Preschool Chinese Teacher

Job Description & Requirements

Understand the required centre operations and support P / VP / AVP/ LT / ST in centre's operations

Job Responsibilities:

CURRICULUM

. Communicates with families about the programme's approach.

. Has basic knowledge and ability to set up developmentally appropriate indoor and outdoor learning environments.

. Understand and demonstrate the rationale for selecting and arranging materials and equipment and make adaptations when required.

. Engages children in an active process of exploring materials and equipment.

. Identify ways to modify the schedule according to individual children's needs and requirements.

. Initiates strategies based on knowledge of children's interests, needs and temperament.

. Understand and facilitates child-initiated and adult-facilitated activities and interactions.

. Demonstrates warm, positive, nurturing, and respectful interactions with children.

. Identify a variety of positive guidance techniques.

. Engage children in an active process of exploring materials and equipment.

. Support children's learning by allowing them time to grasp concepts or practice skills and responding to them in meaningful ways.

. Recognise the importance of observing and documenting children's learning.

. Contributes ongoing observations to understand children's behaviour, maintaining confidentiality.

. Observe children's relationships and is aware of their involvement with each other.

CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES

. Maintains confidentiality and ensures privacy on communications and data about families and colleagues.

. Shares information and relevant resources with families about the curriculum, children's daily activities and their progress on a regular basis.

. Build and sustains respectful relationship with families that capitalise on families strength and capacities.

CENTRE OPERATIONS

. Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively effectively with colleagues, children, families and others.

. Follows staff roster and class timetable.

. Support the vision, mission and core values of the centre.

. Aware of facility requirement and report maintenance issue to RO.

. Demonstrate commitment to provide quality care and education for the children.

. Recognises the importance of supporting diverse needs of children through positive partnership with families.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

. Ensure Champs safety in all areas and activities. Eg: Champs are to be supervised at all times.

. Ensure all Champs hygiene at all times. Eg: Proper hand washing and food handling habits.

. Ensures classroom adheres to safety and hygiene regulations. Eg: Hygiene items are accessible, classroom is free from hazards.

. Report any damage/safety hazards in classroom to VP / P.

. To ensure cleanliness in all parts of the centre

. To lead class during any fire evacuation exercise and ensure that all Champs are accounted for.

. Menu is displayed.

. Food allergies of individual child are displayed prominently.

. Staff are patient with messiness slow eater are given time to finish food, children are encouraged to eat independently.

. Staff and children observe good hygiene practices.

. Proper hands washing with soap after toileting, before/after meals and

. after outdoor and art activities.

. Proper sanitary procedures are observed during diaper changing.

. Staff wash their hands before/after diaper changing.

. Soiled diapers are properly disposed in a covered bin.

. Children are supervised at all times.

. Children are within sight, hearing and easy reach of staff Eg: Staff quickly get materials from cupboard in room)

. Staff's attention is on care giving responsibilities, not on other tasks or interests.

. Power points are out of children's reach or rendered harmless.

. There are proper storage facilities for play equipment more than 2 staffs are present during outdoor play.

. Safety gates are latched at all times.

. Ensure that administration of medicine forms are updated and filled.

. Children suffering from infections/ communicable diseases return to centre upon expiry of medical certification and are well (No symptoms of the illness).

. Children's personal effects such as toothbrushes and mugs, mattress covers and combs are labelled and well maintained.

. Contact information of parents / guardians and medical information of children are up-to-date and readily available.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

. Know the expectations of one's job description and is familiar with the organisation's personnel policies such as performance management, wages, benefits contact.

Job Requirements:

. Diploma in Early Childhood Care & Education - Teaching (DECCE-T)

. Creative and inspiring with loving energy

. Excellent communication and classroom management skills

. Be familiar with all working curriculum documents, handbooks and policy manuals.

. Knowledge in educational development / cognitive psychology

. Bilingual in English & Chinese