Longterm Internship/ Schulassistenz für Lehramtsstudierende
Singapore /
Academic – German General /
Trainee
/ On-site
Currently, more than 1800 students are learning at GESS supported by more than 400 full time and part time academic and administrative staff members. In August 2018 GESS moved to Dairy Farm Road to a modern new school campus located at the edge of Singapore’s largest nature reserve.
Long Term Internship at GESS
We offer students of teacher education a long-term internship as instructional teaching assistants. Our offer is aimed exclusively at students of educational subjects, including those with a BA, MA or first state examination. We prefer students of teacher education for primary schools, secondary schools, high schools and students who study special needs education. The studied subjects should be: mathematics and / or German / German as a foreign language / German as second language as well as biology, chemistry, physics, French and / or English and / or Spanish. Experience with and openness to diversity and inclusion as well as differentiation and co-teaching are expressly desired. Your assignment as an instructional teaching assistant at our primary school (grades up to 5) or at our secondary school (especially grade 6 to 9) takes place either in the period from August to December (first school half year) or in the period from January to June (second school half year). We do not offer shorter assignments.
Please upload the following documents for your application:
Letter of motivation stating the period or periods for which you would like to apply
curriculum vitae credentials
certificates.
references (is any)
For the period August to December, your application should be submitted by February 15 of the same year. For the assistance period January to June, we need your application documents by August 15 of the previous year.
Further information on this program can be found here.
Keen to collaborate and share your specialist expertise, you will be a fitting ambassador for the school. You will communicate with confidence across diverse audiences and situations, using your expertise to build strong relationships across the GESS community.
Our School
The German European School Singapore (GESS) is a multi-lingual, not-for-profit, German international school in Singapore with a distinct European flavour. As an accredited ‘Excellent German School Abroad’, the German Section of GESS offers all major German school leaving certificates.
Our European Section offers tuition in English for students from grade 1 - 12 across all three IB programmes (the PYP, the MYP and the IB Diploma Programme) as an authorised IB World School.
Children aged 2 years onwards can enroll in our Preschool where children are following the PYP programme in German-speaking, English-speaking or bilingual groups. In addition to an outstanding academic education, GESS strives to teach students community values such as respect, openness and diversity.
To Apply
We offer an exciting working environment in an international and cooperative team. Your application should include a letter of application and your complete resume. Please indicate your reasons for applying for the position.
Our Selection Process
At GESS we adhere to fair employment practices that consist of hiring practices that are fair, merit-based and non-discriminatory.
We are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and child protection as we promote the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender or culture.
All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures including satisfactory reference and background checks and the offer of employment will be subject to the completion of these. In addition, the visa entry requirements for Singapore are subject to certain requirements being met. This includes but is not limited to, mandatory diphtheria and measles vaccination requirements for children attending school in Singapore will need to be in place prior to arriving in Singapore in order for the criteria for a child Dependent Pass to be met and the visa granted. Further information on this will be shared at interview stage if applicable.
Please note, that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
CPE registration number: S72SS0010G Registration period: 22 June, 2017 – 21 June, 2023
