Head of Lower School
The Right to Dream Academy
Ghana
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
Job overview
An Introduction to Right to Dream
Founded in 1999, Right to Dream is an elite football and educational academy based in Ghana:
Starting on a small scale, training just a few boys on a dust pitch in Accra, the Academy has evolved over the last 17 years of growth and is now Africa’s leading academy.
We are a fully residential, centre of excellence with over 95 boys and girls from 7 West African countries on scholarship, at a purpose built campus on the banks of the River Volta. Over the last decade, we have achieved unprecedented success, with over 40 graduates winning full scholarships to America’s top High Schools, and 100% success rate in progressing on scholarship to US Colleges.
We develop and empower Africa’s youth - through education, character and sport - to achieve the success that their talent demands together with the capacity and desire to give back to their communities and continent.
Position
We are looking for a creative, passionate well-educated individual, with experience of teaching students in the Primary Sector, to become Head of Lower School at the Right to Dream Academy.
Salary: £25,000-40,000 dependent on experience (plus accommodation)
Play your part in developing some of the most gifted students and athletes in West Africa.
Based in Ghana, this is a unique leadership and teaching role in a challenging environment, with the objective of developing open, curious and creative minds in our students. The role will include collaboration with our expert Board of Education Advisors and with our network of international schools to improve teacher development and the academic success of our students.
Our International School
Education is at the heart of Right to Dream’s talent development programme:
The dedicated team of teaching staff at our international school deliver an innovative and well rounded education that aims to develop a life long love of learning in all our students (aged 10-18 years old), who predominantly come from very low socio-economic backgrounds and often have pronounced educational gaps. We also have a significant intake of francophone students.
Our international school is a Cambridge International Examination accredited centre and runs IGCSE and AS-Levels curriculums. These core subjects - Maths; English; Science; Development Studies; ICT; and PE - run alongside our bespoke enrichment curriculums, including African History and Robotics.
We aim to develop critical, curious, engaging minds, with the capacity for academic success, but more importantly preparation for life and their role within society. Through inter-disciplinary coordination, we ensure that RtD students gain a deeper, multi-faceted understanding of our curriculum and how it relates and can be applied to life beyond the classroom.
Qualifications
Essential
Candidates should possess a teaching qualification – BA Ed/PGCE, or equivalent, focused on Primary Education.
They should be proficient in school administration and an effective communicator, with a minimum of 3 years teaching experience.
Knowledge and experience of the following areas is required:
- Cambridge Primary Curriculum
- Phonics -how to teach and relate it to older pupils
- Cross-curricular teaching
- Implementing basic skills throughout the curriculum, whilst pushing higher ability pupils
- Cross-cultural teaching
- Using ICT to enhance learning
- Child Protection good practice
- Management and Leadership of a team
Desired
- Experience of teaching younger pupils, such as KS1 or below
- Experience of teaching pupils from low socio-economic backgrounds
- Experience of teaching in an International School
Candidates should be aware of the potential to develop ideas to:
- Improve reading throughout all subjects
- Improve phonic knowledge
- Improve awareness of spelling paherns
- Improve basic maths skills
- Improve pupils problem solving skills and exam technique
Given the educational backgrounds of the majority of our students, the following experience is also desired:
- Teaching SEN pupils -especially ADHD and dyslexia
- Teaching ESL pupils
References
Candidates need to provide two or more references, including one from their most recent employer.
How To Apply
CV and covering letter - setting out your suitability for the role and the reasons you are applying - should be emailed to careers@righttodream.com
Closing date for applications is 18th June 2016
Robotics at RtD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9z_xcIwo0M&feature=youtu.be
Education at RtD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mRlagxtriQ
RtD About Us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEPzWFzK0_o
About The Right to Dream Academy
About Us
Over the past 20 years Right to Dream (RTD) has taken a journey from extremely humble beginnings to what is now a continent leading youth development model. Through education, football and character development, it is giving talented girls and boys the opportunity to access world class development pathways, and grow into role models and the next generation of leaders.
We are a fully residential, centre of excellence with over 90 boys and girls from 7 West African countries on scholarship, at a purpose built campus on the banks of the River Volta.
Over the last decade, we have achieved unprecedented football and educational success: 40 graduates have won full scholarships to America’s top High Schools, and 100% success rate in progressing on scholarship to US Colleges; together with over 30 graduates who have gone on to establish professional football careers.
Right to Dream is part of The Pathways Group and we are directly partnered with FC Nordjaelland (FCN), a Danish Superliga Club. As well as providing a world-class graduate pathway for our students and the capacity for them to continue their education beyond the Academy, our partnership with FCN also creates development opportunities – in football and education - for our staff.
Our Impact
Since 1999, Right to Dream has helped talented young men and women realise their potential by opening up life-changing pathways that have had a transformative effect on them, their families and communities.
- 34 have become professional players in Europe & the US.
- 51 students have won full scholarships to top US & UK schools and colleges.
- Our students have accessed over $40m in full-cycle educational scholarships.
- 100% Conversion from full high school to full college scholarships.
- 1st residential elite football programme for girls in Africa.
- 25,000+ talented kids assessed in West Africa every year.
- 2016 peace and Sport Foundation of the year.
- $3.5 million worth of education accessed by our girls.
Our Approach
To identify talented children and provide them with a transformational foundation. Through Football, Education and Character Development, we open opportunities to world class professional pathways; enabling young people to change their reality, become impactful leaders and give back to their communities. We then use their remarkable stories of human potential to inspire a global community.
The Right to Dream Group
Currently spanning three continents, Right to Dream combines elite football development, innovative educational provision and a tailored character development programme to create the leaders of tomorrow. Through our academy in Ghana, our club, FC Nordsjælland in Denmark and foundations in the USA and UK, we are building a global movement for excellence and change that will impact youth around the world.
Our Values
These are key traits that we seek to instill in all of our students, players, staff and alumni to create a shared sense of values.
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