OVERVIEW

Sega Girls’ Secondary School’s Pre-Form 1 English Fluency program is an 9-week English language immersion program which prepares incoming Form 1 students to receive English language instruction for all but one of the Secondary School subjects. The students, who are recent Standard VII graduates of the Tanzanian government’s public Primary Schools, arrive to the program with a very limited set of English language abilities and, through this program, they are expected to achieve basic proficiency in the following:

• Vocabulary
• Spelling
• Pronunciation
• Grammar, including basic sentence construction, word classes, verb tenses
• Taking notes
• Composition
• Dictation
  
  

SEGA seeks to hire English teachers on a temporary basis for a class of 35-40 students. For 2020, the program will run from October 19 - December 17.

KEY DUTIES:

• Work together as a team (Lead Teacher and Assistant Teacher) to oversee a class of 35-40 students, with Lead Teacher assuming overall responsibility for the class.
• Plan lessons in accordance with the priorities (syllabus) established by Sega’s Academic unit and using activity-based instructional methods.
• Execute lesson plans while maintaining discipline in the classroom.
• Prepare homework assignments to be done during the evening study session.
• Provide a daily report to Academic Mistress summarizing key activities and any incidents outside of the expected norm.
• Prepare and mark weekly tests and quizzes to assess student abilities.
• Evaluate and record individual student progress, and give feedback and individual or small group tutoring to students who perform below average.
• Prepare a final report card to be sent home with the student.
• Participate in a weekly progress meeting with Sega’s Academic unit to discuss: a) Summary of past week’s lessons, b) Plan for next week’s lessons, c) Issues and/or challenges.
  
  

TIMETABLE:

• Teachers report on October 12, with classes beginning on October 19. Teachers will issue final marks via report cards on December 17.
• Classes are held from 7:30 am - 5:00 pm on Monday through Friday, and from 8:00 am - 10:30 am on Saturday.
  
  

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience teaching English as a Foreign Language.
• Must be available for the full term from October 12 - December 17.
• Demonstrated written and spoken command of the English language (shortlisted candidates will be evaluated during the personal interview).
• Prefer native English speaker.
  
  

Applications accepted until Monday, September 14. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further information.