

Head of Early Childhood - Guangzhou
- Early Childhood
- University Graduate
- Bachelor
- 3 years of teaching experience
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree; Master's preferred.
- 3-5 years of leadership experience in an early childhood school environment.
- Demonstrated strength in administrative experience.
- Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written).
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.
BASIS International School Guangzhou is seeking qualified candidates for a Head of Early Childhood 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 Head of Early Childhood with BASIS International School Guangzhou.
Why BASIS International Schools?
BASIS International & Bilingual Schools is a rapidly growing network of schools in China with a tradition of academic excellence and rigor. Our first school opened in Shenzhen in 2015 and since then we have opened schools in Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu and Wuhan, with two new schools coming in Shenzhen in 2024.
Our graduates have been accepted into some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the world, including Princeton, Oxford, Cornell, Imperial College London, MIT, University of Toronto, Johns Hopkins, and many more—with an overall acceptance of nearly 100% to Top 50 U.S. universities.
Head of Early Childhood is a member of the Senior Leadership Team working closely with all school administrators and reporting the Head of School. Head of Early Childhood main focus points are developing early-learning programs, child development coaching, student behavior, and social integration management.
Head of Early Childhood will directly supervise Early Education Teachers, Early Education Teaching Fellows, and the Dean of Early Education (as applicable).
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate Pre-K and Kinder academic programs to support students in situations relating to social integration in/out of the classroom
- Instruct teachers on child development best practices
- Create procedures for extreme behavior occurrences
- Monitor parent communications
- Manage parent expectations
- Support students’ social-emotional development
- Enforce School Routines and Code of Conduct
- Assist teachers with student behavior management
- Communicate with parents as needed to collaborate on student behavior management
- Maintain student discipline documentation
- Coordinate academic support program with the Director of Student Affairs and Director of Academic Programs
- Assist teachers with parent communication regarding various concerns
- Support a nurturing and achievement oriented school culture (define school-wide behavior expectations, manage social emotional curriculum and character program…)
- Define routines for school’s common areas (recess, lunch, hallways, Early Bird/Late Bird)
- Provide support and guidance to Early Education Teachers and Teaching Fellows
- Monitor student arrival and dismissal
The second BASIS International School in China, BASIS International School Guangzhou, opened in 2017. Almost 400 students in Kindergarten to 9th grade attended the first year, and the school will expand each year until it reaches its capacity of 1,200 students in Pre-K through 12th grades. It is also the first BASIS International School to offer a week-day boarding program.
Set in a suburb of Guangzhou, it offers a friendly atmosphere just outside one of China's largest cities with numerous restaurants, shopping complexes, and historic sites. The school offers state of the art facilities in its classrooms, as well as a soccer field and 300-meter track, two basketball courts, indoor sports complex, indoor playground, library, Apple computer lab, theater, cafeteria, and boarding facilities for more than 450 students.
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