EAL Teacher

BRIGHTON COLLEGE (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 56,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Brighton College (Singapore) is seeking an experienced EAL Teacher to join our expanding team, bringing expertise in English language development for international students. The role focuses on building and maintaining a robust EAL program, supporting learners from beginner to intermediate levels and collaborating with year group classroom teachers to co‑teach and co‑plan.

We operate within Cognita's international network, emphasising safeguarding, high professional standards and a collaborative

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Education or equivalent is required.
• Additional qualifications/endorsements for working with English Language Learners are desirable.
• Verifiable training in supporting EAL learners and related intervention approaches is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Developing trusting and effective relationships with all the children in the class and their parents.
• Develop successful, trusting and professional relationships with co‑teachers and teaching assistants.
• Establishing supportive and positive working relationships with all other members of staff.
• Becoming a presence across the whole school and a representative of Brighton College (Singapore) within its wider community.
• Coordinating parent meetings to review a student’s progress.
• Developing and delivering EAL classes and activities for students.
• Using a range of teaching strategies including co‑planning, co‑teaching, co‑assess, and co‑reflect.
• Differentiating instruction to meet student needs.

Skills

Relationship building

Co-teaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Education

EAL qualifications/endorsements

Job description

About the School – Brighton College (Singapore)

Brighton College (Singapore) is an exciting place to work, and it is our staff who make our community a vibrant and stimulating environment.

The academic success of the Brighton College Family of Schools is due to excellent, innovative and well-planned teaching. Above all, therefore, we are looking for individuals who foster a passion for learning and who demonstrate an ability and genuine desire to develop pupils and staff to their fullest potential.

The school now has an exciting opportunity for an experienced EAL Teacher to join our fantastic team.

About Cognita

At Cognita, we know every student is unique. We nurture their distinct personalities and strengths. We support them academically, socially, and emotionally, wherever they are in the world, wherever they’re starting from. And each and every one of our schools is unique too.

We protect what’s special about them, while offering them rich knowledge, opportunities, and best practices. And they get to be part of something bigger. We open their classrooms to the collective wisdom of over 100 schools in 16 countries, ensuring every child gets an education that’s, quite literally, world class.

It’s an individual approach that empowers every school, teacher and student to focus on what they do best. And thrive.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly qualified English as an Additional Language (EAL) teacher with previous teaching experience in international education to join our expanding team of high-quality professionals. The role of the EAL Teacher is essentially to build and maintain a successful EAL Program which includes; providing support for students with English language needs (beginning to intermediate), preparing EAL students to independently access our curriculum in English and to co‑teach, co‑plan, co‑assess and co‑reflect with the year group level Classroom teachers.

As an Additional Language (EAL) Teacher, you will undertake the following responsibilities:

• Developing trusting and effective relationships with all the children in the class and their parents
• To develop successful, trusting and professional relationships with co‑teachers and teaching assistants
• Establishing supportive and positive working relationships with all other members of staff
• Becoming a presence across the whole school and a representative of it within its wider community
• Coordinating parent meetings where appropriate to review a students’ progress
• Developing and executing the preparation, planning and delivery of EAL classes and activities for students
• Using a range and balance of teaching strategies including co‑planning, co‑teach, co‑assess, and co‑ reflecting
• Using grouping strategies using a variety of different learning situations, including whole class, small group, partner work and individual work
• Building on student capabilities and differentiating to meet student needs
• Ensuring that the teaching environment is well managed and appropriately resourced

Extended Professional Role:

• Contributing towards the whole‑school team spirit by taking every opportunity to promote the philosophy and policies of Brighton College (Singapore) and Cognita
• Taking responsibility for the class during times of emergency
• Supervising the children at break/lunch and other unstructured times
• Ensuring that the children are safe and secure at all times

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Education or equivalent is required.
• Additional qualifications/endorsements for working with English Language Learners, from an accredited institution.
• Verifiable training in conducting functional behavioural assessment (FBA) and writing Language Support Plan (LSP) and other intensive intervention approaches of the EAL Teacher is essentially to build and maintain a successful EAL Program which includes; providing support for students with English language needs (beginning to intermediate), preparing EAL students to independently access our curriculum in English and to co‑teach, co‑plan, co‑assess and co‑reflect with the year group level Classroom teachers.

SAFEGUARDING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Brighton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, / international Police checks, the receipt of satisfactory references, the College’s pre‑employment medical question, relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates. The College understands that a robust, fair and transparent recruitment and selection policy plays a central role in achieving this aim.

The College is committed to ensuring that the recruitment and selection of staff is conducted in a manner that is systematic, efficient and effective and promotes equality of opportunity.

The College reserves the right to appoint a candidate to the role in advance of any deadline date, in the event that a suitable candidate can be appointed.

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