Job Description

About Kipina

 Kipina is a preschool that adopting Finnish educational approach which emphasis on play-based learning, personal development, and child-centric pedagogy the preschool consists of both nursery and kindergarten classes.

Lead Teacher

Job Description

Kipinä’s Lead Teacher is a true believer and understands in the aims, objectives and social mission of Kipinä.

• She will comprehend and oversee the successful implementation and planning of the Kipinä Program across the nursery for all ages and
• She will be responsible for oversight, development of all of Kipinä’s Teachers and Teaching Assistants, to provide training and coaching to ensure the program is evident in each classroom and for every
• She will implement classroom management processes in the classes and audit the program on a regular basis to provide evidence of its
• She is responsible evaluations and performance appraisals of academic staff in support of the nursery manager/Principal.
• She will design and implement the relevant systems, processes and structures across Kipinä’s Academic platform to ensure institutionalization of the
• The Lead Teacher will support the recruitment process for Teachers and TA’s and help define a budget for Academic Resources by term.
• She will be adept at the laws and regulations pertaining to nurseries of Kurdistan Region that she is working in.
• Stay informed and ensure compliance with local laws and regulations pertaining to nurseries and early childhood education in the Kurdistan Region.

Skills

• The Lead Teacher is a confident and accomplished teacher with an
• instructional leadership background or
• She is inspirational in her approach to training, developing and coaching other teachers

               and is passionate about the development of young people.

• She thrives in a dynamic environment, is an excellent problem solver and able to help Teachers and TAs learn to problem solve as
• She must be an experienced and forward planner to be able to ensure the educational objectives of Kipinä are
• The Lead Teacher, must be a good manager of people, passionate about developing young people, knowledgeable about Kipinä’s program and learning outcomes, kind and generous in nature to parents, students, staff and the community.

Skills Required

• Communication Skills
• team managment
• Team Leader
• Excellent organizational skills
• professional experience in teaching
• teachers