Isixhosa Teacher

Christel House is an international non-profit school with a single mission: to break the cycle of poverty. Poverty touches every aspect of a child’s life, determines their future and almost always leave them trapped in a spiral of unemployment and continued poverty.

**We break the cycle of poverty **by offering no-fee scholarships to students from some of the poorest neighbourhoods in Cape Town. We support them for 19 years with a fully serviced, holistic education of the best quality, while following national regulations and being oriented to achieving educational goals.

We operate nine Grade RR-12 schools around the world of which the centre in Cape Town, established in 2002, is the only centre in Africa. Christel House South Africa (CHSA) currently serves twenty-six communities in Cape Town.

As part of **our holistic 19-year offering**, we instill strong character development ethics, complemented by professional health care, nutritious meals, psychosocial counselling, family assistance and college and careers planning and support (for five years after graduating).

**About the position**:CHSA teachers are skilled, vibrant, goal driven and team players capable of directing, supporting, coaching and facilitating learning among students allocated to them. In our fast-paced dynamic environment, we expect of our IsiXhosa teacher to:

- Be skilled and knowledgeable, beyond mere school curriculum of IsiXhosa
- Activate learning among students in the IsiXhosa classroom; and
- Facilitate learning of content, raised beyond what is prescribed for the FAL curriculum;
- Be willing to adjust to the demands of the Christel House teaching and learning Philosophy.
- Have the ability to engage fully with the ethos and spirit of Christel House South Africa

We currently have a vacancy for a IsiXhosa Foundation Phase Teacher who can join our team and who would be expected to:

- Deliver the IsiXhosa FAL program for our students.
- Experience and willing to teach physical education and mindfulness.
- Have good admin and teaching IT skills
- Be a dynamic team player with excellent people and communication skills.
- Offer extramural activities to support Christel House Sports and Arts programmes
- The position reports to the Junior School Principal.
- At least a Bachelor’s degree majoring in IsiXhosa or similar with a physical SACE certificate;

**Salary**: R20,000.00 - R22,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Application Deadline: 2023/03/31