Booksie

About Booksie

Booksie is a pan-African online children's bookshop and literacy centre on a mission to make African children's books easily accessible and to help children fall in love with books.

Position Overview

The Curriculum Designer and Reading Tutor will design curriculum, lesson plans, and activities that teach children how to read using a combination of Jolly Phonics and Booksie's own developed learning-to-read programme. The end goal is to help readers fall in love with reading and books by improving their reading proficiency.

Your work will be a fun cross between being a preschool literacy teacher and a librarian.

Key Responsibilities

• Design a learning-to-read curriculum using a combination of Jolly Phonics and Booksie's learning-to-read programme
• Create lesson plans based on the curriculum for delivery by you and other reading tutors
• Design activities and games that teach reading
• Design and create teaching-learning materials
• Train tutors, interns, and volunteers to understand and deliver the curriculum

Required Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience as a preschool teacher
• Training and certification in teaching Jolly Phonics
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Computer literacy with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Fantastic research skills
• Strong knowledge of Google Suite (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides)
• Motivated, disciplined, self-starter with excellent organizational skills
• Creative mindset with innovative ideas

Preferred Qualifications

• Montessori training
• Passion for reading and books
• Love for arts and crafts and DIY activities
• Experience with design software such as Canva, Easel, Adobe Photoshop, or Illustrator

Application Materials Required

• CV
• Writing samples: lesson plans