Ascent Soccer
Title of position – Teaching Intern
Requirements for applications –
- Qualified teacher
- Fluent in English
- Positive attitude
- Growth mindset
Paid internship until end of 2024/2025 school year
Duties to be performed –
Ascent Soccer is looking for a teaching intern to join our team of teachers and help inspire curiosity, a lifelong thirst for knowledge and desire to solve problems in the next generation of Malawi’s student athletes. The successful candidate will implement a student-centred approach to education that encourages our students to think critically and form their own opinions about the world around them. They will draw on innovative teaching ideas from a wide variety of sources to devise their lessons and they won’t be afraid to try new things, take risks or make mistakes.
Duties will include:
- Implementing the Ascent Foundation Curriculum
- Planning and teaching lessons in a variety of subjects with a focus on reading, English language acquisition and foundational numeracy.
- Delivering classes in English
- Modelling both critical thinking and a growth mindset to our students
- Helping develop our curriculum and library of learning resources
- Teaching our students to read using a phonics-based approach whilst at the same time inculcating a love of reading
- Managing both digital and physical teaching resources
- Engaging fully in Ascent’s professional development program
- Supervising students on school trips
- Potential afternoon pastoral duty
Name of Employer – Ascent Soccer
Brief about the employer (physical and postal address, if possible) – Malawi’s leading and only full-time residential football academy, with gifted Male and Female players from across Malawi. www.ascentsoccer.org
Location of the position – Lilongwe
Closing date of the position – 5th October, 2024
Application procedures – To apply please Whatsapp your CV and a short (not more than 2 minutes) video explaining why you think you’d be a good teacher at Ascent Soccer to +265990929808