Teaching Specialist - Pre-school (all subjects) (Freelance)

Location: Pasir Ris, Tampines, Serangoon North, Choa Chu Kang, Woodlands, Jurong West, and Online

Job Summary

The Teaching Specialist is responsible for monitoring the academic schedule and ensuring compliance with company standards. Responsibilities include classroom teaching, classwork, and assessment. All deliverables must adhere to the company’s policies and guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• The Tutor is required to follow Edufront’s academic calendar and semester-based lesson structure when devising lesson plans for the assigned classes.
• Lessons should be captivating, interactive, and pertinent. This involves incorporating multimedia presentations, videos, and scientific experiments or mathematical manipulatives where applicable.
• There must be an adequate balance between classroom teaching, classwork, and assessment.
• Tutors are expected to implement differentiated teaching strategies to cater to the varying skill levels of the students.
• Tutors are granted the flexibility to utilize their personal teaching resources and materials (such as videos, PowerPoint slides) to enhance the educational quality and learning experience.
• Active monitoring of students’ progress during the lesson is essential. The Tutor should not remain seated behind the desk for extended periods; instead, they should circulate the classroom to oversee students’ engagement.
• Teaching must be adequately done prior to giving out any classwork.
• All classwork must be marked on the same day if possible. If not, it should be marked and returned by the subsequent lesson. Marking should be performed using red ink and returned to students in the following class. Self-marking or peer marking without subsequent verification by the Tutor is strictly prohibited. Tutors should ensure that worksheets are appropriately filed after returning them to students.
• Edufront implements file checks and lesson observations as part of quality assurance measures. Tutors are expected to fully cooperate during these assessments and promptly rectify any identified discrepancies.
• The Tutor is responsible for accurately recording students’ attendance and indicating any instances of absence in the attendance record.

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Education or PGDE (NIE/NTU).
• Passionate university graduates with no NIE qualifications are welcome to apply. Training will be provided.
• Able to commit for the entire academic year November/December 2024 to November 2025.
• Able to commit to the regular weekly tuition schedules – weekday evenings/weekends based on the class assigned.