ENGLISH KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

ENGLISH KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

Kennziffer 1780 · Erstellt am 25.06.2024

We are currently looking for a new team member for our DISC Kindergarten: To extend our bilingual program we are looking for a qualified English Kindergarten teacher with a degree in Early Years Education and interest in Early Musical Education. DISC is the German section of the Changchun American International School.

Tätigkeitsprofil

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining a personal and professional commitment to the school’s philosophy.
• Maintaining professional ethical standards in all areas, particularly confidentiality.
• Work collaboratively with others to develop effective professional relationships.
• Communicate effectively with parents with regards to pupils‘ achievements and well-being
  using the DISC Kindergarten’s systems/processes as appropriate.
• Making this school a truly bilingual learning environment.

Teaching and caretaking:

• Teaching ESL: Beginners and advanced learners.
• Awareness of the needs of children to whom English is a second/third/fourth language
• Engaging children in the joy of singing and moving.
• Supporting skills such as rhythms, rhyming, clapping beats of music and syllables of words.
• Collaborate with the German colleagues on a daily basis, e.g. preparation of topics.
• Using a variety of different playful learning situations and teaching methods.
• Shaping daily routines: telling stories, reading books, conveying table culture.
• Empowering the children to feel responsible and to take action.
• Accompanying the children through their development and support their individual
  targeted needs.

Professional management of self, planning and reflection:

• Execute daily routine in accordance to time schedule.
• Plan in line with the internal calendar.
• Ensure that weekly planning is available and long term schemes of work are planned.

Resources:

• Provide a stimulating, challenging and attractively arranged language learning
  environment, according to age and in a playful and joyful way.
• Develop additional resources to supplement existing ones and for differentiation.

Pastoral Care:

• Maintain good relationships with the children and exercising appropriate authority.
• Be a role model and demonstrate the school’s values proactively.
• Be responsible for the supervision of the students and carry out any other duties as agreed
  with the Head of Kindergarten and the Principal.

Assessment:

• Use an appropriate range of observation, assessment and recording strategies as a basis
  for setting challenging learning environment and for monitoring students‘ progress and
  levels.

Arbeitsbeginn

ab sofort

Bewerbungsfrist

keine

Arbeitszeit

Vollzeit

Anstellungsdauer

befristet

Anforderungsprofil

Ideal Qualities of an English Kindergarten Teacher in DISC:

• Passion for working with children and interest in childcare and education.
• Being familiar with theories and practices of child development.
• Inner peace, patience, empathy and serenity.
• Ability to work on own initiative and be proactive.
• Willingness to work in a multilingual team and to discuss teaching matters with
  others.
• Regarding songs as a valuable teaching and learning tool.
• Basic knowledge in playing simple percussion instruments and a melodic instrument.
• English Native Speaker or Native Speaker level
• German in any level is an asset, otherwise willingness to gain knowledge of a basic
  level of German

Qualification:
Bachelor’s degree in the field of Early Years Education

• qualification in ESL
• three years of full-time professional experience in working with groups of infants and
  children aged 2-6 years

Laufbahn

• OLK (Ortslehrkraft)

Einsatzfeld(er)

• Vorschule und Kindergarten

Bewerbungsverfahren

Please send your CV, application and references to
Principal:
annette.schauss@dis-changchun.school

and Administrative Management:
jiang.yu@dis-changchun.com

Head of Kindergarten
Michael Juntke
michael.juntke@dis-changchun.school