The Infant Teacher is responsible for delivering lessons across different developmental stages, preparing learning resources and materials, ensuring well-being and safety of the infants, take responsibility for their daily routines and contributing to centre and parent partnership activities and events.

Job Responsibilities

1) Teaching & Learning

. Deliver age-appropriate experiences for infant across different developmental stages, demonstrating a variety of teaching techniques according to curriculum guidelines.

. Conduct pre-language and literacy programmes.

. Plan and prepare developmentally age-appropriate learning experiences, resources and materials for infants across different developmental stages.

. Complete experience plan evaluation to self-reflect if the experience conducted has been effective and learning objectives have been met.

. Participate in setting up and up-keeping of integrated learning spaces (eg. Math, Science, English, Chinese, Art & Craft) to facilitate infant's learning.

. Source for suitable material for display at school and update it according to focus on teaching content and infant's interest.

. Monitor the development of the infant daily and update infant's developmental profile every 3 months.

. Conduct Parent-Teacher conference (PTC).

2) Well-being of Children

. Ensure the well-being and safety of the infant in all domains.

. Interact with infants in a respectful, responsive and reciprocate manner.

. Be responsible and facilitate the conduct of daily care routine for the infant which includes meal time, milk feeds, baths, diaper changing, temperature check and administering medicine.

3) Engaging Parents & Community

. Work in partnership with parents and community in the holistic development of their infant.

. Plan and prepare termly newsletter.

. Send daily updates on routines and experiences.

. Communicate with parents through software app and encourage parents involvement in centre events or class experiences.

Other responsibilities

Centre Activities and Events

. Contribute actively in centre events and activities eg. Planning of field trip.

. Carry out class administration duties as and when necessary.

. To assist in ad-hoc projects/committees as and when required by the Principal and Assistant Director.

. To perform other duties as directed by the Director/CEO.

The above activities are no means exhaustive and are subject to amendment whenever is needed.

Minimum Education / Qualifications

. Higher Certificate in Infant Care/Advanced Certificate in Early Years and above

. 5 credits in English and Mother Tongue in GCE O Levels

Minimum Years of Relevant Experience:

. 0 to 2 years of working experience in early childhood setting

Knowledge/Skills

. Adequate knowledge of current early childhood care and education development theories, research and practices

. Good communication and classroom management skills

Attributes (Functional or leadership competencies)

. Creative and passionate in inclusive preschool education

. Enjoys working with young children and able to work well with families