St. Andrews International School, Sukhumvit 107 Jobs 1 Jobs

The job holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young person’s for whom s/he is responsible, or with whom s/he comes into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the relevant Cognita Safeguarding; Child Protection Policy and Procedures at all times. If in the course of carrying out the duties of the role, the job holder identifies any instance that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm either at school or at home, s/he must report any concerns to the School’s Child Protection Officer/Designated Safeguarding Lead or to the Head of indeed to the Regional CEP so that a referral can be made accordingly to the relevant third part services.

Support for the pupils & teacher:

• Build strong relationships with children based on high quality interactions
• Support teacher in planning and setting up play-based learning opportunities.
• Share ideas and using initiative to come up with new ideas for play-based activities  
• With teacher’s guidance, TAs may sometimes be required to support specific children or groups of children in specific areas of learning eg. writing/Phonics/Numeracy etc
• Support in setting up the classroom with resources daily under guidance from the teacher.
• Help to develop children’s independence by allowing them to try things for themselves, asking open ended questions to extend their play and learning.
• Provide assistance to the children both in and out of the classroom if required e.g. changing children’s clothing/occasional help with toileting children depending on year group.
• Support teachers with one extra-curricular activity per week
• To support with maintaining stock and resources in the classroom
• To always be available according to the School’s contractual hours to enable the preparation of required materials for the Lessons of the day or subsequent days as direct by class teacher.
• Being involved at whole-class level by helping implement lesson plans, providing support for Literacy & Numeracy
• Providing feedback to teachers.

Support for the school:

• To adhere to the contract of employment for the classroom assistant and be available in term time and school holidays as directed by the school within the Thai labour law.

Position Requirements

• Highly committed to the vision of the department
• Creative, innovative, willing to share ideas and try new things
• Flexible and adaptable, willing to support different teachers and students when necessary
•  Friendly and able to fit into a team
•  Ability to motivate students and work with them to get the best from them
•  ICT efficient. 

Qualifications

• Experience – a minimum of 3 years working in this/similar position and preferably in an international school environment, ideally with some knowledge of play-based learning
• Qualified to work with/teach students
• Education and licensing – list the minimum education, certification and/or licensing needed to be successful in this position.

Contacts

•  Teachers, Management, Admin
•  Students, Parents

Working Conditions

•  This job may require to be outside
•  Working day;  7:30am – 4.00pm
•  Overtime:  when school events exceed the working day such as during inter-school sports events, weekends, or events deemed compulsory to attend by the head of School/head of Primary

Terms of Employment

• For school based roles and roles that are likely to come into contact with children, inclusion of the following statement is compulsory:
• List work hours, leave, benefits (medical, allowances), pre-requisites (pre-employment medical), background checks.

 “Cognita Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.”  

  Interested candidate please send your resume along with cover letter briefly explain about your background and qualification for further consideration. The school reserves right not to consider application without cover letter.

St. Andrews International Schools 

Sukhumvit 107 Campus 

7 Sukhumvit 107, Bangna, 

Bangkok 10260 

T : +66 (2) 393 3883 Ext. 921 

www.standrews-schools.com