Preschool Music Specialist
Your tasks
The Music Specialist designs and teaches the centre's music programme from PN to K2, helping children experience music and movement as one of their "hundred languages" for expressing ideas and feelings.
- Plan and teach age-appropriate music and movement sessions for all levels, covering singing, rhythm, percussion, keyboard, listening and creative movement.
- Build early music literacy (beat, pitch, tempo, dynamics, solfege) in playful, hands-on ways.
- Link music with classroom inquiry projects, working closely with English and Mandarin teachers, including bilingual songs and rhymes.
- Invite children to explore sound, instruments and found materials, and document their musical thinking and progress.
- Plan and direct music and movement segments for centre performances, concerts and festive celebrations.
- Care for and keep track of music instruments and resources.
- Share children's music learning with parents through the parent app, displays and events.
- Follow centre policies on safety and child protection, and support routine care when not teaching.
Requirements
- Diploma or degree in Music, or professional certification such as ABRSM Grade 8 in an instrument or music theory.
- Competence in at least 2 instruments, with piano or keyboard strongly preferred. Guitar, ukulele or violin is a plus.
- At least 1 year of experience teaching music to young children, preferably in a preschool or group setting.
- Training in Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze or Suzuki methods is an advantage.
- Early childhood qualification is a plus but not required.
- Energetic, creative and patient, with good classroom management skills.
- Ability to sing and teach songs in Mandarin is an advantage.
What we offer
- Creative freedom to shape a music programme within a Reggio Emilia-inspired centre.
- Supportive team in a riverside centre with easy MRT access.
Other
Employment options
- Full time: teaches all levels across the week and supports wider centre programmes and events.
- Part time: a fixed number of sessions per week (for example 2 to 3 mornings), with hours agreed at interview