COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Company Overview
Headquartered in Singapore, The EtonHouse International Education Group has 120 schools across 11 countries. We run pre-schools as well as K-12 international schools. Together, these schools provide internationally recognized programmes and high-quality education to over 20,000 students globally. The group also runs enrichment programmes and cutting-edge ed-tech programmes to scale the provision of high-quality education in pre-schools.
Over the last 27 years, EtonHouse has been at the forefront of international education in the Asia Pacific region and has won numerous awards. In 2019, our founder, Mrs. Ng Gim Choo won the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in the Education category. In addition, EtonHouse was recently selected to be in the inaugural cohort of the Scale-Up SG programme, which is an Enterprise Singapore programme selecting high-growth potential local companies which can be groomed into future global champions.
With children at the heart of what we do and the vision to make good quality education accessible to every child in Singapore, EtonHouse launched the EtonHouse Community Fund (ECF) in 2015. As an independent IPC charity, ECF continuously runs initiatives to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children.
EtonHouse Vision
Shaping the future through education
EtonHouse Mission
Developing confident and capable global citizens
Be a part of the EtonHouse family
We welcome passionate and dedicated professionals who share our belief in the power of education. Together, we can make a meaningful difference to children and society through education.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to: Principal
Teaching and Team Actions
- Work with individual students or groups of students, in co-operation with Class Teacher
- Support the learning needs of students in the class, under the direction of the Class Teacher
- Whilst teaching, act consistently with the Class Teacher, and our school's Teaching and Learning Policy and curriculum documentation
- Accompany students to specialist lessons for Art, Music, PE and Library and co-operatively support Specialist Teachers of those subjects
- 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
- Assume responsibility for the class if/when the Class Teacher is unavailable for short periods
Pastoral Caring for Students
- Greet students daily and help settle them
- Perform visual health screening and keep record of temperature and health status of students daily
- Offer reason and counsel for individual students or small groups, under direction of Class Teacher
- Communicate with parents at direction of Class Teacher, usually by reading/writing in students' Communication books
- With Class Teacher and students, foster habits of care, balance and open-mindedness
Resource Management
- Prepare materials for students' learning activities
- Maintain, sort, tidy and clean equipment at least once a week. Keep record of cleaning
- Photocopy, scan, record and cross-reference materials to optimize resource use & recording
- Promote safe, clean and tidy class work environments always
Environments' Optimising and Expressing Students' Outcomes
- Collect, account for, mount and display students' work at direction of Class Teacher
- Assist students and Class Teacher fostering/eliciting students' expressions according to their needs and capabilities
- Share role with Class Teacher for regular class news publishing and cataloguing reflections
Assessment and Observation
- Make observations and contribute to record-keeping as requested by Class Teacher.
- Handle administrative tasks to support Class Teacher during assessment and reporting periods, especially summative times at ends of semesters
Other Duties and Professional Development
- During school term, perform after school duty and waiting room duty according to duty roster and/or as negotiated with the Principal
- Attend relevant staff training sessions and staff meetings
- 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
Please note that your application will be sent to and reviewed by the direct employer - EIS - Orchard
