Teaching Jobs in Lagos at Longman Montessori School, October 2014

Longman Montessori School is recruiting to fill the below position:


Job Title: Subject Teacher
Location: Lagos
Job Description

• Develops lesson plans and manages the learning experiences for students to ensure the needs of the groups and individual students are met.
• Assists students toward self-directed learning and normalization.
• Maintains a neat, well organized, and attractive prepared environment consistent with Montessori pedagogy.
• Participates in the admissions process, speaking from time to time with prospective families at the request of the Head of School.
• Follows the school's policies and procedures for student evaluation and record keeping, meeting all due dates as required; includes the administration of standardized tests .
• Assesses the needs of the class and prepares requests for materials, furnishings, of the budgeting process; updates inventory list and submits to Head of School on last day of school.
• Participates in professional activities designated by the Head of School, which may include workshops, curriculum retreats, meetings, grade reporting, planning, and other professional pursuits.
• Attends all pre-announced staff meetings and professional sessions, including staff, level, committee and, evening parent meetings.
• Works to develop close and effective relationships with parents, including opportunities to discuss and understand the child's individual progress; encourages them to bond with both the class and the larger school community; provides individualized tracking of student progress.
• Other Job Duties as assigned.

• Observe class's overall feeling and tone
• Assist children who need individual help to choose work
• Protect working children from interference (including adult)
• Prepare to make small group presentations involving a new material or progressive step.
• Give individual presentations to children.
• Record important points briefly, for expansion later.
• Treat children with unconditional positive regard and provide individualized care for needs.
• Monitor group activities to maximize healthy socialization, fostering of community and healthy recreation.
• Withdraw at regular intervals to observe.
• Uphold and reinforce positive behaviour by Modelling behaviour
• Drawing attention to ground rules.
• Remain in contact with the whole group and sense changing mood or activity.
• Unobtrusively monitor the work of individual children.

• Obtaining, clarifying and exchanging information
• Classroom management
• Handling student discipline
• Ability to make supplemental Montessori materials for classroom
• Ability to fully participate as a team member in a professional learning community
• Ability to embrace and incorporate Montessori philosophy Physical Demands
• Candidates applying for this job should send their CV to the school mail address.
• Ability to organize and coordinate activities
• Ability to serve as role model and treat students as individuals in a professional manner
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of people in a multi-cultural, diverse setting.