Kindergarten Homeroom Teacher
Optics Valley Ulink School
Wuhan, Hubei
- New
- Salary:
- 20,000 RMB to 30,000 RMB
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 31 December 2024
Job overview
ABOUT US
OVIS (Optics Valley International School), a member of Ulink Education Group, which provides international education for foreign passport holders within the Optics Valley Area of Wuhan, is seeking a passionate educator who wishes to make a difference and help students grow holistically to join our founding team
ABOUT THE CITY
With a 3,500-year-long history, Wuhan is one of the most ancient and civilized metropolitan cities in China. As the capital city of Hubei Province, Wuhan lies in central China on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, highways, and expressways passing through the city and connecting to other major cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu. It is also recognized as the political, economic, financial, cultural, educational, and transportation center of central China.
ABOUT THE POSITION
• The Kindergarten teacher will work in collaboration with the assistant and Head of Kindergarten (HOK) to ensure a nurturing and positive experience for the children in our care and their families. This is a perfect role for a candidate who is excited to learn from an experienced guide and has the appetite to step into leadership. The Lead teacher has the potential to be trained as the AMI teacher in the near future.
Support children’s learning with Montessori materials throughout the day
• Record observations of children’s activities throughout the day
• Build relationships with families by greeting them warmly at drop off or pick up
• Participate in parent/teacher conferences
• Prepare the environment including making, refreshing, arranging and stocking classroom materials and ensure all resources are maintained to a high standard;
• Collaborate with classroom staff and administration;
• Share observations and contribute to classroom staff meetings;
• Within collaboration with teaching members of staff in kindergarten to arrange learning activities both inside and outside the classroom;
• Work with pupils en enhance their learning on a daily basis;
• Be willing and able to follow and implement all pandemic health protocols.
The successful applicant will be:
Minimum Bachelor Degree;
• At least 2 years of Full-time Classroom teaching Experience in an international education sector with children between 3 - 6 years old
• The Association Montessori International (AMI/AMS) Diploma for the 3-6 years is a plus
• Strong sense of responsibility and Care for kids
• Be collaborative and actively work as a team
• Be committed to maintaining and improving the high standards of teaching and learning
• CPR/First Aid Certification (or be willing to acquire)
WHAT WE CAN OFFER
Medical insurance (greater China coverage)
Economy flight allowance of up to RMB12,000 is provided on a reimbursement basis for every school year served
A housing allowance of RMB3500 per month (before tax) is provided (enough to rent a two-bedroom apartment near the school)
Free Chinese lessons for beginning learners
Approx. 10 weeks paid holidays for Christmas, Chinese New Year, and Summer vacation, in addition to Chinese statutory holidays of 10 days, which are all fully paid
EXPECTED START DATE：Jan, 2025
About Optics Valley Ulink School
- Optics Valley Ulink School
- 28 Fozuling 3rd Road, East Lake High-Tech, Development Zone, Wuhan
- Hubei
- 430205
- China
Wuhan Ulink College of China Optics Valley (Ulink College Wuhan) is a growing school that was opened in Aug 2014. We are a Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) authorised center that offers IGCSE/A-Level curricula to Chinese students aged 14-19.
We are a member of Ulink Education Group, the first school to introduce Cambridge A-Level into China 15 years ago. Up to date, Ulink Education Group has campuses in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou and Wuhan, with more than 3000 graduates, of which, more than 130 were admitted into Oxbridge. We are the only school in China that has been awarded Excellence in Education by CAIE (formerly CIE).
Ulink College Wuhan is committed to developing professional practices of being student-centered, supporting students in their whole-person development and preparing them for an international life style. Our graduates, although not many, have been admitted to some of the top universities in the world, such as University of Oxford, Imperial College, UCL, Univesrity of Warwick in the UK, McGill University, University of Toronto and UBC in Canada and Australia National University, Melborne University, University of Sidney in Australia.
Wuhan, where our school is located, is centrally situated in China with 4-5 hour high-speed train access to some major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. Wuhan itself is a city with both an ancient history and a thriving present with rich cultures, surrounded by beautiful landscapes and abundant places of historic and cultural interest. To name a few: the Three Gorges Dam is the world’s biggest hydro-electric project; Shennongjia Mountain is listed in the UNESCOs program of Man and Biosphere and Wudang Mountain is in the list of World Cultural and Natural Heritages.
When you first arrive in Wuhan, we will have a dedicated Admin team to help you settle down and provide continuous support during your stay to make life easier for you. Great attention will be given to teachers’ professional development. All newly joined teachers will be provided with a free Cambridge teacher account to access Cambridge teacher resources. Teachers new to Cambridge will be offered opportunities to participate in online or face-to-face trainings. Experienced Cambridge teachers will be offered opportunities to do extended CAIE trainings. We are about to become a PDQ center of CAIE and able to offer Cambridge’s teacher training and development programs within the school. As a member of Ulink Education group, we also provide our teachers with platform to exchange ideas, experiences and resources with fellow subject teachers in other Ulink schools.
As a young and expanding school, we have 260 students now and expect to grow that number to 300 soon. We provide great potentials for career growth. Experienced teachers will be able to take mentor/trainer roles; teachers who want to grow to leadership roles will also be given opportunities to become head of department or senior administration roles.
We are looking for professional teachers with a growth mindset, passion in education, hardworking and willing to contribute and make a difference in the whole-person development of teenagers in a multi-cultural school environment.
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