Primary Teacher-English

Position: Primary  Teacher -English

Location: Surkhet-Karnali Province

"A world where every child is educated, safe and loved"

KVS is a nonprofit school managed by the Kopila Valley Sewa Samaj, an NGO registered in Surkhet, Nepal, and funded by BlinkNow Foundation USA to provide world-class education to the neediest children who deserve the best education.  Our mission is to change the world by empowering Nepal’s children. We provide our students with a free education, educational materials, health treatment and medicine, counseling, and a place to live. With our innovative future program, we strive to provide our children with career guidance, and scholarships for further studies.

The  Blink Now Foundation  is a 501(c)(3) based in New Jersey which, through its country office in Nepal, oversees these programs in rural Nepal. Every day we strive to create a sustainable organization working to educate all of Kopila’s children until they are ready to enter the world as happy, skilled, confident, self-sufficient adults. We believe we can serve as a model for quality education in Nepal. We will strive to provide our children with scholarships (should they choose to pursue higher education), the skills required to enter the world as global citizens, and ambassadors for change.

Required Qualification:

Education: Intermediate in any discipline.

Experience: Preferably 2 years of teaching experience in Primary School

Experience teaching the Nepalese national curriculum is highly desirable.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

In the classroom:

- Establish and enforce rules for behavior, policies and procedures to maintain order among students.

- Teach basic academic skills, personal hygiene, and social skills.

- Demonstrate appropriate social and interpersonal behavior.

- Assimilate arriving children into the school environment by greeting them and selecting activities as per the lesson’s needs and of interest to students.

- Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests.

- Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social-emotional development.

- Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.

- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, experiment and investigate.

- Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.

- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children.

- Use computers, audiovisual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

- Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical and emotional health.

- Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.

- Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.

- Guide and counsel students with adjustment and/or academic problems, or special academic interests.

- Monitor and supervise students in a variety of educational environments (e.g., classroom, playground, field trips, etc.) for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment.

- Prepare a variety of written materials (e.g., bi-weekly journals, parent-teacher conference reports, anecdotal records, class tests, quizzes, students' independence and group work, etc.) for the purpose of documenting student progress and participation in school-related activities.

- Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.

- Organize and label materials and display children's work in a manner appropriate for their sizes and perceptual skills.

- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials, to prevent injuries and damage.

In the community:

- Meet with parents and guardians (hostel caregivers in case of home children) to discuss their children's progress, and to determine their priorities for their children and their resource needs and reinforce classroom goals in the home environment.

- Involve parent volunteers and older students in children's activities wherever possible.

For Safety and Growth:

- Attend all staff meetings, house meetings and department meetings when called for and serve on special committees/clubs or any special community events taking place as required or professional development and training sessions besides regular classes.

- Perform administrative duties such as assisting with maintenance of the library, playground and cafeteria monitoring, and supervision as safety patrol.

- Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.

- Report incidents (e.g., fights, suspected child abuse, suspected substance abuse, etc.) for the purpose of maintaining the personal safety of students, providing a positive learning environment and adhering to KVS policies.

- Respond to emergencies for the purpose of resolving immediate safety concerns and/or directing to appropriate personnel for resolution.

- Confer with guardians, teachers, counselors and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.

Other Duties

- Report for duty 5 days before the new academic session and 2 days before classes start after term breaks. These days will be utilized for training and preparation. Check in and check out the attendance system on your arrival and departure.

- Teach 5 periods a day (of 55 minutes), and one period as a proxy class for absent teachers if there is a need. Follow the school calendar and the school/ class routine.

- Supervise the children’s lunch and safety in the playground, corridors, classrooms and other areas once a week.

- Check home assignments and give constructive feedback in your marking, so that children know how to improve. Use your assessment to plan further teaching.

- Teach the children good manners and personal hygiene; teach them to maintain cleanliness in the whole school and correct their mistakes.

- All teachers are expected to participate in extracurricular activities as and when required.

- Be a part of the students’ clubs according to your subject of interest, guide & teach them one hour a week for knowledge & skills besides the classroom teaching, for which a special timetable will be made.

- All leisure periods are to be used for planning, corrections, marking, preparation of activities or teaching aids.

- Read the teachers/staff handbook and follow its guidelines.

Academic Duties:

A.   Planning & Preparation- You need to prepare:

- Annual and Block Plans once a year. Update and enrich the curriculum every year. Include topics which need to be covered but are missing and delete topics that do not need to be taught at a particular level. Try to integrate the topics both horizontally and vertically.

- Plan lessons in a set format, either daily or weekly. Submit to the Head of Department: Nursery to class 5 every Monday and classes 6 to 10 every Tuesday.

- Teach/Facilitate the lessons, prepare and collect resources, assess the children’s learning as you have planned, give feedback on their work and understanding.

- During class time, you should be teaching or supervising the students’ activities and not marking notebooks, exam papers, making lesson plans or doing anything else.

B.  Evaluation:

Monitor academic, social, emotional and physical progress of every student you teach. Teach and test the students in different orders. Show your test papers to the Head of Department. Provide extra help for their weaknesses. Screen those who are dragging or are outstanding in terms of talent, study or citizenship and report to the Principal.

Report all severe and remarkable cases to the Principal for further guidance.

C.  Reporting:

All test papers should be marked and recorded electronically. A copy of the mark ledger should be submitted to the principal. You should write an individual report for the students.  The purpose of this report is to let students and their guardians/sponsors know how students are doing.  They are also meant to help each child do the best they can in all subjects and in their social and emotional development.

The reports should (1) include a student's strengths and weaknesses, (2) indicate what you are doing to help the child in weak areas, and (3) indicate what activities the child can do to improve.

After your assessment, feedback should be given to the students. They need to know where their weaknesses and strengths are and how to improve further.

Besides all these, you need to report to the principal concerning students’ progress, as and when needed.

Record keeping:

Teachers have to keep records of students’ absence, anecdotes, marks obtained, credits and demerits (which will be introduced) and commendation letters.

D.    Administration:

- Attend assemblies and programs; supervise meals and help maintain safety.

- With your Department Head and Vice Principal, select textbooks

- Help to organize and participate in all school activities conducted in and outside the school as per the schedules made.

- Provide information on time to all concerned.

- Use the proper channel of reporting and complaints, if any.

- Teachers of Class 8 and upwards: should guide the children for their further studies, apprenticeship or field of work, after KVS schooling.

- All leaves must be approved in writing by the Principal.

- A written slip must be produced at the gate for leaving school early or during school time, signed by the Principal, Vice Principal or the Coordinators.

E.    Pastoral Care:

- Encourage and co-ordinate student involvement in events/competitions in and outside the school. Conduct remedial classes as per the students' needs to improve their academic performance

- Guide all students at all times, as needed, as you would do to your own children.

- All students, parents, teachers, staff and community members have the right to be safe and feel safe in their school community. The code of conduct applies to all involved in KVS, whether on school property or on school buses, which could have an impact on the school climate. Any concerning incident must be reported.

F.    Professional Development:

Participate in all training, workshops and seminars arranged for your professional development. Include the ideas and activities in your classroom teaching. The school wants everyone to grow.

Your Performance will be reviewed by the principal for your improvement and continuity of your service at KVS. You should take them as an opportunity for further enhancement. If no improvement is seen in your appraisal for two consecutive years, you will be asked to withdraw from KVS.

You have read and fully understood everything related to your duties and responsibilities. You are bound to the rules, regulations and practices of the school enforced from time to time in all matters not contained herein.

PN: Besides this general job description, there might be additional specific job descriptions related to the specific nature of your work.

Application Procedure

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