Long-Term Internship/ Schulassistenz für Lehramtsstudierende

As one of the leading international schools in Singapore, GESS is home to students from over 70 nations worldwide. We are for many families the home away from home and we are very happy that they are part of our school community which is based on mutual support and solidarity. With our language programme, we support our students to nurture this part of their identity and want to preserve the opportunity that they can grow up with multiple languages to be best prepared for an international environment. With the German International Abitur or the IB Programme they are perfectly prepared for their career after school. Our students enjoy lifelong learning and we take pride in our GESS values of respect, openness and diversity which our students will nurture in their life after school.

We were awarded with the “Deutsche Schulpreis” (German school prize) 2022, which was given to us for our extraordinary concept according to their motto “Make teaching better”. We stand out as the only German school abroad nominated for this award.

We offer students of teacher education a long-term internship as instructional teaching assistants. Our offer is aimed at students of educational subjects, including those with a BA, MA or first state examination. The ideal candidates are students studying teacher education for primary, secondary, and high schools, as well as those focusing on special needs education. The studied subjects should be Mathematics and / or German / German as a foreign language / German as second language as well as Biology, Chemistry, Physics, French and / or English and / or Spanish. Experience with and openness to diversity and inclusion as well as differentiation and co-teaching are expressly desired. Your assignment as an instructional teaching assistant at our primary school (grades up to 5) or at our secondary school (especially grade 6 to 9) takes place either in the period from August to December (first school half year) or in the period from January to June (second school half year).

Please upload the following documents for your application:  

- Letter of motivation with preferred start date and alternative start date

- Curriculum vitae stating your main subjects

- Certificates

- References (if available)

Applications for internships from August to December should be submitted by end of February of the same year.

Applications for internships from January to June should be submitted by end of August of the previous year.

Further information on this program can be found here.

Fair Recruitment and Safeguarding: We are committed to fair recruitment practices and safeguarding the welfare of all students. We ensure that our hiring processes are free from discrimination and bias on the basis of age, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, caregiving responsibilities, race, religion, language or disability. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, we conduct thorough background checks on all candidates which include criminal background checks in all countries lived and worked in for the last ten years, as well as reference checks. Any offer is subject to the satisfactory completion of such checks.  Our school prioritises the safety and well-being of our students, and we expect all staff members to uphold these values.