Seer Baniyas Charter School is dedicated to public school students based in Mohammed Bin Zayed City in the City of Abu Dhabi and offers American-based curriculum to Grades 6 and 7. We cater for 614 Emirati students, all boys. Middle School US Curriculum of English, Maths, Science, Humanities and MOE subjects will be enhanced with a wide range of extracurricular activities that address the needs of all of our students.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.
The successful candidates will be closely aligned with our core values and ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.
This job description is not all inclusive. Aldar Education reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are also mindful of our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application at our company.
Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance.
Main Duties:
Work with a range of students, but give priority to those who need the most help, especially those experiencing multiple disadvantages including:
- Children who are presenting challenging behavior
- Children who are finding the school environment difficult
Work with students on a one-to-one basis or in small or large groups, acting as a:
- Listener
- Facilitator for learning
- Encourager
- Motivator
- Role model
Core Purpose
- Work with children whose behaviour and disaffection has significant impact upon their attainment
- Support the ethos of the school
- Improve student progress and achievement by helping to minimize barriers to learning and maximize student participation
Specific Duties
- To devise, implement and evaluate specialized programs of work to encourage and promote a student’s social emotional and behavioral development.
- To work with teaching staff and/or other support staff in devising and implementing individual learning plans to promote students’ academic, social, emotional and behavioral development.
- To plan and facilitate structured activities, to support students to make appropriate use of time
- To plan and draw up approaches that could be used to support students both individually and within a group.
- To train and support identified school staff, by modelling approaches, with a view to staff feeling confident and able to use the approaches following the withdrawal of Learning Mentor.
- To work with individuals & groups both within and outside the class room setting
- To organize and run extracurricular activities during lunch and out of school activities.
- Organize lunchtime activities to support students who have difficulties at break time.
- Help students to manage and resolve conflict by using and teaching them a variety of strategies.
- To observe and monitor student progress, adapting an agreed approach to meet particular needs, recording and maintaining records of students’ development and progress.
- Under the direction of the Vice Principal Pastoral, help to create criteria for identifying those students who need Learning Mentor support.
- Help plan the reintegration of students after extended absence or exclusion.
- Monitor students’ progress before, during and after intervention to measure the impact of the intervention strategy on progress; include student evaluations
- Setting up and running circle time sessions and anger management groups where necessary.
- Organizing training for Learning Support Assistants/Teaching Assistants.
- Regularly monitor and reward the achievement of children working with you with whom we are working
- Undertake a range of administrative duties relevant to the post.
- Participate as required in relevant training which has been identified by the members of the Senior Leadership Team.
- Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times.
- Any other duties relevant to the work of the postholder as requested by the Senior Leadership Team.
- Teaching groups of children circle activities games during break times.
- Any other duties as directed by the Principal
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree
Minimum Experience
- Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Student Supervisor or similar role.
Job Specific Knowledge & Skills
- Experience of working in a school or busy office environment.
- Good English Communications skills, written, and oral
- A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children
- Respect for all members of a school community.
- A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life
- Warmth, empathy, credibility, self-belief, integrity, drive and child-centred
- Planning to meet specific and general learning needs
- An efficient and effective communicator
- Knowledge and understanding of the UAE context