Long-Term Online Early Childhood Educator / Homeschool Learning Guide

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TYPE OF WORK

Part Time

SALARY

N/A

HOURS PER WEEK

10

DATE UPDATED

Sep 18, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

Long-Term Online Early Childhood Educator / Homeschool Learning Guide

Remote / Online — Part-Time — Long-Term
Child: 4 years old
Family: Queensland, Australia (2 hours ahead of the Philippines)

We are looking for a warm, creative educator to work one-on-one online with our 4-year-old son and ideally become a consistent part of his education for several years.

This is not a standard tutoring role based around worksheets or delivering the same prepared lessons to every child. We want someone who gets to know him, follows his interests, plans specifically for him, and gradually helps guide a broad education as he grows.

About him
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He is now 4, at home most of the time, and has not had formal preschool education.

He speaks reasonably well once engaged and loves being read to, including longer 20-minute stories. Recent favourites include Richard Scarry, Hairy Maclary and Dr. Seuss.

His strongest interests currently include:

* cars, tow trucks and vehicle recoveries
* building and construction
* seeing how things work
* watching people make and repair things

We would like to use these interests as gateways into broader learning.

For example, a tow-truck recovery might lead into reading, counting, drawing, storytelling, maps, simple physics, history, building something, problem solving, or discussing how the people involved might think and feel.

Education
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Our immediate formal priority is learning to read. He is just beginning and does not yet know all his letters.

We would particularly value experience with early literacy, including letter sounds, phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, blending, early spelling, writing and reading.

Importantly, he already loves books. We want to build on that rather than turn reading into endless flashcards and worksheets.

Over time, we want a broad education covering areas such as:

* reading, writing and communication
* biology, health and understanding his body
* understanding emotions, his mind and basic psychology
* problem solving and reasoning
* creativity, art and making things
* engineering and building
* practical life skills and independence
* general knowledge
* mathematics
* science, including basic physics
* geography and, increasingly as he gets older, basic history

History at this age would mostly follow his interests — for example, how early cars such as the Ford Model T were built and how cars, engines, factories and roads changed over time. Like most topics, they should follow his interests and weave in the fundamentals through those.

Just as importantly, we want to develop curiosity, problem solving, creativity, emotional resilience, persistence, flexible thinking, communication, independence, observation, spatial reasoning and confidence with mistakes.

Learning style
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We are interested in Montessori, Reggio Emilia, play-based, project-based and child-led learning, without needing to follow any philosophy rigidly.

Although lessons are online, we want learning to happen in the physical world as much as possible.

You might both draw, paint, cut and glue, build with cardboard or blocks, use toy cars, make maps, count objects, conduct simple experiments or work through a construction problem together.

We can prepare materials at home and, where useful, buy duplicate materials so you can both work on the same project over video.

Books and educational materials will have a separate family-funded budget, with flexibility for worthwhile resources and projects.

Emotional development
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Emotional development and life skills are important parts of the role.

He can become frustrated when something is difficult or doesn’t work as expected. We want someone who can remain calm and connected, help him understand what he is feeling, work through problems, tolerate mistakes and gradually develop persistence and emotional regulation.

We value co-regulation and guidance rather than shame, punishment or forced compliance. This is not a therapy role; we simply want emotional skills integrated naturally into his education.

Filipino languages
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Our son is half Filipino but has not yet learned that side of his languages.

English and general education are the priorities now, but over time we may introduce Cebuano/Bisaya and possibly Tagalog through conversation, stories and everyday activities.

These languages are a bonus, not a requirement.

Schedule
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We expect to start with approximately:

* 30 minutes of direct learning each weekday
* 5 days per week
* additional paid planning and preparation time

This will depend on his attention and comfort and is intended as a starting point.

As he develops a relationship with the educator, we can see this gradually increasing toward 1–2 hours of learning per day, divided into shorter sessions rather than one long class. It may increase further as he gets older.

Initially, we anticipate approximately 10 paid hours per week in total, including teaching, planning and preparation.

Planning might include designing activities around his interests, preparing materials, planning literacy development, recommending books, keeping simple progress notes and adapting future lessons.

Long-term
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We are looking for someone willing to commit for at least one year and ideally several years.

As he grows, the position could gradually develop from early-childhood education into broader homeschool education, with increased hours.

Continuity matters to us. We would rather find one excellent educator who knows him well than continually change tutors.

Who we’re looking for

Relevant experience may include:

* early-childhood / preschool / kindergarten education
* elementary education
* early literacy or systematic phonics
* Montessori or Reggio Emilia
* play-based or project-based education
* homeschooling
* child development

Formal qualifications are useful but not mandatory.

More important is someone who genuinely enjoys young children, speaks excellent English, is warm and patient, listens to the child, follows his interests, can improvise, asks interesting questions, encourages curiosity, and can design engaging activities rather than relying heavily on worksheets.

You should also be comfortable with the reality that a 4-year-old will not always sit still or follow the planned activity.

Compensation
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Please tell us your preferred hourly or monthly rate.

All agreed teaching, planning and preparation time is paid.

Books and learning materials are funded separately.



How to apply
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Please do not send only a generic résumé. We want to learn a little about you without making the application unnecessarily time-consuming.

1. Brief introduction

Please tell us:

* where in the Philippines you are based
* your religion
* relevant education/training
* experience with children aged approximately 3–6
* experience teaching early reading
* any Montessori, Reggio Emilia or play-based experience
* whether you speak Cebuano/Bisaya or Tagalog
* normal availability in Philippine time
* expected hourly or monthly compensation

2. Short video — 1–5 minutes

Please record a simple video speaking directly to our son as though you were meeting him for the first time.

He loves cars, tow trucks, building things and stories.

You might introduce yourself, show or tell him something interesting, or mention something you would enjoy reading, building or discovering together.

We are not evaluating appearance or video quality. We simply want to see your natural spoken English, warmth and way of engaging with a young child.

3. Mini lesson challenge

Imagine he is currently fascinated by tow trucks and vehicle recoveries.

What would you do with him for a 20–30 minute session?

It could involve reading, letters, maths, science, art, building, storytelling, history or anything else.

We aren’t looking for a formal lesson plan. We want to see how you turn something a child loves into learning.

4. Frustration scenario

You and he are making a cardboard vehicle together. It repeatedly falls apart.

He becomes frustrated, pushes it away and says:

“I can’t do it!”

What would you do next?

5. Long-term

Imagine you continue working with him from age 4 until age 6 or 7.

How would you hope his education — and your role in it — develops over those years?

Selection

We will shortlist applicants based on the overall application, particularly:

* how engaging you are with our son
* creativity and educational thinking
* approach to emotions and frustration
* natural communication with a young child
* long-term fit
* experience and knowledge

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