Teaching Assistant (trợ giảng)

Line Manager: Managing Director



Job Purpose:

The Teaching Assistants support teachers in the effective delivery the International Program in accordance with the school's mission: to provide an outstanding education delivered in Vietnamese and English that emphasizes Vietnamese values, academic and personal excellence and fosters global understanding, respect and independent learning.

The Teaching Assistants facilitate classroom management, monitor activities, prepare resources, and day-to-day classroom set up to enhance student learning. Teaching Assistants forge positive relationships with students, teachers, and parents, and play a key role in communication about student welfare, progress and daily life notably facilitating communication between International Program Teachers and MoET Homeroom Teachers. Collaborative partnership with teachers is essential for the EMASI model.



*** Duties and responsibilities:

• Work in conjunction with the classroom teacher to support student learning

o Supervise and teach individuals, pairs or groups of students as required by the classroom/subject teacher or line manager.

o Assist in lesson preparation.

o Be aware, in advance of the teacher's weekly and daily lesson planning.

o Provide feedback to the teacher regarding student performance.

o Mark pupils' work when requested by a class teacher using clear answer schemes e.g. mental arithmetic tests or spelling tests.

o Assist the teacher in displaying and removing pupils' work in the classroom and on social media

o Continue to implement classroom management for student behavior, as agreed with teacher, even during times the teacher is not present.

o Facilitate communication between teacher and students, e.g., translation of instruction or metalanguage.

• Act as a facilitator / translator in sharing information on behalf of the classroom teachers

o Facilitate communication between the International Teacher and the MoeT Homeroom Teacher

o Refer comments, questions and complaints from parents directly to the classroom/subject teacher

o Facilitate communication between teachers and families in and beyond Parent Teacher Conferences

• Supervision and Coverage

o Supervise students according to the duty roster

 in communal areas such as playgrounds, cafeteria,

 Including but not limited to arrival and departure procedures, snack and meal times

o Maintain student discipline in and beyond the classroom according to the school policy

o Provide coverage in the case of absent colleagues .

• Administrative tasks

o Collect notices, reply slips etc. and collate and send to office when required.

o Maintain the MoET record book

o Translate any communication by teacher that requires a written record, e.g. email to parents or HR teacher.

• Teamwork

o Work with fellow colleagues in a spirit of mutual cooperation to maintain and enhance a pleasant professional working environment.

o Be available for regular, weekly meetings with the class teacher to discuss planning, pupils and classroom/school issues.

o Be available for all PD sessions as specified in the school calendar

o Attend extracurricular activities.

o Promote the school positively at all times.

o Undertake any other reasonable task as instructed by the teacher, Campus coordinator and the Managing Director after due consultation. Act as a role model for pupils.