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Join our educational community

World-class education starts with a world-class team. As Abaarso Network continues to lead the way in developing great minds and future leaders through its array of programs, the organization needs talented educators to join the charge. Teachers at Abaarso Network must be hard-working, adaptable, and self motivated, with strong interpersonal skills.

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Abaarso Network strongly believes in promoting from within.

Teachers who do well in and out of the classroom frequently get opportunities in other administrative areas including communications, finance & accounting, IT, operations, and management. In fact, the majority of our management team across the organization and schools is comprised of people who initially joined the organization as teachers.

This is true for Abaarso Network’s CEO, COO, Director of Finance, Head of HR, Director of Post Abaarso, Co-Heads of Abaarso School, Barwaaqo University Vice President, Deputy Head of Kaabe Schools, and many more.

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Exit opportunities

Abaarso Network teacher alumni have gone on to a wide range of careers and higher education opportunities. Teacher alumni have led schools in places like Zimbabwe and Palestine, gone into the US Foreign Service, journalism at Al Jazeera and CBS, careers in philanthropy at Bridgespan, Mulago, and Walton Family Foundation, data science, cybersecurity at Google, a US Assistant District Attorney, and graduate school programs at Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Cambridge, and more.

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Duties

Teachers in Abaarso Network work hard under difficult conditions. They provide extraordinary opportunities for young women and children to access a world-class education in an otherwise impoverished, underdeveloped setting. Faculty at both Barwaaqo and Abaarso have 16-20 hours per week of classroom teaching, with another 30+ hours of extracurricular responsibilities, including advising, office hours, clubs, sports and administrative duties.

Qualifications

Hold a Bachelor's, preferably in education. Have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Results-oriented, ambitious, entrepreneurial; takes initiative and thrives in ambiguous situations. Can function well in a resource-poor setting.

Compensation

Teachers receive round-trip airfare, quality housing, prepared meals, regional medical insurance, work visa, and a stipend of $325/month.

A few words from our team members…

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