How to get a teaching job in Singapore?
Posted by: Dr Ng Hup Beng
Posted on:
http://faqing.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1112894
Date: 1 Nov 2007
Key word: teaching in Singapore; Singapore independent school ; vacancy; SAP school; job opportunity;career chance;employment opportunity;recruitment
关键词：新加坡自主学校教职空缺;特选学校;教职员征聘;工作机会;教师需求;新加坡中学征聘教师
Most subjects in Singpore schools are taught in English except mother tongue subjects. If you can teach Chinese, Malay or Tamil, you may apply to be a mother tongue teacher. For other subjects, you need to be able to teach in English.
A. Government schools
Most Singapore schools are government schools. If you wish to teach in these schools, you will need to apply to MOE (ministry of Education) directly:
http://www.moe.gov.sg/teach/Applications.htm
There are two types of application forms:
1. Without Teaching Qualifications
If you have a good degree, you may apply to get training in National Institute of Education, to get a teaching diploma. Singapore government will pay your fee, but you will need to teach for at least 3 years after that.
2. With Teaching Qualifications
If you have a good degree and a teaching diploma, you may apply to be a teacher without any other training. MOE will arrange for an interview. If they are satisfied, they will sign a contract with you and arrange for a posting.
B. Independent schools
Singapore government has made some top schools independent schools. You may apply to these schools for a job directly.
(1)SAP schools (Schools offer both English and Chinese at first language level)
1 Hwa Chong Institution (Boy School, Including a Junior College (High School) Section)
Address:
661 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 269734
Email address：
[email protected]
Online recruitment
http://www.hwachong.edu.sg/ContentPage2.asp?SID=102
School detail:
http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_S ... rCode=0806
* The late Singapore president Mr. Wang Dingchang was an alumnus of this school.
2 Nanyang Girls' High School (no high school section, students go to Hwa Chong JC after sec 4)
Address:
Nanyang Girls' High School
2 Linden Drive
Singapore 288683
Email:
[email protected]
Online recruitment
http://www.nygh.moe.edu.sg/contact/staff.shtml
School detail:
http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_S ... rCode=7114
* The late Singapore first lady Mrs. Wang Dingchang was an alumnus of this school.
“Nanyang Girls’High is the oldest Chinese-medium secondary school in Singapore and has produced distinguished alumni in various fields. Since the 1970s, Nanyang Girls’ High has been a leading school that nurtured able students who studied both English and Chinese at the first language level.”
– Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at the Nanyang Schools’ 90th anniversary Gala Dinner and Concert
http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20070811995.htm
(2)Non SAP schools (offer English at the first language level, mother tongue at second language level)
1. RAFFLES GIRLS' SCHOOL (SECONDARY)
Address:
20 ANDERSON ROAD
SINGAPORE 259978
EMAIL ADDRESS：
[email protected]
Online recruitment
http://www.rgs.edu.sg/
Click“Careers”，then click“Skip Intro”.
2.RAFFLES INSTITUTION (boy school)
Address:
1 RAFFLES INSTITUTION LANE
SINGAPORE 575954
EMAIL ADDRESS：
[email protected]
Online recruitment
http://www.ri.sch.edu.sg/careers/index.html
RJC (the high school section of the above two Raffles schools) online recruitment
http://www.rjc.edu.sg/newrjc/career_employ.htm
3 SINGAPORE CHINESE GIRLS' SCHOOL
Address:
190 DUNEARN ROAD
SINGAPORE 309437
EMAIL ADDRESS：
[email protected]
Online recruitment
http://www.scgs.edu.sg/about/career.php
4 ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (INDEPENDENT) (boy school)
Address:
121 DOVER ROAD
SINGAPORE 139650
EMAIL ADDRESS：
[email protected]
Online recruitment
http://www.acs.sch.edu.sg/acs_indep/pages/JoinUs
5 ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION (boy school)
Address:
38 MALCOLM ROAD
SINGAPORE 308274
EMAIL ADDRESS：
[email protected]
Online recruitment (international school)
http://www.sji-international.com.sg/career.htm
6 METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL (SECONDARY)
Address:
11 BLACKMORE DRIVE
SINGAPORE 599986
EMAIL ADDRESS：
[email protected]
Online recruitment
http://www.mgs.sch.edu.sg/section/103
(3)Special schools
1 NUS HIGH SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
Address:
20 CLEMENTI AVENUE 1
SINGAPORE 129957
EMAIL ADDRESS：
[email protected]
Online recruitment
http://www.highsch.nus.edu.sg/careers.htm
2 SINGAPORE SPORTS SCHOOL
Address:
1 CHAMPIONS WAY
SINGAPORE 737913
EMAIL ADDRESS：
[email protected]
Online recruitment
http://www.sportsschool.edu.sg/sssweb/s ... showCareer
3 NORTHLIGHT SCHOOL (provide a career-oriented education)
2 DUNMAN ROAD
SINGAPORE 439188
EMAIL ADDRESS：
[email protected]
4 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, SINGAPORE
Address: 90, Goodman Road ( 439053 )
Online recruitment
http://www.sota.edu.sg/?TabId=335
(4)Singapore school outside Singapore
1 SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (HONG KONG)
Address:
23 NAM LONG SHAN ROAD, ABERDEN, HONG KONG
EMAIL ADDRESS：
[email protected]
Online recruitment
http://www.singapore.edu.hk/En/Pub/Empl ... aspx?id=32
Note: The school has a secondary school section now and is recruiting new teachers. (22 Aug 2008)
For those who can read Chinese, see this posting:
http://faqing.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1125416
Also see:
Teaching in Singapore
http://www.teachsg.com/
Teach English in Singapore
http://www.unr.edu/tesol/RCclass/sng2.html
* This page listed Dunman High as a "private school". I think it is a mistake. Dunman High is an autonomous school. Both Independent schools and Autonomous schools are supported by government funds. They are not private schools. To my knowledge, one can only teach in an autonomous school through MOE posting.
http://www.dunmanhigh.moe.edu.sg/career.htm
Teaching in Singapore
Tough But Rewarding
By John Patrick Mascoe
http://www.oct.ca/publications/professi ... abroad.htm
List of international schools in Singapore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_in ... _Singapore