About the role
- Work closely with centre teams (Centre Director, Centre Admin) and the Regional Programme Manager to ensure smooth and effective curriculum operations.
- Attend departmental, staff, and administrative meetings to address health and safety, facilities, operations, and human resource issues.
- Ensure all prep schools in the cluster implement the curriculum according to established guidelines parameters and KLAY philosophy.
- Provide academic support by monitoring curriculum implementation, observing children, and overseeing assessment practices to ensure alignment with learning goals.
- Deliver presentations for Parent Orientations, Open Houses, Coffee with Curriculum and Parent-Facilitator Conferences (PTC) to foster community involvement.
- Conduct and/or develop training programs for facilitators, ensuring they are equipped with the latest instructional strategies and tools.
- Supervise, train, and mentor facilitators to maximize effective curriculum usage.
- Identify learning needs of facilitators and recommend professional development opportunities.
- Provide ongoing mentoring and coaching by spending time in classrooms, offering constructive feedback, and introducing innovative teaching methods.
- Conduct in-centre training sessions.
- Ensure that the learning environment, resources, and training programs strictly align with organizational policies and standards.
- Implement data-driven decision making processes to improve educational outcomes.
- Implement best practices in service delivery to enhance the overall parent and child experience.
- Actively contribute to the recruitment process by participating in candidate interviews, demo evaluations, and showcasing the skill set required for effective assessment of teaching potential.
- Conduct performance reviews and appraisal conversations for preschool classroom facilitators.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge in early childhood education by regularly attending trainings, workshops, and reviewing relevant journals.
- Assist with the overall evaluation of early childhood education programs, developing strategies for continuous improvement.
- Guide facilitators in creating effective assessments, Progress Report, diary entries, portfolios, and other evaluation tools.
- Ensure that learning spaces are attractive and welcoming, with displays of children’s artwork and other visual elements that promote self-esteem and celebrate child achievements.
- Adherence to all curriculum and academic operations, including the use of prescribed tools, documentation, and reporting systems).
- Drive 100% adherence to the academic calendar by ensuring timely and complete execution of all planned academic activities.
- Promote and maintain collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders through open communication, shared decision-making, and aligned efforts toward common goals.
- Ensures facilitators are updated with any changes to the Curriculum
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity and commitment to confidentiality
- Engage in mindful communication and refrain from spreading gossip
- Be flexible in scheduling to meet the needs of the overall program
- Show initiative in problem solving and be open to new ideas
- Be approachable and create a welcoming environment centre-wide
- Ability to train and evaluate teaching staff.
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written in standard English.
- Ability to interact with families in a nurturing, compassionate, and sincere manner
- Intermediate to advanced level experience with recent versions of Microsoft Suite, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Microsoft Edge/Chrome; ability to use current webinar technology and audio conferencing.
- Creative acumen with good analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as within a team with minimal supervision.