Lead Teacher

LingoAce; Singapore; On-site; SGD 56,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

LingoAce in Singapore is seeking a dedicated Centre Lead to supervise a team of Chinese teachers, drive classroom quality, and coordinate resources. You will mentor staff, manage onboarding, and ensure adherence to curriculum and policies while maintaining high engagement with parents.

The role requires strong Mandarin and English communication, a track record of leadership in an education setting, and the ability to balance teaching with people-management responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience teaching Chinese in a centre, school, or enrichment setting.
• Proven supervisory experience leading, coaching, or mentoring a team of teachers.
• Degree in Chinese Language, Education, or an equivalent teaching qualification.
• Experience teaching children aged 3–12 is required.
• Fluent Mandarin and English with strong spoken and written communication.
• Ability to professionally handle parental concerns.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Chinese language classes to children aged 3–12 following curriculum and standards.
• Prepare lessons, mark progress, and provide timely feedback to students and parents.
• Model best teaching practice with a full teaching load for the team.
• Lead, coach and support a team of 6 teachers, including onboarding new hires.
• Conduct observations and give structured feedback; manage team meetings.
• Contribute inputs to teacher performance reviews and flag issues early.
• Ensure adherence to approved curriculum, plans, and materials.
• Develop and improve teaching materials and activities for Chinese.
• Monitor class quality, student outcomes, and suggest improvements.
• Handle parent queries and support enrolment and retention initiatives.
• Plan class schedules, arrange teacher cover, and maintain records.
• Uphold Handbook and policies; ensure compliance with PDPA and safety procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Team management

Mandarin proficiency

English proficiency

Education

Degree in Chinese Language or Education

Job description

• Deliver Chinese language classes to children aged 3-12 in line with LingoAce's curriculum and lesson standards.
• Prepare lessons, mark and track student progress, and give timely feedback to students and parents.
• Model best teaching practice for the team through a full teaching load.

Team leadership and coaching

• Lead, coach and support a team of 6 Chinese teachers, including onboarding new hires.
• Conduct regular lesson observations and give structured, actionable feedback.
• Run team meetings and share good practice, and flag performance or conduct concerns to the Centre Manager and HR early, with documented evidence.
• Contribute inputs to teacher performance reviews.

Curriculum and lesson quality

• Check that teachers follow the approved curriculum, lesson plans and teaching materials.
• Develop, review and improve teaching materials and activities for the Chinese subject.
• Monitor class quality and student learning outcomes, and recommend improvements.

Parent engagement and conversion support

• Handle parent queries and first-line escalations about lessons, progress and teacher matters.
• Support trial lessons, parent meetings and progress updates that help with enrolment and retention.

Scheduling and centre operations

• Plan and manage class schedules, teacher cover and substitutions with the Centre Manager.
• Keep class records, attendance and student progress data accurate and up to date.

Handbook and policy alignment

• Uphold the Teacher Handbook and company policies, and make sure the team understands and follows them.
• Follow child safeguarding, data protection (PDPA) and centre safety procedures.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience teaching Chinese, ideally in a centre, school or enrichment setting.
• Proven supervisory experience, such as leading, coaching or mentoring a team of teachers.
• A degree in Chinese Language, Education or a related field, or an equivalent teaching qualification.
• Experience teaching children aged 3-12.
• Strong command of Mandarin and English, with excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Confident communicating with parents, including handling concerns professionally.