Job Description

job description

Primary Teacher
Singapore

Start date: January 2024
Region: Far East and South East Asia
Experience: 3+ years

The School

This is an academically rigorous, non-profit Jewish school with state of the art facilities. This is a small school with a strong ethical foundation and a commitment to social action. Children are encouraged to see themselves as global citizens, with charity and volunteering a strong aspect of school life. The school has a strong, internationally trained staff body, who ignite a passion for lifelong learning, creative thinking and inspire a curiosity in the world. With over 30 nationalities, everyone\'s identity is celebrated.

The school has engineered a bespoke internationally minded curriculum, providing a diverse student body with the very best from around the world. Learning is broad, varied, contemporary and enriching. The school uses the frameworks of the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) and International Middle Years Curricula (IMYC) and offers the Cambridge iGCSE\'s in Grades 9-10. They follow the British National Curriculum Literacy and Singapore Maths Curriculum. Mandarin and Modern Hebrew are offered as modern foreign languages.

Living and Working in Singapore

Mixing together a mass of different cultures, cuisines and architectural styles, Singapore is studded with vast showpiece constructions to complement its colonial-era hotels and buildings. Cutting-edge tourist developments continue to spring up. Shopping avenues and underground malls throb with life, as do the food courts, the riverside bars and the temple-dotted outlying neighbourhoods. Singapore is a very safe, clean, friendly place and ideal for a first time expat and being so close to other countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia means it\'s cheap and easy to travel overseas.

School Requirements:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent
• Degree, or equivalent, in specialist subject or a related subject
• A proven track record of at least 5 years of outstanding
• Experience and familiarity with International Education
• Experience teaching IPC for Primary roles would be an advantage
• Experience teaching IMYC and/or iGCSE for Secondary roles would be an advantage
• A sound understanding of how students learn, how teachers can best teach and how to achieve high standards
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding, pastoral care and the promotion of high standards of positive behaviour
• High levels of communication skills both oral, written and in ICT
• A team player respected by others
• Ability to act quickly and sensitively under pressure, to keep calm in difficult situations, deal with stress and absorb pressure
• Ability to manage own workload appropriately, with the enthusiasm, stamina and passion to enthuse and motivate others with regard to all aspects of the education of the school.
• Open and constructive, accepting of feedback and always willing to learn
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a sense of humour and a willingness to make him/herself approachable to all members of the school and the wider community
• A \'can do\' positive approach

• $3300 - $6000 SGD per month depending on experience
• An attractive relocation package (accommodation allowance, flights and medical cover).

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