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Aayatiin School
Required Degrees: Bachelor Degree
Fields of Expertise: Elementary , High School ,  
Details: We are looking for 2 female experienced English language teachers. One of the teacher must have at least 5 years experience in teaching ECE (early childhood education). They must be non-Somali language speakers. School provided accommodation is available. Please contact: 00254795065662 for further information.

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Abaarso Network

Fields of Expertise: Curriculum Developer , High School , Science , Math/Physics ,  
Details: Founded in 2009, the Abaarso Network enables transformative change in Somaliland, East Africa, through educating and empowering the human capital needed to achieve ethical and effective development. The Network includes three world-class educational institutions that provide high-potential students with critical access, support, and leadership development: Abaarso School of Science and Technology, Barwaaqo University, and Kaabe Schools.
Abaarso School is an internationally recognized 7th-12th grade co-ed boarding school outside of Hargeisa, Somaliland featured on 60 Minutes, in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, MSNBC, and Forbes. Abaarso School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
Job purpose
The Head of the Upper School is a senior academic position at the Abaarso School. The Head work in partnership to oversee the management of all day-to-day academic programs in grades 9-12, ideally splitting the grades to ensure an equitable partnership and appropriate coverage of the Upper School population. They are the immediate supervisor to all faculty members within the upper school and take responsibility to ensure all teachers create safe, inclusive, and productive classrooms that emphasize the core values of the school and follow all school policies. The Head act as coaches and mentors to faculty as they develop them one-on-one.
The Heads are the main communicators and enforcers of academic policies to the US community. They collect data from regular classroom assessments and major school exams to create intervention or enrichment plans for students. They also work with Upper School students on a daily basis by seeking feedback, managing minor conflicts, enforcing discipline, and providing explanations for academic school rules and decisions.
As the Head you will ideally specialize in either the humanities or STEM disciplines and will act as the go-to for teachers with questions related to that field. The Co-Heads are responsible for maintaining and updating the curricula in collaboration with the Head of Academics.
The Head will collaborate with the Director of Academics on all major upper-school decisions. They play a role on the senior admin team, bringing the perspective of the day-to-day running of the upper school into the context of major school decisions and events.
Job duties and responsibilities
Management and Training of Faculty
Manages a team of upper school teachers through regular weekly checks-ins and regular departmental and grade level meetings. Acts as the immediate mentor and coach of all faculty in the upper school.
Cultivates a positive, safe, fair, and inclusive atmosphere within all upper school classrooms.
Ensures all teachers create student-centered classrooms with clear expectations or behavior, a variety of engaging activities, a high level of critical thinking, respect for the culture, and utilization of differentiation to meetthe needs of different learners.
Ensures all faculty members in the upper school adhere to all academic policies covering classroom
management, grading amount and deadlines, class averages, lesson planning, and expectations for professional behavior.
Sets agendas for weekly check-ins meetings with teachers to seek updates and provide feedback regarding classroom management, grading, assessment, and position within the curriculum
map.
Addresses any questions or concerns brought up by faculty during check-ins and helps faculty problem solve minor day to day issues. Keeps regular records of meeting action plans.
Leads regular faculty grade level meetings and departmental meetings by setting agendas and structure in collaboration with the Director of Academics. Facilitates conversation and takes notes for follow-up and action plans.
Conducts regular 15 minute classroom observations on a regular basis. Uses a rubric to assess teachers. Sets up post-observation meetings for feedback and creates reasonable suggestions for improvement. Records all observations and feedback and updates the Director of Academics on a regular basis.
Matches faculty with other faculty members to observe for peer observations.
Assists in the creation and leading of professional development workshops for the faculty in collaboration with the Director of Academics as needed.
Assists in leading sessions during faculty orientation and helps onboard new faculty members into the school through the year.
Day-to-Day Management of the Upper School
Acts as the immediate go-to for all student and faculty questions regarding academic programming in the upper school.
Communicates all school academic policies with explanations (including changes) to the US students body through assemblies, special afternoon meetings, or emails. Ensures students have read the student handbook.
Mediates and solves all minor conflicts in upper school classrooms (student-student, student-teacher)

