Teacher jobs in Singapore

About Us

Headquartered in Singapore, The EtonHouse International Education Group has 120 schools across 11 countries. We run pre-schools as well as K-12 international schools. Together, these schools provide internationally recognized programmes and high-quality education to over 20,000 students globally. The group also runs enrichment programmes and cutting-edge ed-tech programmes to scale the provision of high-quality education in pre-schools.

Over the last 27 years, EtonHouse has been at the forefront of international education in the Asia Pacific region and has won numerous awards. In 2019, our founder, Mrs. Ng Gim Choo won the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in the Education category. In addition, EtonHouse was recently selected to be in the inaugural cohort of the Scale-Up SG programme, which is an Enterprise Singapore programme selecting high-growth potential local companies which can be groomed into future global champions.

With children at the heart of what we do and the vision to make good quality education accessible to every child in Singapore, EtonHouse launched the EtonHouse Community Fund (ECF) in 2015. As an independent IPC charity, ECF continuously runs initiatives to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children.

EtonHouse Vision

Shaping the future through education

EtonHouse Mission

Developing confident and capable global citizens

Be a part of the EtonHouse family

We welcome passionate and dedicated professionals who share our belief in the power of education. Together, we can make a meaningful difference to children and society through education.

Job Description

Specialist Teacher

A specialist teacher complements the programme as an extension of the teaching team. A specialist teacher will work collaboratively with the class group of teachers and be accountable to the Core Teacher for all matters regarding the class. The Specialist Teacher's position is a unique role within the pre-school. It explores deep connections between the children's current inquiries and thinking and facilitates an opportunity for children to express their understanding through the symbolic languages.

The scope of the role includes, but is not limited to:

• Work collaboratively with children, teachers and the community of EtonHouse to develop a programme that supports and deepens the learning that is taking place through class initiated inquiries.

• Work closely with the classroom teachers to connect with the class inquiries and be flexible and open to change and new ideas as they emerge in your work alongside the children.

• Create a variety of opportunities for children to express themselves and make discoveries using the symbolic languages.

• Meet with the class teachers, curriculum coordinator and principal if needed to discuss ideas and connections to inquiry learning.

• Maintain a high standard of teaching practice and professionalism.

• Undertake continued professional development and share the scope of Specialist Areas with the pre-school community.

• Document children's learning making connections to The ITL Framework: eg: newsletters, community documentation panels.

• Support the coordination of related annual community events, such as Celebration of Learning, Magical Movement Day and 100 languages exhibition.

• Attend staff meetings and professional development workshops.

• Manage and develop pre-school resources and materials for the pre-school programme.

Qualifications

1. At least 2 – 5 years relevant professional teaching experience in early childhood;
2. The candidate should hold a minimum of a Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood or Education or equivalent, which is obtained from a recognised University or College involving not less than 3 years full time study;
3. Teachers Certificates, Diplomas or other Teacher Accreditation courses and certification are required if the applicant's degree is not in Education;
4. IB PYP course and training are highly valued;
5. Knowledge of or willingness to acquire knowledge of inquiry based learning is required;
6. Applicants must provide original copies of their Certificates and academic transcripts for authentication;
7. International experience, especially in Asia is highly regarded;