Teaching Assistant - Singapore - ETONHOUSE INTERNATIONAL PRE-SCHOOL PTE. LTD.

ETONHOUSE INTERNATIONAL PRE-SCHOOL PTE. LTD.

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Singapore

1 week ago

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Wei Jie

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Position:
Teaching Assistant

Reporting To:
Principal

Direct Reports:

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**Job Description:
A

Teaching and Team Actions:

Work with individual students or groups of students, in cooperation 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.
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.

B

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 openmindedness.

C

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 crossreference materials to optimize resource use & recording.
Promote safe, clean and tidy class work environments always.

D.

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.

E

Assessment and Observation:

Make observations and contribute to recordkeeping 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 and Skills

Diploma in Education or its equivalent
At least 2 years of relevant working experience
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Able to work well independently as well as within a team
Commitment to working in an educational environment that offers academic rigour and excellence in teaching
Sensitivity toward cultural diversities
Ability to build community through positive interactions with parents
Self motivated with a high energy level
Demonstrates use of initiative while showing flexibility and adaptability
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Core Values:
Collaboration, Life-Long Learner, Open-Mindedness, Respectfulness encompassed with Passion