Kindergarten (Early Years) Homeroom Teacher

BSSN (Bona Sonority School Nanjing/Reigate Grammar School Nanjing) is a K-12 international bilingual school, located at the Qilin Innovation Park on an impressive 100,000 square meter site, making it one of the largest overseas-branded bilingual schools in China. 

"East-meets-West" is a strong theme in the school's philosophy of education and the curriculum will reflect the coming together of Chinese and British curricula and pedagogical approaches. The vision is to develop responsible global citizens with a strong sense of their cultural heritage, fully prepared for the competitive marketplace they will join as young adults. The school will strive to empower students to be creative and innovative leaders and will provide an academic education that opens doors of opportunity and extra-curricular experiences to inspire and create pathways to future success.

Position: Kindergarten (Early Years) Teacher

Contract Term: Two Years

Contract Type: Full Time

Start Date: August 2023

Essential Requirements:

(1) Native English Speaker, fluent in spoken and written English; Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) through an education degree or equivalent, such as iPGCE/PGCE

(2)Minimum 2 years’ experience as a qualified teacher.

(3) Love teaching and working with young people.

(4) Ability to engage, inspire and extend students through planning, preparation, and delivery of excellent lessons.

(6) Ability to ensure that marking, recording, assessment, and reporting meet the academic and pastoral needs of each individual student.

(7) Willingness to make a full contribution to the extracurricular programme.

(8) Ability to build good relationships with students, parents, and colleagues and demonstrate effective communication skills.

(9) Resilience, adaptability, patience, flexibility, a hard-working attitude, and a commitment to teamwork are all essential requirements when founding a school.

Desirable:

Knowledge and experience working with children for whom English is an additional language.

Experienced in overseas environment.

Proven record of improving standards through high quality teaching, especially inquiry based learning, project based learning.

An understanding of how Assessment for Learning can improve children’s performance.

Knowledge of how to challenge and differentiate for children of varying abilities.

Knowledge and understanding of positive disciplinary methods.

Ability to offer a specialist subject (e.g. Music, Art or PE).

Willingness to learn, and develop through personal development as a teacher.

Job Description:

Teaching and Learning

Support the learning programme within the Kindergarten by following the Kindergarten bi-lingual curriculum.

Plan and organise activities to meet the learning and development needs of the class as a whole and each individual.

Plan, prepare and document lessons on a regular basis.

Manage curriculum delivery and associated resources in a manner that challenges and interests children and is appropriate to their needs and skill-levels, including catering for children with SEN, EAL and higher abilities.

Take responsibility for curriculum delivery and associated resources in a manner consistent with the School’s and departmental policies and procedures.

Create written medium and short term planning to ensure that pupils develop at an appropriate pace, with clear differentiated planning and teaching.

Use IT to support and extend the curriculum.

Supervise and teach children during extracurricular activities.

Health and Safety

Ensure that the safety of the children remains central in all we do.

Complete Safeguarding training as directed by the School and follow the BSSN Safeguarding Policy.

Follow BSSN policies with regard to the health and safety of children both on and off the School premises when

children are under the School’s jurisdiction.

Take a pastoral interest in children in both the curriculum and extra-curricular activities so that they feel noticed and valued.

Supervise children as determined by the duty roster.

Supervise classes on behalf of colleagues as determined by the cover schedule.

Communication

Actively establish and maintain open, honest communication with parents regarding the physical, social, intellectual

and emotional development of their child.

Communicate and consult with parents on a regular basis and in a timely manner.

Attend Parents’ Evenings as required.

Report to parents in the form of written reports as required by the Principal and Head of Kindergarten.

Collaborate with colleagues in areas of planning and assessment and whole school initiatives.

Support colleagues as necessary and work co-operatively as part of a team.

Contribute to the supervision and instruction of support staff as required.

School Address: No.1 Shuling Street, Jiangning District, Nanjing

School Website: https://www.bssn.cn/?about_42/

WeChat Official Account: 南京博颂学校