Art Specialist

Specialist Teacher has

At least a Diploma (ideally a Bachelor degree) in the specialized field (Art, Music or Fitness) , NAFA cert

Excellent communication skills - spoken and written English

Strong interpersonal skills, work with all levels of staff, professionals, parents and families, and community partners from diverse nationalities and cultures

With or without early childhood experience but should display the capacity to teach and the aptitude to interact and work with children.

Categories

Roles and responsibilities

Developing the Whole Child

Curriculum and Pedagogy

Engage in planning and implementing an age-appropriate curriculum that is customized to meet individual learning needs and optimal outcomes for all children.

Manage an effective classroom that is focused on positive behavioural guidance.

Engage in ongoing observations in the classroom from which to plan intentional teaching and learning strategies that are differentiated and customized to meet the diverse needs of children.

Foster and enhance trusting, respectful relationships with children through positive Interactions with them.

Learning Environment

Design, set up and engages in ongoing evaluation of learning spaces to promote an optimal learning environment for children.

Health, Safety and Nutrition

Establish a safe and healthy environment, ensuring the day-to-day operational functions and SOPs pertaining to children's care and well-being and safety practices are met.

Collaborating with Families and communities

Families and Community partnership

Develop strategies to establish and strengthen rapport and consistent personalized interactions with families by engaging in communication and customer-centric parent partnership and service standards.

Support the implementation of collaborative efforts amongst families and community stakeholders.

Building professional capacity

Professional mastery

Engage in a culture of professional sharing, networking and collaborations, and reflective teaching practice to promote self-development.

Professional values and Ethics

Advocate the policies and processes for establishing the culture of professionalism driven by the ECE ethics and professionalism as well as the Odyssey programme philosophy, culture and core values.

Building organization capacity

Teamwork and Collaboration

Facilitate effective and collaborative work teams, apply decision making, problem solving and emotional competence to manage self and teams at the workplace