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 170 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 French the French Curriculum to 1 class of kindergarten or primary school students
- Sharing the class with your English and Mandrin 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 Teaching Assistant (French or English speaking) for daily programme and matters
- 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:
- Holder of the French diploma in Early Childhood (titulaire du diplôme de Professeur des Ecoles) or Diploma in Early Childhood Care & Education – Teaching (DECCE-T) or above qualification
- Minimum 2 years work experience as a teacher
- Fluent in French and English languages
- 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.