Co-Teacher-Kindergarten & Playgroup

Hummingbird, an international Kindergarten located in Bangkok, is currently in search of qualified Early Year Co-Teachers.

This is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a new culture and environment while earning a living doing what you love.

While we prefer candidates with direct experience in EYFS application, we also encourage those with broader prep school experience involving younger students to apply. This position holds significant importance within our institution, and you will be expected to contribute to the ongoing development of the school.

Job Description
As a co-teacher, you will collaborate with your partner to co-plan and effectively integrate co-teaching strategies into your practice, enhancing the opportunities for children to engage with both educators in the classroom. The mentor teacher remains actively involved, utilizing these strategies to bolster children's learning and engagement. Throughout this experience, the co-teaching duo will work closely together, with leadership roles and decision-making responsibilities gradually transitioning to the teacher candidate. You will exemplify positive discipline practices.

Job Outputs
- Create a classroom environment that is highly positive, dedicating most of the time to instruction while demonstrating essential life skills.
- Inspire a love of learning in children and encourage them to become self-motivated and self-regulating learners, equipped to set, monitor, and achieve their own goals.
- Utilize your previous experience, best practices, and innovative approaches to connect with children and ensure their success.
- Build relationships with families to foster learning environments for children both inside and outside the classroom.
- Serve as a model of positive discipline practices.
- Consistently embody the core values of limitless possibilities.

Job Responsibilities
- Collaboratively design and implement lesson plans that effectively engage children and align with EF skills based on student data.
- Provide classroom instruction that nurtures the social-emotional development of children.
- Foster positive, collaborative relationships with families, ensuring consistent communication.
- Assess and evaluate children's growth, creating action plans for class-wide, group-wide, and individual needs based on data insights.
- Develop a classroom culture that instills core values and promotes independent learning skills in children.
- Participate in annual staff orientation and training sessions.
- Assist with playgroup classes and after-school clubs.

Competencies
- Exceptional classroom management skills that emphasize positive, proactive reinforcement of high behavioral expectations.
- Strong ability to build relationships with children, families, and colleagues.
- Analytical thinker capable of examining data and modifying plans to enhance student achievement.
- A growth mindset, open to feedback and eager to implement it.
- Collaborative spirit with the ability to work harmoniously with others.
- Dedication to prioritizing children's success as the ultimate goal.
- Self-reflective, motivated to continually develop as an educator.
- Willingness to commit to hard work and flexibility to navigate start-up challenges.
- Quick to learn and adopt technological innovations in the classroom.