Mathematics and Mathematics Literacy Teacher

Mathematics and Mathematics Literacy Teacher

**Location**:Cape Town, ZA

**Date**:9 Jan 2025

**Application closing date**:

- Inspired Education is the leading global group of premium schools, with a portfolio of 118 premium private schools spanning 6 continents which utilise proven educational practices from every corner of the globe, ensuring over 90,000 students receive a world-class learning experience from Kindergarten to Year 13.
- In 27 countries, Inspired schools are individually developed and anchored in the vibrant cultures of their respective locations. They collectively form an international family of schools that nurtures each student's academic and personal development in a progressive, dynamic, and innovative learning environment.
- By joining our award-winning team of over 13,000 employees, you can work in state-of-the-art facilities alongside industry-renowned educators and leaders in some of the world's most desirable locations. We invest heavily in our team members who enjoy industry-leading professional development, exceptional career opportunities, and mobility across our group.

**OUR SCHOOL**:

- Reddam House Helderfontein is a premier, private school, situated in the picturesque Helderfontein Estate Valley, surrounded by the leafy suburbs of Dainfern, Fourways, Lonehill and Broadacres. The Helderfontein Campus provides a beautiful, tranquil, secure, nurturing, enabling, learning-and-exploring environment. The natural, surrounding beauty encourages our teachers to bring the outdoor environment into the classroom. Reddam House Helderfontein offers a balanced, holistic, innovative, learning experience, encouraging students to realize their unique gifts, talents and abilities in pursuit of academic excellence. Being part of the Fourways area offers convenience, security and exclusivity, providing premium education to families living in the Fourways, Sandton & Gauteng vicinity. We offer weekly and termly boarding from Grade 6 - 12, providing a home-away-from-home to students outside South Africa from neighbouring countries including: Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique.**ROLE SUMMARY**:

- To adopt an aspirant view to students in their care, promoting the general progress and well-being of individuals and of any class or group assigned to them. To create a positive learning environment and motivate students to achieve their full potential.**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Consistently plan, prepare and present interesting and IEB aligned Maths and Maths Literacy lessons.
- Establish a teaching environment that is nurturing and promotes deep learning.
- Support the development of a Mathematics department striving for best practice.
- To serve the community.
- Behave in a professional manner with regard to punctuality, behaviour, and standards of work.
- Consistently evaluate, reflect on and refine teaching practice.
- Continuously seek professional development.
- Teach extra lessons, when required, on two afternoons per week.
- Be actively engaged in the afternoon programme for a minimum of two afternoons per week.
- Exemplify qualities of ‘good’, care, effort and kindness at all times.
- To attend all occasions appropriate to the position.
- To be a Tutor teacher, ensuring effective pastoral care for a group of students.
- Effectively set and mark exams and all other forms of student evaluation.
- Write informative report comments.
- To undertake any other reasonable tasks that the School Head / Deputy Head of Academics fairly determine.

**WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR**:

- Lives Passion with a Plan applied over Time
- Able to set clear expectations and stretching goals
- Adaptable style that drives for high performance
- Genuine care and attention for the highest standards of student and team welfare
- Ability to judge learning effectiveness
- Excellent preparation and planning
- Assessment of student outcomes to enhance performance
- The ability to engage and ‘interest’ teenagers
- A minimum of three years’ experience Teaching Math's and Math's Literacy at College level (Gr8 - 12)
- The ability to contribute to a high performing team
- Previous experience with the IEB Programmed
- Confidence with use of ICT in teaching
- Appropriate legal right to work in a South African school
- SACE accreditation

**SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT**
- Inspired Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.