Early Years Teacher

Work collaboratively with Lower Kindergarten (LKG) & Upper Kindergarten (UKG) to improve student learning through improving teacher learning and practices. ● Lead the PYP Early Years (PYP EY) staff in planning, coordinating, implementing, monitoring, documenting, measuring and recording learning within the framework of the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP). ● Foster and grow professional inquiry as an individual and team learning tool. ● Provide pedagogical leadership, along with the PYPCD, for a team of Early Childhood Educators in line with the philosophies of the PYP. ● Along with the PYPCD, facilitate/lead the Early Years teaching teams through the process of planning inquiry-based learning experiences, and in the ongoing development of the Early Years curriculum. ● Facilitate collaborative Early Years team meetings using student-learning data for planning and reflection; share best practices, and engage in pedagogical discourse to further develop student learning. ● Work with teachers, parents and the Learning Support department to ensure that children’s individual needs are planned for and met. ● Ensure that the development of all the children’s spoken and written English is prioritised, planned and provided for. ● Demonstrate effective teaching methods in the Early Years environment. ● Liaise with other team coordinators to ensure continuity and progression. ● Support and mentor new teachers and learning assistants. ● Provide professional learning feedback for teachers and learning assistants. ● Work with the PYPCD and the Deputy Head of Learning & Research in leading the review of the curriculum.