2024 Senior Phase AS and A-level Physics and Chemistry Teacher (Midrand Secondary) at Nova Pioneer

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Deliver exceptional, real-world, enquiry-based Physics and Chemistry lessons that align with the Cambridge curriculum.
• Prepare students to sit IGCSE, AS, and A-level exams.
• Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families, and colleagues.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students, and maintain an organized and focused learning environment.
• Infuse joy and passion for learning in lessons and so that students are excited about and invested in their academic excellence.  
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students.
• Be accountable for students’ mastery of academic standards.
• Integrate interactive technology into lessons to enhance instructional delivery.
• Set and communicate rigorous and ambitious goals for all students and provide student feedback so they internalize them.
• Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behaviour.
• Consistently meet the ambitious goals of a rapidly-growing organization.

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You have a BSc degree and a PGCE in FET teaching of Sciences.
• Strictly 3+ years of teaching experience
• You have taught Physics and Chemistry at the secondary school level (Grade 8 - 12 experience)
• You have taken Physics and Chemistry as majors to the third-year level at the university
• You are a great communicator. You are able to provide clear and effective written and verbal communication to the leadership team
• 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 an 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