Professional Development Lead - Karachi Division - Zindagi Trust

    Zindagi Trust
    Zindagi Trust Karachi Division

    3 days ago

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    Professional Development Lead Job Description

    Zindagi Trust is a leading non-profit organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes and opportunities for children in public sector schools across Pakistan. We are committed to fostering a high-quality learning environment and driving impactful change through innovative academic and co-curricular programs, as well as advocacy for policy reform.

    Position Overview:

    The Professional Development Lead will be working with the Academics Team and the subject teachers of their assigned grades and subject at Zindagi Trust's two schools in Karachi: SMB Fatima Jinnah, and Khatoon-e-Pakistan. The incumbent will be traveling to different schools throughout the week to complete assigned tasks, with one day a week reporting at the Head Office.

    Responsibilities and Expectations:

    Teacher Support and Culture:

    • Conducting weekly planning meetings with teachers of each grade level to work through the scheme of studies and support in lesson planning.
    • Co-teaching and model teaching where needed.
    • Supporting individual teachers in developing their content and pedagogical skills as per need.
    • Developing needs-based professional development and conducting one training session per term.
    • Helping teachers develop a respectful relationship with their students and a positive classroom culture, focusing on students who most need their support.
    • Helping teachers create a positive professional learning community, collaborating with and supporting their team members in pursuit of the shared vision of student excellence.
    • Mentoring teachers with an open and empathetic solution-focused approach.

    Teacher Supervision and Evaluation:

    • Ensuring reflection logs are maintained and evaluated for quality.
    • Ensuring topics as taught are maintained accurately.
    • Ensuring teachers are attending and participating in planning meetings and professional development activities.
    • Ensuring teachers are uploading complete lesson plans on time.
    • Conducting 1 observation of each teacher per term (announced and ungraded).
    • Conducting 1 observation of each teacher per term (unannounced and graded).
    • Reviewing TOS and term-end assessments.
    • Reviewing 1 lesson plan per term per teacher.
    • Re-checking copies for each teacher every 2 weeks, according to protocol and rubric.
    • Checking softboards for each teacher.

    Reporting, Monitoring, and Evaluation:

    • Maintaining detailed records of training activities, teacher support, and program evaluations.
    • Preparing and submitting regular reports on the progress of students in subject and grade levels, including achievements and areas for improvement.
    • Examining and analyzing assessment data regularly to track student learning and identify areas of growth.
    • Identifying areas for improvement and making recommendations to enhance program delivery.
    • Communicating regularly with project managers and director academics on issues and activities.

    Events and Remedials:

    • Coordinating with project managers, other subject leads, and section heads to arrange one annual activity (in or inter-school) to highlight the subject being taught.
    • Attending school events, meetings, presentations, and external sessions.
    • Coordinating remedial programs (curriculum, logistics etc.) for assigned grade levels.

    Peer Observations:

    • Moderating peer observations for teachers in assigned grade levels.

    Professional Development:

    • Engaging in ongoing professional development to stay current with educational trends and advancements in teaching and learning of the assigned subject area.

    Collaboration and Attitude:

    • Attending regular academics team meetings to share work, learn from other team members, and ideate on shared questions.
    • Maintaining a positive, professional, ethical attitude vis-a-vis all team members.
    • Working with team members to develop interdisciplinary learning projects and shared professional development activities for teachers.

    Hiring:

    • Undertaking demos and interviews of teacher candidates to fill vacancies.

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