Preschool Teacher

Summary/Objective:

The Early Years English Teacher encourages the physical, social, cognitive and academic development of each student in a safe and supportive environment. He/ she is a passionate educator who models and supports the growth of fundamental virtues of love, respect, curiosity, interest, and harmony. He/ she strives to create a student-centered environment and participates in continuous reflection and improvement of learning and teaching practices.

Essential Functions:

Performance

• Oversees the educational welfare of his/ her students
• Develops positive relationships with every student
• Demonstrates professional competence and vision
• Conducts regular team meetings with Chinese Lead teacher and Chinese assistant teacher(s) to reflect on learning and teaching practices and continuously improve them
• Evaluates students' progress in learning within accordance with BIBA criteria
• Completes all required documentation and reports
• Provides day-to-day supervision and support to teaching assistants
• Actively participates in departmental and school-wide events

Communication

• Prepares and hosts parent information evenings and parents conferences
• Issues weekly newsletters to parents
• Remains professional and approachable for any parent concerns and/or feedback
• Establishes ongoing parent communications to ensure parents are well informed of their child and their development.
• Communicates through ECC approved channel of communication
• Meets regularly with the team leader to review curriculum plans and activities and evaluate the program’s effectiveness
• Helps parents to understand the curriculum and find ways to involve parents in the daily program.
• Attends all meetings (i.e. staff meetings & parent meetings) consistently and punctually
• Models and encourages cultural awareness and understanding

Curriculum

• Creates lesson and unit plans
  • Clearly defines the purpose of all learning activities
  • Plans teaching-learning experiences that help each student successfully achieve the stated outcomes
  • Plans a variety of teaching strategies to match the learning styles of all students
  • Organizes class time with activities that have a clear purpose and engage students' attention
  • Uses media and technology to enhance lesson delivery and student performance
• Participates in improving the quality of the educational programs in the school
• Utilizes all available resources to provide a stimulating and enriching program
• Plans monthly field trips
• Records and maintains information on each child’s progress and development in their growth files

Classroom Management

• Maintains all classroom equipment (including all toys, books, games, furniture, etc.)
• Ensures the classrooms physical environment is arranged, safe, and attractive manner
• Provides a positive classroom atmosphere (displays, warmth, the arrangement of furniture, etc.) that fosters community
• Clearly defines responsible behavior for their students, including guidelines and consequences for good and bad student behavior in the classroom
• Encourages students to become accountable for keeping the school clean, neat and tidy
• Establishes well-defined classroom routines and procedures
• Maintains accurate records for student grades, behavior and attendance 
• Appropriately displays classroom projects and relevant classroom information

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position, and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday, 07:40-16:30.