Teacher Training Content Developer Job in Kenya

Dynamic People Consulting is currently recruiting for one of its clients in the education industry.

About this position

Local school managers operate financially self-sustaining schools, while an efficient headquarters provides support services benefiting from economy of scale. Our model ensures that our schools will never be dependent on the uncertainties of donor funding.

Our instruction is aligned to the Kenyan National Curriculum. To ensure the consistent delivery of high quality instruction, we write its own curriculum using Direct Instruction methodology.

In order to prepare teachers to be successful, we recruit and train new teachers from each local school community.

Our new teachers have a minimum of a secondary school diploma, and some have previously completed recognized teacher training institutes. We offer a highly competitive, intensive 8 week new teacher induction program.

Like other successful new teacher training models, we provide teachers with essential practical skills that have direct application in the classroom, hands-on practice and feedback.

We are seeking an experienced school leader or staff developer to assist with the redesign of our training program and ongoing professional support program. This position will use operations manuals to create clear, concise Powerpoints and step by step activities for training sessions.

Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree
  • Masters degree (preferred)
  • At least 2 years experience in writing
  • International experience (preferred)
  • Excellent writing and grammar in English
  • Demonstrated proficiency in PowerPoint
  • Experience in writing manuals (preferred)
  • Ability to break down technical information into understandable terms
  • Ability to write clearly and concisely
  • Ability to pay attention to detail
More specifically, below are the qualities sought in the Teacher Training Content Developer:

Staff Development Expertise
  • Ability to adapt an effective teacher training program to our training model, which incorporates classroom videos, the trainee handbook, practice sessions and the plan for ongoing support
  • Ability to innovate professional development delivery as we plan take our new teacher training to scale, as we expand to dozens of regional training sites and hundreds of schools
  • Ability analyze student and teacher data to prioritize and leverage staff development needs and delivery
  • Align objectives of teacher training and ongoing support to our instructional guidelines and observation tools
  • Understand and use a variety of instructional strategies in designing teacher training sessions that accommodate a diverse teacher corps
  • Analyze data collected during teacher training to drive improvements to the content and delivery of teacher training
Demonstrated Effectiveness
  • Demonstrate a track record of driving sustainable gains in academic achievement through effective staff development
  • Demonstrate relentless drive to achieve dramatic results for students and schools in underserved areas
  • Ability to learn quickly and to be effective in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment
Leadership
  • Embrace cultural differences as a requirement for success, especially while working abroad
  • Create structures for team members to contribute to analyzing data, framing challenges and developing research-based solutions
  • Create a plan and timeline to build capacity within the training team
  • Provide and invite feedback on performance (strengths and areas for growth) within the training team
Project Management
  • Ability to manage multiple competing deadlines, prioritizing tasks based on departmental goals
  • Ability to manage/support a team to successfully meet ongoing deadlines
  • Strong organization skills
Training Content
  • Ability to analyze and describe videos of instruction that demonstrate best practices at Bridge (e.g., nonverbal signals, efficient classroom procedures, efficient use of instructional materials, lottery style call and response, using clear signals, etc.)
  • Ability to link video clips to teacher induction content and trainee handbook, revising materials as needed to integrate audio, visual and print/practice features
  • Familiarity with video editing or using video to guide professional development is an advantage
  • Ability to evaluate big picture training topics and organize them into a progressive series of training sessions
  • Ability to apply previous staff development experience flexibly, given the diverse backgrounds of our teachers corps
This position will report to the Director of Teacher Training and Instructional Support.

The movement to provide access to high quality primary education for all is underway.

We challenge you to join us, where you have the opportunity to make a significant impact on an organization at the heart of the movement.

Please send all applications to: recruitment@dpckenya.com

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