Pre-School Teacher at Mabest Academy

Job Duties and Tasks

• Facilitate Provision of a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.
• Teach basic skills such as colour, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills
• Establish and enforce rules for behaviour, and procedures for maintaining order.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips. Skills Needed
• Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Reading Comprehension -- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Learning Strategies -- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Writing -- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Social Perceptiveness -- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of oneself and others to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Critical Thinking -- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Service Orientation -- Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Negotiation -- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. Abilities Needed
• Oral Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Speech Clarity -- The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Speech Recognition -- The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Problem Sensitivity -- The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Oral Comprehension -- The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Originality -- The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• Fluency of Ideas -- The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
• Written Comprehension -- The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Deductive Reasoning -- The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Written Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision Knowledge, Experience, Education Required
• A passion for working with and caring for young children while a degree in education would be an added advantage.
• Previous work experience in a Playgroup/Reception/Nursery/ Primary school
• Customer and Personal Service -- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Education and Training -- Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• English Language -- Knowledge of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and grammar.

Requirement
Minimum Educational Qualification: Diploma.