Singapore legislation

Schedule 1

of Early Childhood Development Centres Regulations 2018

Schedule 1

Prescribed duties and classes of duties

FIRST SCHEDULERegulations 2 and 13Prescribed duties and classes of dutiesFirst column Second columnClasses Duties1.Assistant early years educator To assist any early years educator in carrying out early years educator duties.2.Assistant preschool educator (a)To assist any preschool educator in carrying out preschool educator duties.(b)To assist any early years educator in carrying out early years educator duties.3.Early years educator (a)To provide a developmentally-appropriate learning environment for the care or education, or both, of children enrolled in any playgroup class, pre-nursery class or nursery class.(b)To design and implement a developmentally-appropriate early childhood development curriculum and developmentally-appropriate activities for children enrolled in any playgroup class, pre-nursery class or nursery class.4.Infant educator (a)To provide a developmentally‑appropriate learning environment for the care and development of children enrolled in any infant class.(b)To plan and implement a developmentally‑appropriate early childhood development curriculum and developmentally‑appropriate activities for children enrolled in any infant class.5.Principal (a)To manage the staff of a centre to ensure the proper provision of early childhood development services at the centre.(b)To ensure the proper accounting of the receipts and payments of money in respect of the centre.(c)To ensure that the daily operations of the centre are carried out effectively. 6.Programme helper To assist any assistant early years educator, assistant preschool educator, early years educator, infant educator or preschool educator in carrying out his or her duties.7.Preschool educator (a)To provide a developmentally-appropriate learning environment for the care or education, or both, of children enrolled in any playgroup class, pre-nursery class, nursery class, kindergarten 1 class or kindergarten 2 class. (b)To design and implement a developmentally-appropriate early childhood development curriculum and developmentally-appropriate activities for children enrolled in any playgroup class, pre-nursery class, nursery class, kindergarten 1 class or kindergarten 2 class.8.Cook To prepare food for the children and staff at the centre.9.Cleaner To clean the premises of, and the furniture and fittings at, the centre.10.Any member of the licensee’s staff other than those mentioned in items 1 to 9 To undertake any duty at the centre that does not fall within the duties mentioned in items 1 to 9. [S 484/2022 wef 01/07/2022]