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The Pharo Foundation
Required Degrees: A Bachelor’s degree in education or related field
Fields of Expertise: ESL/EFL , Elementary , ESL to Children , Kindergarten , High School ,  
Details:
The Pharo Foundation (hereafter the ‘’Foundation”) is a privately funded entrepreneurial organisation that runs philanthropic programs as well as for-profit Social Ventures. The Foundation’s vision is an economically vibrant Africa and the mission is to achieve that vision by investing in Africa’s human and physical capital with a strong focus on job creation. The Foundation was established in 2011 as a non-profit based in the UK. Since, the Foundation made a strategic shift to directly design and implement its own programs in order to ensure greater engagement with communities, better results and increased accountability. The key themes for the philanthropic side of the Foundation are education, health, water and agriculture.
The education program is one of the largest programs the Foundation runs in Somaliland. The Pharo Kindergarten, Pharo Primary and Pharo Secondary schools ensure access to formal and quality education to produce well developed, empowered students and leaders. Please see our website https://.pharofoundation/our-projects/pharo-primary-school/ for more information.
Teacher Volunteer Program
The Pharo Teacher Volunteer Program is a one-year teaching program in Somaliland. The mission for our Teacher Volunteer Program is to provide sustainable educational support and contribution to the students to enhance their physical, social, emotional and cognitive development.
We are looking for teachers who are active, patient, motivated, committed and have great communication skills. We want educators that can adapt to a new environment easily and can make great impact in our students.
The volunteers will help students with spoken English skills, vocabulary building and grammar and support them build the confidence in speaking the language. The volunteers will assist the teachers during class lessons and activities. A volunteer might also get involved in teaching other subjects such as Science and Mathematics. We value intelligent, hardworking, adaptable, and open-minded educators.
Memorable Experience
The program is designed so that each volunteer teacher spends three months at each of the three schools rather than spending the whole year in one school. We assure you the experience will be memorable, friendly and welcoming environment in all of our schools. Additionally, teaching at Pharo KG and Pharo Primary will give the volunteer the opportunity to explore the capital city, Hargeisa. Whilst teaching at Pharo Secondary, you will get close to nature and explore the historical town of Sheikh and the spectacular scenery of its mountains.
Volunteer Requirements
• A Bachelor’s degree in education or related field.
• A minimum of 3 years teaching experience in Pre- primary, Primary, Secondary or teacher training college.
• Experience of teacher training, teacher coaching, teacher capacity building is desirable.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent practice in the classroom
• Fluent spoken and written English language skills.
• Experience in mentoring or training other teachers.
Benefits
• Accommodation and meals provided.
• Airport pickup and drop off.
• 24/7 in-country support.
• A monthly stipend.
• Health Insurance.
• Round trip economy flight.
• Work visa and governmental fees.

COVID-19 Restrictions for Somaliland
A negative COVID-19 test, taken no more than 96 hours before travel, is required for entry into Somaliland. If you do not have this evidence on arrival, then you may have to spend 14 days in quarantine at your own expense in a government approved facility.
Egal International Airport has put in place additional measures to screen passengers arriving into Hargeisa by air, including temperature checks.
Those who displaying symptoms linked to the virus may be transferred to a nearby isolation facility while further tests are carried out.
Application
Interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, should submit their application through email to Recruiting.SLpharofoundation and provide the following;
1. A detailed CV
2. A 1000-word essay about yourself and why you want to volunteer as teacher in Somaliland.
3. A one-page list of five references with current addresses, phone numbers and email contacts.

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Required Degrees: Education- Primary
Fields of Expertise: ESL/EFL , ESL to Children ,  
Details: Barwaaqo University, a women’s teacher training college located in Somaliland, is looking to hire motivated teachers.
Barwaaqo University opened in the Fall of 2017 as a higher learning institution teaching young women to become educators in Somaliland. Barwaaqo is the second education institution supported by the Horn of Africa Education Development Fund, the first is the Abaarso School of Science & Technology, featured in the New York Times and BBC World, a non-profit boarding school educating the best and the brightest Somali students in the Horn of Africa. The schools are located outside of Hargeisa, Somaliland, a breakaway, self-governing region of Somalia. Barwaaqo University builds on Abaarso’s success and the need for a quality local university. Barwaaqo replicates and scales the Abaarso education system that focuses on core fundamentals and character education. The school encourages ethics and a strong sense of responsibility for improving the students’ community. While only founded in 2009, Abaarso School has achieved success not seen in the area for several decades. After four graduating classes, Abaarso has placed over 60 Somali students on international scholarships including dozens in the United States. Abaarso School graduates are enrolled at top schools including Harvard, Yale, Brown, MIT, Georgetown, Amherst, Brandeis, and many more.
Barwaaqo University is looking for individuals interested in dedicating at least one year to teaching and building our community from the ground up. Teachers will help build a school culture that puts the growth of the school and the students first, while finding a way around the challenges inherent in working in the developing world. Between the classroom, preparation, student groups, office hours, and other projects, teachers should expect 50-70 hours of work each week. With successful performance, significant upward mobility is possible for staff members.
Barwaaqo is seeking math and English teachers as well as a teaching specialist. Teachers will be involved in the training of student teachers, including observation, and developing curriculum.
We are currently accepting applications to start in September 2019. Barwaaqo University is a women’s-only boarding institution and at this time is only seeking female applicants. Round-trip Airfare, Emergency Health/Evacuation Insurance, Room & Board (no food expenses), $250/month stipend. Total package is approx. $6500 USD per person.
To apply, please send a cover letter, CV, and university transcript.

