K/1 Teacher (Tentative Opening)
Overview
- Teach multi-age, Kindergarten / Grade 1 class in core subject areas
- Curriculum resources: Collaborative Literacy Curriculum (follows a workshop model, including Book Clubs); SIPPs reading; TCI Social Studies, Eureka Math, FOSS science, Collaborative Classroom (SEL)
- Teach four of six class periods, with one or two duties per day
Teaching practice
- Provide integrated learning opportunities that support the development of character, competencies, and conceptual knowledge
- Incorporate active learning where students are engaged directly in analyzing problems, designing solutions, and testing ideas
- Implement evidence-based best practices
- Use positive approaches to student behavior management, effectively approaching student misbehaviors as learning opportunities
- Teach multi-age groupings using a standards-based curriculum
Schoolwide practice
- Ensure approach is inclusive, reflects and supports multiple forms of diversity
- Support school wide collaboration through formal and informal engagement with others, sharing ideas and strategies, and participating in school development efforts
- Participate in curriculum development and adoption teams, using the Common Ground Collaborative framework, when appropriate
- Plan and teach After School Activities, and lead or be involved in school events
Professional practice
- Take ownership for own professional development: set goals, take action and grow as an educator with the goal of improved student outcomes
- Engage in professional reflection based on data, in order to think about, receive input on, and make changes to own practice
- Proactively involve parents in their child’s education, including weekly communications focusing both on the class curriculum and individual progress in conceptual understanding, skills acquisition, and character development
PREFERENCE given to candidates already located in China with valid visa/residency
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Location | Shantou, China |
Start Date | July 2022 |
Eligible Candidates | Licensed Teacher |
Student Level | Early Childhood, Elementary |
Monthly Salary | USD 2650 - 4000 |
Number of Vacancies | 1 |
Job Benefits
Salary & Benefits – Overseas Faculty 2021-2022
*Maximum entry point for newly hired staff **Doctorate: US$1000 stipend above Master salary. Note: The Faculty can decide the repatriation rate of salaries at the beginning of the school year and can change the decision twice more during the year. The portion of salaries to be deposited in local amount will be paid in Chinese RMB to the US equivalent with the exchange rate set on August 1st of each school year. The school cannot currently support dependent spouse unless already located in China, and cannot support dependent children at this time. Benefits:
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Qualifications and Requirements
Required Certificates | Teaching Credential/License |
Education Required | Bachelor |
Work Visa Eligibility | United States (USA), United Kingdom (UK), Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand |
Major | Elementary Education (preferred) |
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Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
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