Nova Pioneer is looking for a Learning Design Associate for Secondary School to lead the curriculum for Science and Second Languages .This is an opportunity to create a transformative school model with the future of Africa’s youth at stake.

About Nova Pioneer

A school that focuses more on developing skills than on memorizing content. At Nova Pioneer, we have done more than just imagine this future, we are bringing it to life. Nova Pioneer is a pan-African, independent network of schools offering high quality, accessible education from pre-primary through secondary school. Nova Pioneer uses a unique, enquiry-based learning approach that encourages students to ask “why” instead of telling them the “what”. It allows them to form their own thinking through exploration, investigation and collaboration. Nova Pioneer currently has 15 schools in South Africa and Kenya with a vision to launch 100 schools and reach tens of thousands of students across the African continent in the next decade. To learn more visit www.novapioneer.com.

About the role:

Key responsibilities for the role of Learning Designer include:

• Creating the scope and sequence for curriculum design across Science or Second Language subjects and grades.
• Supporting the Learning Design Team Lead in creating the day by day plan for the Science curriculum including Physics, Chemistry and Biology or the Second Languages curriculum (Afrikaans and/or isiZulu)
• Receiving professional development on the Nova Pioneer Model of Learning Design, integrated curriculum design, Project-Based Learning a variety of thinking routines and skills in lessons.
• Create lesson plans with an enquiry focus aligned to relevant curricula.
• Infusing the Cambridge Curriculum resources as well as outside resources into lessons.
• Researching and designing assessments and creating rubrics and marking schemes for assessments
• Design templates and documents for ease of use by teachers across grades.
• Plan with student collaboration and group work in mind.
• Develop technology-rich lesson designs and plans.
• Use constructive feedback in reflection, redesign and recreation of plans and documents.

About You

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You have 2+ years working experience in a rigorous, high-expectations setting
• You have distinctive interest/knowledge and experience in the subject for which you design i.e. the Sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) OR Second Languages (Afrikaans/isiZulu)
• You have experience with or understanding of various curricula - experience with Cambridge objectives is ideal but not essential.
• You have a track record of developing creative and rigorous curricula that has led to distinctive learning outcomes.
• You have a desire to further develop your curriculum development skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth.
• You have strong writing skills and are able to use those to create lessons that will help students learn it while being engaged and interested.
• You are driven by data and can use data from student assessments to strengthen lessons and spiral in key skills.
• You are flexible and open to change - you handle uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity well.
• You are a problem solver - you are proactive in identifying issues and address these thoroughly by making effort to find appropriate solutions.
• You are excited about our organizational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.

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