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Job Title:       Special Need Coordinator

Organization: Watoto
Child Care Ministries

Duty Station: 
Watoto Children’s Village, Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Watoto Child Care Ministries is
a ministry of Watoto Church that rescues vulnerable children and restores
dignity to them by providing holistically for their physical, spiritual and
emotional needs. Watoto has operations in Kampala, Wakiso, Mpigi and Gulu.

Job Summary:   The Special Need Coordinator will provide a
Christian Education environment through individualised education plans (IEPs)
for all special needs learners.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Academics

• Assess
  all recommended and referred learners to identify learning challenges
• Develop
  individualised education programs for each learner to enhance their
  abilities.
• To
  keep updated with the education internal and external reforms regarding special
  needs education and, ensure there is communication of the same to school
  administration.
• Implement
  IEPs, assess pupils’ performance and, track their progress
• Discuss
  and appraise parents, teachers, village RSW, and, school administration on
  pupil’s progress
• Record
  keeping of IEPs and, academic meeting sessions held in school, both with
  teachers and other key stakeholders.

Administration

• To
  generate ideas for the improvement of the school’s special learners’
  education, management and, oversee pupil tracking and reporting.
• Implement
  and ensure the IEPS are followed, to enable all learners reach their full
  potential
• Ensure
  adequate supply of learning resources and equipment for the interventions
  to be successful
• Act
  as a contact person for special education in the school.
• Conduct
  relevant training for staff to support the special needs learners
• Attend
  all staff meetings, departmental meetings, school leadership meetings and,
  district special needs-related meetings.

Growth and Development

• To
  promote and safe guard the welfare of children and young persons and
  ensure they are protected within the CPP organisation guidelines.
• Maintains
  a familiarity with current education issues through a process of ongoing
  personal development
• Provides
  periodic trainings to staff regarding trends in special education and,
  continuous sensitization of staff to ensure inclusion of pupils with
  learning challenges and, minimise stigma.
• Assist
  the deputy- administration in planning innovative programs aimed at
  skilling the pupils and, follow through with their involvement in
  co-curricular activities.
• Provides
  supportive supervision for teacher improvement specifically in handling
  teaching and learning of special needs

Supervision

• Support
  the head teacher in teacher supervision to ensure inclusion of special
  learners

Key Results

• Individualised
  education plans file updated Pupils’ academic progress and school academic
  file updated Meeting records filed Attendance files
• Activity
  reports of planned and unplanned activities filed Briefs filed for the
  headteacher’s attention Minutes of the parent-teacher interactions filed
  Project based work plan filed Pupils’ IEPs filed
• Records
  on projects, exhibitions and, academic activities filed
• Monthly
  reports on state of academic environment regarding special education Filed
  reviews Supervision files
• Professional
  and conducive environment created and organised. Reports on current
  special education trends and, action plans Updated plans & programs
  for skills and, co-curricular Supervision planned, implemented and reports
  filed Training plans and sessions, tracked and reported on

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

The ideal candidate for the
Watoto Child Care Ministries Special Need Coordinator job opportunity should
have related qualifications

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and
interested candidates within the Watoto Education Directorate can apply by
clicking on the link below.

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Deadline: 17^th October 2019.

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