literate: Ability to work with offline and online/cloud-based
  • communication and collaboration tools (e.g. Microsoft Office, Gmail and
  • Google Suite, Open Office, Trello, Zoom, etc.)
  • Problem-solving: Able to solve problems and use problems as an
  • opportunity to teach in a creative manner
  • Communication: Professional, comfortable communicating with parents,
  • colleagues, senior management and children. Excellent listening skills,
  • strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Interpersonal: Ability to facilitate and foster school and educational
  • community interactions.
  • Collaborative: Able to work as part of a team.

Package & Remuneration

  • 21 Days paid leave
  • Employee wellness programme (cycle-to-work and other initiatives)
  • Staff Uniform
  • Daily Meal Provided
  • Discretionary performance-based annual bonus.
  • Educational support, bursaries & study leave are available
  • Individualized professional development, support, and mentorship for
  • career growth
  • Employee discounts on school fees and kitchen produce
  • Market-related salary, based on experience.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should kindly visit the company website for more details and submit the application(s).