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Early Childhood Teacher - Kindergarten - Guangming

BASIS Bilingual School Guangming is seeking qualified candidates for an Early Childhood Teacher - Kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year! 

Are you an experienced educator looking to grow your career with an established and high-achieving school network? Apply now for our Early Childhood Teacher - Kindergarten position with BASIS Bilingual School Guangming. 

BASIS International teachers are knowledgeable, passionate, and believe in transforming education. As part of a uniquely collaborative and professional teaching community, BASIS International teachers motivate students to reach their highest potential, while also elevating their own skills through peer collaboration and a culture where learning is of the greatest importance. Our Kindergarten classrooms are taught by two teachers--the lead Kindergarten Teacher and an additional Kinder Teaching Fellow. The Kinder Teaching Fellow supports the learning of students and supplements the instruction of the lead teacher.

In a BASIS International Kindergarten teaching position, you will create a learning environment where learning is a joyful and rewarding experience, and children learn to become enthusiastic, life-long learners. The thematic, hands-on, and content rich curriculum creates a foundation for children to build upon in the elementary grades. Our early education teachers are guided by the belief that any child can excel with the right support.

Primary Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

  • Lay foundations for the joy of learning to set students up for success with the challenging curriculum in the elementary grades.
  • Begin helping students develop skills of autonomy, responsibility, and independence.
  • Implementation of the BASIS Curriculum by designing effective and creative lessons and assessments to display your passion for learning and educate students at an internationally competitive level.
  • Management of student behavior to foster academic achievement, personal responsibility, intellect, and individuality in all students.
  • Collaborate with other BASIS International teachers to form a community of smart, talented, and interesting people who are passionate about their work and readily willing to work in a professional, academic environment.
Posted: October 2023
This is a Direct to School Job

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LocationGuangming, China
Start DateAugust 2024
Eligible CandidatesUniversity Graduate
Student LevelEarly Childhood
Monthly SalaryUSD 5000
Number of Vacancies1

Job Benefits

Our benefits package and teacher support are nearly unrivaled in schools in China. Expatriate teachers with BASIS International & Bilingual Schools China receive:     

  • Competitive salary (dependent upon education and experience)  
  • Global health coverage (including U.S. for American citizens)  
  • Provided accommodation or housing allowance  
  • Annual retirement benefit  
  • Paid travel to and from China at the start and end of the contract  
  • Annual travel allowance  
  • Moving allowance  
  • Free school meals  
  • Assistance in obtaining your visa  
  • Ability to transfer within our network at the end of your contract     

We also offer extensive HR support beginning when you accept a position with us. Our HR and Operations teams will provide tremendous guidance and assistance in obtaining your visa, travel arrangements, housing, residence permit, and more.     

Beyond this though, our promise to you is you will be a better educator when you leave BASIS International Schools. Through intentional and continued professional development and coaching, we nurture teaching excellence and innovation not just for the betterment of our students, but our teachers as well. This development can mean career acceleration over the years, whether you desire to become a teacher mentor or a school administrator. 

Qualifications and Requirements

Education RequiredBachelor
MajorEarly Childhood Education, Education
Additional School Requirements

Qualifications:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in your teaching subject. Many of our teachers hold multiple advanced degrees in their field. For Elementary and Early Education positions, a degree in this or related field is acceptable and/or encouraged.  
  • A minimum of two years of teaching experience as the lead teacher of record in a classroom. This is a requirement for you to obtain a working visa.  
  • An eagerness and willingness to collaborate with and elevate teaching colleagues. Our teachers come from all over the world and bring a wide variety of curricular backgrounds and experiences. We seek to utilize this diversity to grow and learn from each other.  
  • High academic standards and a desire to make a difference in the rigor of international education.