Join Us in Shaping the Future of STEM Education

Location of Assignment: Bugesera, Eastern Province, Rwanda

Duration of Assignment: Open ended 

Working Hours: 45

Supervision: The IB Middle Years Programme Design Teacher will report directly to the Middle School Principal and Deputy Head Overall or his/ her designee. 

• Pedagogy Department

Who We Are 

Ntare Louisenlund International School Rwanda aspires to become a leading institution in Africa, dedicated to fostering excellence in education. Through the Rwanda plus-STEM program, the school attracts the finest talents in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and technology, serving as a catalyst for innovation, entrepreneurship, and future-shaping endeavors. Situated on a scenic 60-hectare campus in Rwanda’s Bugesera District, just a forty-five-minute drive from Kigali, the full boarding school currently accommodates 250 students from grades 7–8, and will welcome an additional 110 students into grade 9 in September 2026.

Ntare Louisenlund School is committed to delivering an exceptional international education, empowering students to secure scholarships at the world’s leading universities. The student body is uniquely diverse, consisting of a plus-STEM stream of talented students selected through a rigorous assessment process and funded by scholarships, alongside students from across Africa pursuing the IB Diploma whose families finance their education. As an IB World School, Ntare Louisenlund School currently offers the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) from grades 7-9, with plans to introduce the Diploma Programme (DP) in the near future. The school is operated and managed by Ntare Louisenlund CBC in close collaboration with Stiftung Louisenlund, a renowned institution with over 75 years of experience running a premier secondary boarding school in Germany, ensuring a shared standard of excellence across both locations. Additionally, the school maintains a strategic partnership with the Rwandan government to support plus-STEM students receiving national scholarships.

Your Challenge & Responsibilities 

You will have the opportunity to help young people develop as independent personalities, to cultivate their talents, and to strengthen their intellectual curiosity. Small courses of 20 students enable differentiated teaching and learning. In addition to teaching courses, you will mentor students and support them in self-regulating their learning. Our newly constructed, picturesque, state-of-the-art campus provides an ideal working environment for educators and learners. An innovative spirit and new ideas to help us shape a Ntare Louisenlund Pedagogy for the 21st century are welcome.

• Instructional design, including developing unit plans, designing tasks, and creating a variety of learning resources that are cognitively activating and help students personalize their learning.

• Instructional delivery: facilitating seminars, including delivery of cooperative, inquiry-based and project-based learning experiences.

• Classroom management.

• Maintaining accurate attendance records.

• Providing constructive support to students, including scaffolds to aid their learning.

•  Facilitating Studio Time (self-directed learning phases) through active monitoring, as well as subject-specific and metacognitive support.

• Assessing student work, both on a formative and summative level.

• Reporting on student learning and achievement, including writing periodic term reports and regularly communicating with learners, their mentors and parents on learners’ progress and development.

• Serving as a mentor for up to ten students annually (see Mentoring Students handbook).

• All other duties relevant to effective teaching and learning as assigned by the Head of School or the respective school principal

Your profile:

• You have a teacher certification and/or experience working as a teacher (preferably in the IB Middle Years Programme or Diploma Programme).

• Master’s Degree is desirable and a Bachelor’s Degree is the minimum

• You are passionate about your subject area and enthusiastic about working together with young people. 

• You are interested in working to shape the Nature Louisenlund Pedagogy for the 21st century.

• You are willing to familiarize yourself with the unique pedagogical concept of Nature Louisenlund and to take part in professional development workshops, as well as the school development process. 

• You are passionate about and/or supportive of the school’s focus on excellence in holistic, STEM education. 

• You speak and write English fluently and are competent in using English as a language of instruction (exceptions include foreign language courses)

Benefits & Compensation 

• A fully equipped school campus with excellent facilities in a beautiful natural setting in Bugesera. 

• Optional campus housing on a first-come-first-serve basis. 

• An exceptional in-house professional development programme with travel opportunities for further IB professional development. 

• Small learning groups. 

• An extensive and diverse co-curricular programme and the possibility of taking part in or offering co-curricular experiences for students. 

• Collaboration with an experienced, internationally recognized school in Germany. 

• Various partnerships with external educational partners. 

• A committed, dedicated, and team-oriented faculty. 

• A competitive compensation package (in Rwandan Francs), based on your level of experience. 

• One-time travel allowance from your home country or current resident to Ntare Louisenlund School in Rwanda (applies to applicants from outside Rwanda

Application Deadline: September 24, 2026

Start Date: As soon as possible. Early applications are encouraged as we aim to fill the position promptly.

Please direct any inquiries to careers@ntare-louisenlund.org