EYFS Teaching Assistant (English Curriculum)
St John's College School
Nanjing, China
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 30 August 2018
Job overview
St John’s College School Nanjing is looking to recruit a team of wonderful kindergarten English teaching assistants to teach and care for students from 3-6 years old from September 2018. Recruitment will be ongoing to meet the needs of a growing school.
St John’s College School Nanjing is opening its doors for the first time in China, instilling the ethos and values and following the teaching methodology of the famous St John’s College School, in Cambridge, UK. St John’s has long enjoyed a national reputation in the UK for the exceptional quality of education and care it provides. The School traces its roots to the Seventeenth Century when it was founded by St John’s College, in the University of Cambridge, for the education of the Choristers of the College Choir.
About the SchoolSt John’s College School Nanjing is a kindergarten for students aged 3-6 years old in the southern district of Jiangning (江宁) in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. Located on a site of more than 7,000m2 indoor and outdoor space, this newly built school will provide the best facilities and learning environment for its, up to 240, local students. Students will enjoy large, well equipped classrooms with up to only 20 students in each class, multi-function rooms for drama, music, art and reading, as well as a large bright cafeteria to enjoy a delicious offering of healthy daily meals eaten in the lovely communal space. The outdoor areas provide a wealth of explorative learning spaces from the Forest Garden, complete with underground tunnels and water features (and of course trees!), to the football pitch and trampolines on the roof. Learning outside is just as important as learning inside and this site provides fantastic opportunities for both. Situated on Jiangjun Dadao (将军大道), the school is easily accessible and within walking distance from the nearest metro line (S1).
The students will be taught by three professional teachers; a Mandarin-speaking Key Teacher, a Mandarin-speaking Chinese Teaching Assistant (CTA) and an English Teaching Assistant (ETA), who work together to provide a bilingual play-based learning environment that focuses on child-led activities that promote the growth of all areas of a child’s development. Special emphasis at St John’s is placed on the well-being of each and every child, focusing particular attention on emotional development through our Emotions4Learning programme.
School Address: Meizhiguo Huayuan, No.2 Jiangjun Dadao, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China
ApplicationsFor further details please download the job description from the link below. To apply, please send an up-to-date CV and cover letter, stating why you would like to work at St John’s College School Nanjing and why you think you are suited to this role, to Mr Sandy Lennox, Foreign Head, St John’s College School Nanjing; email: slennox@sjcs.co.uk.
Short-listed candidates will be invited to a series of interviews. Following successful interviews, a candidate will be asked to provide references of previous employment and undergo a police check.
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About St John's College School
Set in the heart of Cambridge, St John’s College School has long enjoyed and deserved a national reputation for the exceptional quality of education and care it provides, which focuses on fostering the aptitudes and nurturing the growth of each child. St John’s has been awarded national Best Prep School and national Best Prep School Head awards in the Tatler Schools Awards. Its teaching has been rated ‘inspirational’ by the Independent Schools Inspectorate and it is the first of the very few to have achieved the coveted ‘exceptional’ grade for children’s attainment. At St John’s, we believe in a childhood filled with affection, in which children know that they are known and valued, in which they learn to trust themselves and each other, in which they find and express their voice, discover the difference they can make for themselves and others, learn to think for themselves, to question, to collaborate, to be independent, to own and take charge of their learning and their lives.
A curriculum that believes in children draws from them the highest and the deepest levels of attainment. Though we are not selective in our Kindergarten, our children are on average at the 85th centile on national tests or ability before they leave. Our exam results are outstanding and our 60 leavers gain on average around 25 scholarships to the strongest schools. Up to one-third of our past pupils in due course gain Oxbridge places each year, more than in the most academically selective of schools: our children continue to be exceptional learners.
The School is located in leafy Grange Road, a short walk across the playing fields from the centre of town and the College, at the heart of which sits the Chapel, home to the internationally renowned College Chapel Choir. The School site has undergone significant rebuilding or redevelopment in the last five years to ensure the facilities, layout and fabric of the buildings fully support the delivery of the School’s ethos.
The majority of children proceed at 13+ to day schools in Cambridge, each of which sets its own Entrance exams, predominantly in English and Maths. About one-third of the children proceed at 13+ to boarding schools via Common Entrance while others will proceed via Academic Scholarship examinations.
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