Academy Fellows
The position
The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is an International
Baccalaureate World School. It is the first in the network
of Aga Khan Academies established by His Highness the Aga Khan.
The Academy features state-of-the-art facilities, a
multicultural student body, and an experienced team of educators and staff. We
provide students with education of the highest standard in order to prepare
them for lives characterised by leadership and service. Admission to the
Academy is means-blind and is based on merit. We consider all eligible students
regardless of socio-economic status.
The Academy Fellow will live in an apartment and serve the
student residential programme as a Residential Parent promoting community life
and are responsible for the following aspects of student and academic life.
- While
the Academy Fellow does not teach, s/he will be scheduled to have some
contact with classes, to engage fully with the learning and teaching of
the Academy so that he/she can support students with additional tutoring
after school hours and during residential study time. This will be
approximately 10 hours a week (supporting 2 or 3 classes in a subject of
the fellow/intern’s choice. Maths and Science are the areas of most need
along with English as an Additional Language for our students who join on
the Talent Identification Programme from marginalised communities in
Kenya.)
- Developing
and delivering the Service- Learning Programme which takes place every
week with Years 6-10. This is a 10 hour a week commitment and requires
planning the activities, working with community partners, delivering the
programme to. Students and colleagues and supporting individual groups as
they develop and implement their projects.
- Academy
Fellows play a major role as Residential Parents in guiding residential
students in their personal and academic goals and as Mentors for a small
group of students to support them academically and socially. As
residential parents fellows are expected to develop close relationships
with their dorm sons/daughters by checking in with them frequently as well
as supervising in an official capacity twice a week and one weekend in
three.
- Academy
Fellows are expected to actively contribute to the co-curricular programme
in some way such as coaching athletic teams, providing music lessons or
running clubs such as gardening, cooking, debating, MUN, TedX, guiding
students interested in applying to top international universities with SAT
preparation, reading essays personal statements etc
- Academy
fellows will be asked to chaperoning off-campus residential and day trips,
including to places of worship
The requirements
- A
Bachelor’s Degree with excellent academic achievement and a range of
interests
- A
record of significant involvement in residential, student leadership,
music, athletic and / or community service during university.
- Genuine
interest in and commitment to the mission of the Aga Khan Academies: to
influence young people to become future leaders in the developing world.
- Experience
of working with young people or mentoring peers.
- Proactive
self-starter, comfortable working autonomously.
- Openness
to the new experiences, cultures and learning