COMPANY DESCRIPTION
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 the Principal of the assigned pre-school and working closely with the Pedagogy Team, this position will be responsible for delivering art programs (not limited to visual art, performing art, engineering and science) to provide experiences and provocations for children and responsible for the Atelier in the assigned pre-schools.
Job Role & Responsibilities
- Responsible for the operation of the Atelier in the assigned pre-schools
- Support children's creativity and learning through working directly with children alongside teachers in rooms and specifically in the Atelier, to provide experiences and provocations for the children and to observe and document the learning process in detail.
- Provide a stimulating environment for children and staff to work on long-term projects and provide a wide range of intelligent materials giving children the opportunity to express themselves through as many languages as possible.
- Ensure that there is a broad range of creative experiences available for the children at all times to encourage ideas, exploration and questions and develop their ability to express themselves in as many ways as possible.
- Produce display documentation, booklets and films on projects and learning experiences that happen in the pre-schools.
- Develop teaching staff' awareness of working with children to encourage their learning through creative expression, individually, and as part of a group.
- Provide in-house training on the Reggio Emilia approach, in collaboration with consultants.
- Create an aesthetic environment in the ateliers and influence the aesthetic environment in the pre-schools.
- A Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood Education with a Diploma in Arts; or A Bachelor Degree in Arts with an Early Childhood Teaching certificate
- Have between 2 to 5 years of relevant professional teaching experience, preferably in a pre-school environment.
- Have relevant experience in teaching art related subjects such as visual arts and/or performing arts.
- Knowledge of or willingness to acquire knowledge of inquiry based learning is required.
- Must be very proficient and fluent in English Language (both spoken and written)
