Teacher Recruitment
The School, with support from the Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania, is strongly committed to promoting and enhancing quality education. Teachers are carefully selected based on experience, commitment and enthusiasm. The School has careful hiring practices in place to screen and identify teachers.

Teachers are recruited through a rigorous selection process. The School Management interviews shortlisted candidates. This is followed by a demonstration lesson in an actual classroom settings in which the candidate’s teaching skills are assessed. Selection criteria includes: competence and experience in the subject area, understanding of modern teaching methods, commitment to student-centered learning, motivation towards the teaching learning process and openness to change.

Ongoing Professional Development
A unique feature of the Aga Khan Schools is its emphasis on ongoing staff professional development. Teachers keep abreast of pedagogical research, incorporating effective and diverse classroom teaching techniques.

Two school Professional Development Teachers (PDTs) organise workshops every fortnight. A two-week professional programme is normally offered to all teachers during June holidays from 8.30am to 1.30pm Monday through Friday.

They include: weekly workshops, classroom visitations (peer coaching), reflective practices, computer assisted teaching, library research work, computer usage for keeping and processing students records, writing standard tests / examinations addressing Blooms Taxonomy requirements, HIV-AIDS Awareness and English language proficiency.

Besides attending the weekly professional development sessions, teachers have the opportunity to pursue the Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development’s (AKU-IED, Karachi) two-month Certificate in Education Programme (CEP). Since 1997, 40 percent of the faculty have attended these programmes.

The CEP is now conducted locally at the School by AKU-IED master trainers. The CEP draws participants from various Tanzanian private and government schools. 30 percent of the faculty, have attended programmes at the various East African centres.

Professional Development Centres
The Professional Development Centre (PDC) aims to develop a critical mass of education professionals (teachers, head teachers, inspectors, education officers and community members) who can combine theory, scholarly reflection and practice. These individuals educate colleagues and trainee teachers who become active promoters of change within the education system.

Staff Appraisal
The School follows an intensive appraisal system to monitor faculty and staff progress. The effectiveness of any School is clearly linked to attitudes, qualities and skill of its teaching staff and the appraisal process is necessary to stimulate exemplary performance.

Faculty and non-teaching staff appraisal takes place periodically through the year and a formal evaluation takes place at year-end. Department Heads, Professional Development Teachers and the Headmaster observe teachers. It is normal practice for our staff to appraise one another collegially through class visits or team teaching and reflect on teaching practices. Syllabus coverage is monitored twice a term by the Academic Team who appraise work schemes, records and student exercise books.