Kindergarten Principal

Foreign Kindergarten Principal (Teaching Focus) Job Advertisement
Job Title
Foreign Kindergarten Principal (Teaching & Curriculum Focus)
Annual Salary
RMB 500,000 – 8000,000
Expected Onboarding Date
August 2026
Job Overview
We are seeking a professional, child-centered Foreign Kindergarten Principal with outstanding international early childhood education expertise. This role is teaching and curriculum-oriented rather than general management-focused. The ideal candidate will be deeply engaged in front-line teaching and curriculum optimization, empower teachers with professional teaching capabilities, and build trust with parents through authoritative educational professionalism. The position is benchmarked against curriculum leaders and teaching directors from top-tier international schools, committed to delivering high-quality, localized international early childhood education.
Key Job Responsibilities
1. Curriculum System Construction & Iteration
Lead the design and optimization of kindergarten curriculum frameworks that comply with international early childhood education standards and children’s developmental laws. Integrate authentic Chinese cultural elements into international curriculum systems to realize innovative, coherent, and localized curriculum adaptation, avoiding disconnected theoretical design from practical teaching scenarios.
2. Teaching Quality Supervision & Improvement
Establish a scientific and standardized teaching quality evaluation system. Conduct daily supervision and guidance on in-class teaching, organize regular teaching research and seminar activities, drive the iteration and upgrading of teaching methods, and continuously improve overall teaching effectiveness and children’s learning outcomes.
3. Teacher Training & Professional Empowerment
Develop systematic vocational training plans for both foreign and Chinese teachers. Provide one-on-one teaching supervision, professional guidance and career development planning for the teaching team. Focus on cultivating backbone teachers, building a stable, professional and high-competency teaching team with sustainable growth capabilities.
4. Home-School Collaboration & Parent Education
Build efficient and standardized home-school communication channels. Disseminate scientific international early childhood education concepts to parents professionally, organize diversified parent-child teaching and educational activities, enhance family participation in early childhood education, and continuously improve parent recognition and satisfaction.
5. Teaching Resource Integration & Scene Enrichment
Introduce high-quality international early childhood education resources, professional teaching aids and innovative teaching tools. Establish cooperative connections with high-quality external educational institutions, enrich diversified teaching scenarios, and create an immersive and comprehensive international learning environment for children.
Ideal Candidate Profile & Qualification Requirements
1. Basic Personal Requirements
- Gender: Female
- Age: Under 55 years old
- Native English speaker with citizenship from English-speaking countries
- Valid Chinese work visa is highly preferred
2. Educational Background & Professional Certifications
- Master’s degree or above, major in Early Childhood Education or related educational disciplines is preferred
- Possess authoritative international teaching qualifications including PGCE, QTS, SAGE, etc.
3. Professional Experience
- Over 8 years of front-line early childhood teaching experience, including more than 3 years of middle-to-high-end kindergarten teaching management experience. Exceptional candidates with rich vertical professional management experience are eligible for relaxation of the teaching experience requirement.
- Working experience in high-end international kindergartens is mandatory. For candidates with Chinese market experience, only graduates/employees from top-tier local international kindergartens are qualified.
- Preferred kindergarten background: Annual tuition fee of over RMB 100,000; campus scale with more than 200 enrolled children; practical working experience with international curriculum systems such as IB PYP, EYFS, Reggio Emilia.
4. Core Professional Achievements (Proven Track Record Required)
- Independently led the construction, iteration and upgrading of a complete kindergarten curriculum system
- Successfully improved overall teaching quality evaluation scores and parent satisfaction rate of the kindergarten
- Established a systematic teacher training system and cultivated a group of excellent backbone teachers
Core Competencies & Educational Philosophy
- Possess excellent cross-cultural communication and coordination abilities, fully respect Chinese culture and local early childhood education context, and realize integrated development of international curriculum and localized education
- Adhere to a child-centered educational philosophy, with genuine passion and dedication for early childhood education
- Down-to-earth, rooted in front-line teaching, capable of empowering teachers professionally and gaining parent recognition with solid professional capabilities
Preferred Bonus Qualifications
- Possess official certification of IB PYP, EYFS, Reggio or other mainstream international early childhood curriculum systems
- Have formal working experience in China’s early childhood education market, familiar with local industry rules and parent demands
- Proficient in children’s developmental assessment and personalized teaching plan design for early childhood education.