Expatriate Teacher of YueCheng Parkside Kindergarten

Who We Are

YueCheng Education

YueCheng Education (YCE) pioneers a new kind of education in China, providing high-quality, internationally-minded education for 2-18-year old students. YCE is firmly focused on progressive education that is personalized and challenging. YCE’s constituent institutions include not-for-profit schools Beijing City International School (BCIS) and the YueCheng Kindergartens. Other educational projects include YueCheng Education Research Institute, the Learning Frontier and the Reading Frontier. You may learn more about YCE by visiting www.yuechengeducation.com. YueCheng Education is an equal opportunity employer.

YCPK, YueCheng Parkside kindergarten (will Open in August 2021)

As a brand-new member of YueCheng Kindergartens, the YueCheng Parkside Kindergarten will be opening its doors in August 2021. All children at Yuecheng Parkside Kindergarten will be empowered to enjoy a positive, purposeful and healthy life, becoming confident and creative learners as they begin their educational journey.

Yuecheng Parkside Kindergarten is located in the Tongzhou district of Beijing and has been purposefully designed to support and enhance the growing community. The Kindergarten’s location has been carefully positioned to enable the children, parents and the wider community to gain access the master planned facilities and learning opportunities that this precinct has to offer. A distinctive new landmark of this community will be the inspirational and awe-inspiring park that has been planned adjacent to the Kindergarten.

YueCheng Parkside Kindergarten has developed a distinctive holistic, child-centered curriculum based on the following foundational principles:

• Planned intergenerational learning opportunities between the children and the citizens of the adjacent retirement community

• Multi-age learning groups, reflecting the relationships and responsibilities of family and the wider community

• Constructivist learning through investigative play

• Open, flowing learning spaces, inside and out, removing the conventional boundaries that constrain opportunities for young children to learn

• No boundaries dual-language learning, enabling children to learn to speak, read, and write in either English or Chinese as appropriate to the context

• Respecting and learning to be the caretakers of our environment

• Understanding cultural identity and China’s place in the world

• Reading as a gateway to life-long learning and pleasure

• Interactive, developmentally appropriate introduction to logical-mathematical thinking skills

• Practical immersion in the arts and the development of a sense of beauty

• The relationship between mind and body and the development of skills for fitness and a healthy lifestyle.

• Investigation of and through technology at appropriate times

Who We Are Looking For

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Mother tongue fluency in written and oral English

• Education degree and certification

• Three or more years’ experience in early childhood teaching (preschool or kindergarten)

• Commitment to progressive, play-based learning experiences for young children.

REPORTS TO: Principal

JOB GOAL: To empower children to live healthy and positive lives as confident and creative learners through the use of progressive, rigorous and personalized play-based pedagogies. 

JOB DESCRIPTION: As an expatriate teacher you are responsible for co-planning and implementing learning intentions for up to forty children. Duties include actively engaging with children to foster a positive and healthy learning environment, conducting assessments and being the contact person, providing reports and feedback on performance and behavior to parents. You work closely with the bilingual teachers to ensure a balanced literacy approach that supports both English and Chinese language development.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Promotes the values and mission of YCE Kindergartens.

2. Implements school-wide policies.

3. Promotes and maintains a positive working environment in the kindergarten.

4. Promotes and maintain a calm, caring, and appropriately challenging environment for children.

5. Develops a deep understanding of the kindergarten’s curriculum and assessment policies and practices.

6. Maintains high but personalized expectations of children, self and team members.

7. Ensures one’s teaching and learning practices are in accordance with foundational principles. 

o Scaffolds and nurtures the development of each child’s physical, cognitive, social, emotional and Chinese language needs.

o Scaffolds and nurtures the development of each child’s independent self-care abilities inclusive of but not limited to:

 toilet training/ diaper changing,

 fostering independence when eating lunches and snacks, 

 dressing and undressing,

 napping preparation and supervision, etc.

o Understands and utilizes child developmental milestones when planning and implementing learning experiences.

o Prepares and maintains a learning environment where children learn through active exploration and interaction.

o Ensures the safety of children through constant supervision, effective arrangement of space, proper maintenance of equipment and knowledge of emergency procedures.

8. Models excellent teaching for others. 

9. Completes relevant planning, assessing and reporting documentation within the required timeframes.

10. Supports the kindergarten’s strategic goals.

11. Contributes to ongoing curriculum development.

12. Regularly engages in professional development, keeping up to date on recent research related to best teaching practices for young children.

13. Contribute to the selection of educational resources and materials.

14. Partners with parents and primary caregivers to develop positive home-school relationships.

15. Actively participate in school activities and meetings.

16. Maintains open communication with staff.

WORK YEAR: Around 200 days per year.

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated by the Principal.

NOTE: The above job description reflects the general requirements necessary to describe principal functions or responsibilities of the job identified and shall not be interpreted as a detailed description of the work requirements that may be inherent in the job, either at present or in the future.

Applications can be sent to HR department of Yuecheng Education at career.yce@yuechenggroup.com indicating the position in the email subject.