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Simad University

Fields of Expertise: ESL/EFL , University ,  
Details: SIMAD UNIVERSITY - MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
CAREER OPPORTUNITY WITH SIMAD UNIVERSITY ENGLISH SKILLS PROGRAM
Simad University is currently seeking qualified Instructors of English as an Additional
Language to join our teaching team in the English Skills Program starting next year in
February, 2016.
The English Skills Program, which is part of the newly formed Institute of Modern
Languages developed in partnership with Ednastics, is an in-sessional English program
that improves the academic English and study skills of Simad University students for
greater success in their degree programs and beyond. Based on the latest best
practices on second language teaching and learning, the curriculum will allow students to
effectively function in and graduate from a university with English as the principal
language of instruction. Students will also learn a wide range of skills including critical
thinking and study skills, which are all vital for students to perform well in any
undergraduate program offered nationally or internationally. The program uses an
integrated curriculum, which means students will learn all English skills together through
relevant, exciting, and meaningful content. Students will listen and read extensively using
English language labs as well as meaningful supplementary reading materials.
Position Title: English Language Instructor
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant area (TESL, English, Education, Linguistics, Arts, etc.)
• Basic IT skills
Preferred Qualifications:
• Postgraduate certificate, diploma or MA/M.Ed. in TESL or Applied Linguistics
• Previous experience teaching English
• International/multicultural experience
Responsibilities:
• 20 teaching hours/week
• 15 office hours /week (includes meetings, PD, student support, marking and prep.)
Compensation:
• Competitive salary based on level of education and experience
• Accommodation in security-enhanced community
• One month paid vacation per year and public holidays
• Round trip flight to home city per year
• Local health care coverage
Contact:
Interested applicants, please send CV and cover letter to teachatsimadednastics
Interviews for qualified applications will be conducted through Skype or telephone

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EELO University
Required Degrees: Bachelor’s in English/ tesol /education
Fields of Expertise: ESL/EFL , University ,  
Details: We are looking for a Native English speaker willing to relocate to peaceful Somali land to work as an ESL instructor.
We offer a reasonable package which includes the following:
Housing, transportation, airfare to destination, visa fees...
This is a wonderful opportunity to begin a great adventure and experience the richness of Africa

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Fields of Expertise: ESL/EFL , High School , Math/Physics ,  
Details: Abaarso School is a non profit boarding high school educating the best and the
brightest Somali students in the Horn of Africa. The school prepares students to
excel in higher education, while also focusing on extracurricular activities and
community service. The school encourages morality and a strong sense of
responsibility for improving the students’ community. While only entering its sixth
year, Abaarso School has achieved success not seen in the area for several
decades. After two graduating classes, Abaarso has placed 47 Somali students
on international scholarships including 30 in the United States. Abaarso School
graduates have been admitted to schools like MIT, Georgetown, Amherst,
Carnegie Mellon, and many more.
Abaarso School is looking for individuals interested in dedicating at least one
year to training these top high school students. Teachers will join the school
culture that puts the growth of the school and the students first, while finding a
way around the challenges inherent in working in the developing world. Between
the classroom, preparation, student groups, office hours, and other projects,
teachers should expect 50-70 hours of work each week. With successful
performance, significant upward mobility is possible for staff members.
The following qualifications and experiences are highly desired: - prior teaching
experience, altrustic work/volunteer experience, experiencing working with
children, prior work or study experience in developing countries. Abaarso School
is looking for Teaching Fellows in various disciplines including computer science
(computer literacy, networking, some programming), math (up to Calculus), and
humanities.
Benefits
Round-trip Airfare, Emergency Health/Evacuation Insurance, Room , Board (no
food expenses), $250/month stipend

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