DS-Plus Teacher (West) in Penarth

The DS-Plus Early Intervention Educator integrates a range of teaching and learning approaches and identifies new approaches to conduct lessons/activities for children in the preschool setting. The key roles include:

• Providing opportunities for children to reinforce skills like speech and language skills, socio-communication skills, fine and gross motor skills, literacy skills, and self-help skills in the preschool settings.
• Enriching children's learning through implementing curriculum, and adapting and integrating developmentally appropriate teaching and classroom engagement strategies.
• Creating quality natural learning environments and facilitating children's development and learning in the preschool.
• Partnering with families and caregivers and coordinating with community stakeholders and social service providers to support the delivery of Centre initiatives, programmes, and services.
• Carrying out data collection for inquiry projects.
• Being thoughtful, calm, and loving working with children while possessing strong interpersonal skills.
• Working in varied settings such as in Early Intervention Centres and/or preschools.
• Working in a transdisciplinary team in the course of his/her work.

Job Responsibilities:

• Plan and implement curriculum and programmes.
• Integrate a range of teaching and learning approaches to meet diverse needs of children with developmental needs.
• Develop activity plans and teaching materials that are appropriate to use in preschool.
• Adapt a range of developmentally appropriate materials and resources to create quality learning environments.
• Review health, safety, nutritional, and hygiene practices in accordance with standards and procedures.
• Identify new teaching and learning or inclusive approaches to suit the profile of children being taught.
• Conduct EIPIC & preschool observation, Brigance screening, and assessment of children's strengths and needs according to their developmental milestones.
• Prepare DS-Plus timeline and IEP based on screening and observation outcomes and discuss with EIPIC team (for Step-down cases) and preschool teachers.
• Prepare for the presentation of screening outcomes.
• Manage family and community programmes.
• Identify learning strategies for family and community (i.e., preschool) programmes and initiatives.
• Suggest strategies for family and community on child's needs, with trans-disciplinary team consultations.
• Support or co-plan the development of outreach activities to create awareness of centre programmes and services.
• Implement centre, family, and community initiatives and programmes.
• Uplift professional practice of early intervention teaching.
• Engage in systematic reflective practice.
• Support the implementation of new intervention methods, tools, and assistive technologies based on emerging Early Intervention and sector trends.
• Collect data for consolidation and refinement.
• Support conceptualisation of inquiry projects.
• Provide feedback on applicability of proposed teaching and intervention practices based on inquiry findings.
• Share suggestions to improve DS-Plus processes.
• Deliver interventions.
• Prepare children's e-files, reports (i.e., IEP, Weekly Progress Monitoring, Email updates, Transition Report, Discharge Report) and closure of cases.
• Deliver interventions using appropriate methods, tools, and assistive technologies to support learning under supervision.
• Deliver appropriate strategies/activities at preschools using inclusive practices/strategies; supervision will be provided to ensure smooth delivery of intervention.
• Implement appropriate classroom engagement strategies.
• Track children's learning progress, goals, and family priorities in coordination with other social service and healthcare professionals.
• Write and submit reports (i.e., GCO summary, IEP, School Report, Discharge Report etc.), update SSNet data in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with families and stakeholders across disciplines.
• Partner with families and caregivers to enhance child and family outcomes.
• Coordinate centre activities with teachers, support staff, volunteers, social service, and healthcare professionals.
• Coordinate with community stakeholders, volunteers, and social service providers to support the implementation of programmes and services.
• Conduct discussions or meetings (i.e., IEP meeting, Case Conferences, Joint-Meeting with Aops, etc.) weekly review as a key worker.
• Work in Transition Support workplan to improve Transition Support programme.
• Co-plan activities with the preschool teachers to model the strategies.
• Provide coaching to parents & preschool teachers to work on the strategies at home or in class.

Qualifications:

• Specialist Diploma in Early Childhood Intervention (Special Needs) (SDESN) or ADESN.
• Degree or Diploma in Early Childhood Education, Special Education or related fields from recognised institutions.

Other Information:

• 1 to 3 years of experience working with families and children in a preschool or early intervention setting.
• Mature, independent, creative, flexible thinking, and able to motivate children.
• Good people skills.
• Able to work independently.
• Good understanding of diverse cultures and races.
• Patience, love, passion, and commitment in the education of and nurturing young children and empowering families.
• Valid First Aid Certificate preferred.
• Keen to develop professionally.
• Successful incumbent will be required to travel around the West region (Choa Chu Kang/Pioneer).