Early Years Teacher

**Date**:28 Aug 2024**Location**:Barcelona, ES**Job ID**:3513**School**:Hamelin-Laie International School**Company**:Nord Anglia Education- Hamelin-Laie International School Barcelona, part of the Nord Anglia Education group, offers a world-class education to students aged 4 months to 18 years. Located in vibrant Barcelona, Spain, our international community celebrates diversity and embraces over 40 nationalities.
At Hamelin-Laie, we nurture open-minded, resilient, and confident individuals through our holistic educational approach. Our curriculum inspires students to become socially, emotionally, and ethically aware, preparing them for an ever-changing world.
As a member of our dynamic team, you'll have the opportunity to shape the minds of tomorrow's leaders and collaborate with passionate educators from around the globe. Join us at Hamelin-Laie International School Barcelona and make a difference in the lives of our students. Together, we'll create a truly transformative learning experience.**JOB PURPOSE**
- Motivate and stimulate a child's learning abilities, often encouraging learning through experience
- Provide pastoral care and support to children within a secure learning environment
- Aid the development of a child's personal, social, language, and physical coordination abilities
- Develop and produce visual aids and teaching resources
- Encourage mathematical and creative development through stories, songs, games, drawing, and imaginative play
- Help children develop curiosity and knowledge
- Plan and coordinate work both indoors and outdoors
- Share knowledge gained with other practitioners and build and maintain relationships with parents
- Observe, assess, and record each child's progress
- Ensure the health and safety of children and staff is maintained during all activities, both inside and outside the setting
- Attend staff meetings and staff training days
- Keep up to date with changes in the curriculum and developments in best practice

**KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Promoting a Positive School Culture**
- Utilize grade-level community meetings to promote the values and culture encompassed by the HLIS.
- Organize Early Years events and initiatives to promote the values and culture encompassed by the HLIS Promise.
- Celebrate student achievements and learner profile attributes through the lens of the HLIS Promise.
- Actively create opportunities and encourage ideas that allow students to display authentic leadership of themselves, their peers, and the wider school community.
- Actively support and promote the values and requirements of the educational programme.
- Effectively and correctly implement policy and procedures across their area of responsibility.

**Skills**
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- Good organisational skills to plan the day and respond to the different needs of the children you teach
- The ability to inspire and enthuse young children
- Resourcefulness, patience, and a caring nature
- An understanding of the needs and feelings of children
- Ability to work independently with children, as well as being able to work in the wider Early Years/school team
- A sense of humour and the ability to keep things in perspective
- Ideas and creativity to plan resources and carry out activities such as dance, drama, music, arts, and crafts
- Stamina to keep up with the needs and energy of a large group of lively children
- Attention to detail for carrying out observations and reporting back to parents and other professionals

**Removing Barriers to Learning**
- Devise and follow pastoral systems that optimize the academic and emotional wellbeing of the students
- Provide extra support for students who have difficulty adhering to the expectations of HLIS
- Liaise with the Learning Support department and Counselling department to help students overcome any barriers to learning
- Ensure that the individual needs of every student are met
- Provide effective and sensitive induction and transition programmes for students and their families
- Allocate students to classes that balance a variety of considerations, including friendship groups, prior academic achievement, language needs, gender balance, LS needs, etc.
- Maintain your own informal student records based on information gathered
- Be a visible presence in the lives of the students in the grade level and intervene with students needing extra support

**Safeguarding and Wellbeing**
- Through developing relationships with parents and students, be alert to potential and actual safeguarding issues and report to the Safeguarding Team
- Support the Safeguarding Team, as and when appropriate, to ensure a safe school environment for each and every student in the Early Years
- Support the development of student wellbeing both proactively, planning events and initiatives; and reactively, by addressing incidents and themes relevant to the grade level

**Parent Communication**
- Engage parents as partners in student learnin