Special Needs Teacher Job in Nairobi Kenya

Job: Special Needs Teacher

Location: Nairobi

Company description: A Special School in Kibera with less than 10 students per class

Our client, a special needs school is looking to hire a special needs teacher to handle the daily tutoring of students.

Salary: Shs 10.000

Job Description:

• Teaching either individuals or small groups of pupils within or outside the class
• Preparing lessons and resources
• Marking and assessing work
• Developing and adapting conventional teaching methods to meet the individual needs of pupils
• Using specialist skills, such as teaching Braille to pupils with visual impairments or sign language and lip reading to students who have hearing impairments
• Collaborating with other teachers to define appropriate activities for the pupils in relation to the curriculum
• Assessing children who have long or short-term learning difficulties and working with colleagues to identify individual pupils' special needs
• Liaising with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and educational psychologists
• Liaising closely with parents and guardians
• Assisting in severely disabled pupils' personal care/medical needs
• Administration, including updating and maintaining records on pupils' progress
• Receiving in-service training;
• Behavior management.

Requirements:

• Degree or Diploma in Special Needs Education
• Experience in developmental disabilities and behavioral management
• Knowledge in Early Childhood Education
• Good organization and communication skills

To apply eMail your CV to maureen@dumaworks.com with the subject line Special needs teacher, job code 438 before 7th Nov 2014