Eal Teacher

**Job type**:
Full Time, Fixed Term

26 January 2025

**Job overview**:
We are looking for a highly qualified English as an Additional Language (EAL) teacher with previous teaching experience in international education to join our expanding team of high-quality professionals. The role of the EAL Teacher is essentially to build and maintain a successful EAL Program which includes; providing support for students with English language needs (beginning to intermediate), preparing EAL students to independently access our curriculum in English and to co-teach, co-plan, co-assess and co-reflect with the year group level Classroom teachers.

As an **Additional Language (EAL) Teacher**, you will undertake the following responsibilities:

- Developing trusting and effective relationships with all the children in the class and their parents, co-teachers and teaching assistants. Becoming a presence across the whole school and a representative of it within its wider community
- Coordinating parent meetings where appropriate to review a students’ progress
- Developing and executing the preparation, planning and delivery of EAL classes and activities for students
- Using a range and balance of teaching strategies including co-planning, co-teaching, co-assessing, and co-reflecting
- Using grouping strategies using a variety of different learning situations, including whole class, small group, partner work and individual work
- Building on student capabilities and differentiating to meet student needs
- Ensuring that the teaching environment is well managed and appropriately resourced
- Collecting and analysing data, such as WIDA and MAP scores, on student performance to ensure a successful progression of English language acquisition.
- Planning which emphasizes connections among curriculum areas and explicitly focuses on trans-disciplinary skills and the essential elements of a PYP program
- Planning and working in a collegial and professional manner with peers, showing respect, being prepared and on time, and adhering to the school wide meeting norms and team’s essential agreements at all times
- Involving students, parents and colleagues in the assessment process on a regular basis and as appropriate

Involving students in shared reflection during, and at the end of, each unit on a consistent basis
- Evaluating the program collaboratively with teaching partners, and parents and students as appropriate, using agreed flexible systems
- Taking responsibility for a Co-curricular activity (CCA) from once per week, each semester.

You Must Have
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Education or equivalent with additional qualifications/endorsements for working with English Language Learners, from an accredited school is required.
- At least 3 years of experience in working with children as a EAL teacher with relevant qualifications
- Track record of experience working with young children who display social, emotional, behavioural, or developmental delays
- Familiarity in British Curriculum is a must
- Proficient in using school databases, communications platforms, and educational technology
- Proficiency in other EAL testing and reporting systems
- Experience with and knowledge of co-teaching
- Exceptional interpersonal communication and professional collaboration skills
- Must demonstrate flexibility, strong work habits, and a positive attitude
- Strong organizational skills and excellent command of the English language
- Proficiency in using computers and other forms of technology Strong references and attendance record
- Demonstrates the Brighton Values - Kindness, Confidence and Curiosity

**SAFEGUARDING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES**

The College is committed to ensuring that the recruitment and selection of staff is conducted in a manner that is systematic, efficient and effective and promotes equality of opportunity.

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CPE Registration Number: 201904884D

**About**Brighton College (Singapore)**:
**Brighton College (Singapore)**
- 1 Chuan Lane
- Singapore
- 554299
- Singapore

+65 505 9790

**About Brighton College (Singapore)**:
In August 2020 Brighton College opened the doors of its fifth sister school in Singapore, one of South East Asia’s most vibrant and successful cities.

The school is a collaboration between Brighton College - the UK’s top co-educational school, awarded The Sunday Times Independent School of the Year 2019 and 2021, and School of Decade 2010-2020 and Cognita - an educational group with schools around the globe that embraces and embeds best practice from a variety of world curricula.

Brighton College (Singapore) comprises of a Pre-Prep (located in a purpose-built ‘Early Learning Village’) for children aged 18 months to 6 years a Prep School for children aged 6 to 11 years and Senior School which is currently open to pupils in Year 7 - 9 and will be opening to Year 10 in August 2025. Further year groups will be opened in subsequent years, so that Senior pupils at Brighto