Job Description

At Write Edge Malaysia, we specialize in providing online creative English writing program for Primary and Secondary school students online.

https://write-edge.my/

We are looking for a pro-active, resourceful, committed, creative and independent individuals to join our team! Join our fast-growing SME to have a fruitful, hands-on experience with close mentorship. Only Malaysians/permanent residence may apply.

The Senior Lead Teacher is in charge of teacher training, teacher quality checks, conducting reviews to ensure student learning, differentiated parent communication overall and conducting classes. This role requires experience and expertise in English Language, Writing and Teaching.

As the Senior Lead Teacher, you are expected to provide vision and leadership to support student achievement and effective operations.

Responsibilities:

Teacher Development and Training

- Provide vision and leadership to support student achievement and effective operations by supervising teachers and staff, developing and implementing performance management plans, identifying professional learning needs and participating in professional learning opportunities

- Effectively participate in the employment process to ensure an effective site team is in place

- Helping to design and deliver specific programmes to develop future leaders and teachers

- Assisting teams to work collaboratively to enhance their pedagogical understanding

- Production and provision of training materials and workplans to support company\'s annual manpower/planning

- Developing and refining practical on-the-job induction and training for assistant teachers and trainees

- Recommending, planning, delivering and reviewing the effectiveness of specific training for individuals/small groups/whole staff, with the approval of the GM and Management, based on the needs and goals of the quarter/year

- Supporting, monitoring and documenting the progress of trainee teachers and staff

Teaching

- Passionate about teaching and learning with a genuine desire to work with students

- Conduct classes online via Zoom (based on the centre\xe2\x80\x99s materials)

- Marking of student\xe2\x80\x99s work (real time)

- Communicating with parents on student\'s progress via zoom at PTM.

- Send parents updates on the students\xe2\x80\x99 progress via WhatsApp.

Management

- Provide supervision through assigning work, consistently monitoring and evaluating employee effectiveness and communicating and coaching employee development

- Sharing all observations and recommendations with the management during regularly scheduled meetings

- Handle parents\' complaints

- Keeps up to date with research-based practices and developments in subject area, resources, and professional development, including but not limited to organization-wide initiatives

Day-to-day teacher training and development

- Maintain accurate and complete records of students\' progress and development

- Vetting and ensuring high quality of parent Communication

- Manage teacher training and briefs

- Manage checklists to note new, trial, make up students, trainee teachers & relief teachers

- Handle parents\' complaints

- Introducing courses to parents

- Training teachers for growth

- Pre-empting student learning issues, area of weaknesses and map out learning milestones

- Ensure quality of teaching instruction, marking and parent communication

- Any other adhoc tasks or duties as part of contributing to the Teacher Development and Training team

- Observation of classroom teaching to determine the professional development needs of teachers

Skills Required:

1. Communicate in English Language proficiently

2. CELTA/PGDE/PGCE certification

3. Montessori or Early childhood education is an added advantage

4. Has a minimum of 2 years of teaching experience and having led and trained a team of teachers

5. Prior related experience in the education industry preferred

6. Prior management experience preferred

7. Knowledge of best practices in teaching and school administration and the management and operation of schools

8. Ability to work with and relate to students, teachers, and school personnel in the delivery of services to each arm and is cooperative and collaborative with colleagues

9. Strong oral or written communication skills

10. Leadership and team building skills

11. Good organization skills

12. Meticulous

13. Willing to learn

14. Confident

15. Able to portray oneself as an extension of the company professionally through one\xe2\x80\x99s speech

Attributes:

1) Stamina for hardwork (ie. good learning attitude)

2) Responsibility

3) Aptitude for teaching and nurturing towards kids

4) People management skill

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