Part-time Mandarin- speaking Classroom Teacher

La Petite Ecole in Singapore is an international primary school accredited by the French Ministry of national Education and offering a plurilingual educational approach in accordance with the French national curriculum. The school currently counts around 180 students from N1 to G5.

La Petite Ecole in Singapore is a member of French international educational group Odyssey, specialising in French education abroad with 12 schools across 11 countries.

Duties:

• Teaching in Mandarin the French Curriculum to primary school students
• Sharing the class with your English and French speaking counterparts, planning the programme for the week together
• Closely monitoring the children and their learning progression, and reporting this information to the school director and to the families accurately
• Coordinating with the classroom
• Contributing to the development of a special pedagogical project across school, in line with the school project and the French curriculum
• Teaching the “Activités Pédagogiques Complémentaires” (APC) according to the schedule provided by the School
• Supervising morning breaks and/or afternoon breaks according to the schedule provided by the School
• Attending the team meetings according to the schedule provided by the School;
• Participating in the school’s events outside of teaching time (i.e. end of year fair, open house and gardening days), and that may occur over the weekend
• Liaising with children’s parents whenever requested (incl. regular parent-teacher meetings scheduled twice a year)
• Reporting to the School Principal

Normal working hours in the classroom (exclusive of preparation time and meetings) for a full-time position, as reference only:

• Monday to Thursday: 8.15am-3.45pm
• Friday: 8.15am-1pm

Job Requirements:

• Diploma in Early Childhood Care & Education – Teaching (DECCE-T) or above qualification
• Minimum 2 years work experience as a teacher
• Fluent in English language
• Excellent communication and classroom management skills to work together with the team on common projects and understand and support the children who have difficulties
• Good knowledge of new technologies to work in class and in the team
• Flexible and a real team player
• Open-minded and able to think outside the box
• Proactive and dynamic
• Willing to develop pedagogical projects, in line with the school yearly project

Factors or professional experience that will stand out in your application:

• A teaching experience in a multilingual environment is preferable, in order to better understand and assimilate the unique language situations of each student;
• A practical experience of the use of communication skills through trainings / workshops or projects (drama, discussion sessions / debates…) would be a plus;
• Good knowledge of English language necessary to communicate with the team and parents;
• Any additional experience that could be an asset to the children (i.e. a sport or an artistic activity) will be considered.