Vishalatchi Alagan

Plan and implement curriculum and programmes

• Develop new teaching and learning approaches aligned with curricula frameworks
• Evaluate effectiveness of learning needs assessment
• Lead development of new children engagement strategies in curricula and pedagogies
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the developed classroom management strategies
• Drive improvements to teaching and learning approaches to enhance quality of learning environment
• Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
• Drive implementation of appropriate health, safety, nutritional and hygiene standards and procedures at the Centre
• Implement new teaching and learning methods, tools and assistive technologies based on emerging trends in the sector
• Formulate the assessment of children's learning and development

Build stakeholder relationships and partnerships

• Drive implementation of communication strategies and policies to foster a culture of collaboration within the Centre
• Guide the design of strategies to establish partnerships and collaborations with families and community stakeholders

Manage family and community programmes

• Drive the development of new promotional activities of Centre programmes and services
• Represent the Centre in the collaboration with families and community stakeholders
• Strategise the enhancements of initiatives and programmes at Centre-level, Cross-Centre level and Centre-family-community level

Conduct routine caregiving

• Evaluate effectiveness of caregiving assessment
• Drive implementation of caregiving standards and procedures

Uplift professional practice

• Drive the enhancements of Centre-level routine caregiving
• Develop team leaders' mentoring capabilities
• Drive the implementation of Centre's vision, mission and values

Manage manpower resources

• Advise team on the design of initiatives to establish a culture of collaboration within the Centre
• Develop Centre's manpower plans
• Develop plans and structures to engender a culture of mentoring, coaching and capability development within the Centre

Manage Centre operations

• Lead implementation of improvements to systems, processes and operations
• Work with team leaders to identify challenges within the Centre

Drive programmes and service
excellence initiatives

• Align Centre's vision, mission and values across programmes in the Centre

• Piloted Development and Learning Support for E-Bridge Pre- School.
• Facilitate teacher’s Briefing sessions by guiding teachers in the appropriate identification of children with developmental needs.
• Establish the developmental needs of the child during screening by conducting standardized assessments for general development, literacy, language and motor development as well non-standardized assessments such as checklists, classroom observations, interviews, child’s work samples and in-house screening forms.
• To collate and organize all information for each child and fill in the case notes.
• Set up visual aids, equipment, and classroom displays to support teacher's lesson delivery.
• Contribute during case filter meetings by presenting screening outcomes to the case filter team (KKH Consultancy Team, KKH Psychologists and Therapy Hubs), make eligibility recommendations based on data and information presented and identify service delivery option required for the child (Therapy package or Learning support).
• Conduct support packages for child by collating and consolidating all information about the child and create Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
• To have meeting with class teachers and parents to discuss IEP.
• Plan and use appropriate learning activities, strategies and resources to meet child’s learning needs and pace.
• Implement activities and strategies planned.
• Evaluate and progress monitor by evaluating and identifying areas follow-up reinforcement.
• Plan and work collaboratively with teachers and parents.
• Work collaboratively with therapists and conduct In-class therapy intervention
• Demonstrate good time management by managing schedule for screening, support packages and in-class support.
• Conduct Case manager / Social worker meeting with parents to explain about DS/LS program and go through on screening notes and advice on recommendations. To go through the documents and finance matters needed for the intervention packages.
• Coach new Learning Support Educators

• Work within the Pre-school’s policies, philosophy and procedures.
• Work, under the supervision of the Centre Leader to lead and mentor junior colleagues.
• Work with programme staff to develop a holistic and developmentally appropriate early childhood curriculum
• Prepare monthly newsletters for the class
• Provide a safe and clan learning environment for the care and development of children in the centre.
• Ensure that the centre’s service meet the needs of children and families.
• Was involved in the SPARKs committee

• Teach Language and Literacy for K1 and K2 level
• Prepare weekly lesson plan
• Prepare termly progress report for individual children
• To guide novice teachers with the weekly lesson plans and progress reports
• To respond to parents’ enquiries
• Do administration work for new enrolments such as introducing the school to parents and advice on payment matters etcetera,
• To co-ordinate school events such as excursions, sports day and year-end graduation concert with the centre leader.
• To document and register new teacher with One@ECDA
• To create SOPs for the centre.