Teaching Assistant

EtonHouse International Holdings Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading early childhood education institution in Singapore seeks a dedicated teaching professional to support students' learning needs. Responsibilities include working with students in collaboration with the Class Teacher, preparing teaching materials, and participating in pastoral care. Applicants should possess at least a Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education - Teaching (English), along with strong communication and interpersonal skills. Entry level candidates are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Minimum Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education - Teaching (English) or its equivalent.
• Entry level candidates are welcome to apply.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work well independently as well as within a team.

Responsibilities

• Work with individual students or groups to support learning needs.
• Greet students daily and help settle them.
• Prepare materials for students’ learning activities.
• Optimize and express students’ outcomes through their work.
• Handle administrative tasks during assessment periods.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education - Teaching (English) or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

1. Teaching and Team Actions
   1. Work with individual students or groups of students, in co-operation with Class Teacher
   2. Support the learning needs of students in the class, under the direction of the Class Teacher
   3. Whilst teaching, act consistently with the Class Teacher, and our school’s Teaching and Learning Policy and curriculum documentation
   4. Accompany students to specialist lessons for Art, Music, PE and Library and co-operatively support Specialist Teachers of those subjects
   5. During Language lessons, handover students to the respective Language Teachers at the start of the lessons and collect them at the end of the lessons. Support the Class Teacher during this period
   6. Assume responsibility for the class if/when the Class Teacher is unavailable for short periods
2. Pastoral Caring for Students
   1. Greet students daily and help settle them
   2. Perform visual health screening and keep record of temperature and health status of students daily
   3. Offer reason and counsel for individual students or small groups, under direction of Class Teacher
   4. Communicate with parents at direction of Class Teacher, usually by reading/writing in students’ Communication books
   5. With Class Teacher and students, foster habits of care, balance and open-mindedness
3. Resource Management
   1. Prepare materials for students’ learning activities
   2. Maintain, sort, tidy and clean equipment at least once a week. Keep record of cleaning
   3. Photocopy, scan, record and cross-reference materials to optimize resource use & recording
   4. Promote safe, clean and tidy class work environments always
4. Environments’ Optimising and Expressing Students’ Outcomes
   1. Collect, account for, mount and display students’ work at direction of Class Teacher
   2. Assist students and Class Teacher fostering/eliciting students’ expressions according to their needs and capabilities
   3. Share role with Class Teacher for regular class news publishing and cataloguing reflections
5. Assessment and Observation
   1. Make observations and contribute to record-keeping as requested by Class Teacher.
   2. Handle administrative tasks to support Class Teacher during assessment and reporting periods, especially summative times at ends of semesters
6. Other Duties and Professional Development
   1. During school term, perform after school duty and waiting room duty according to duty roster and/or as negotiated with the Principal
   2. Attend relevant staff training sessions and staff meetings
   3. During school term breaks, at the direction of Senior Administrator or Pre-School Supervisor, conduct holiday activities and perform playground duties, bus supervision and Hall duties, etc.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education - Teaching (English) or its equivalent
• Entry level candidates are welcome to apply
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to work well independently as well as within a team

EtonHouse International School Orchard is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment with the intention of promoting wellbeing for all members of our school community. As a school and employer, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our safer recruitment policy aims to ensure that the appropriate checks are made for all potential staff who will come in contact with our students, as part of a transparent and equitable recruitment policy.