Job Description

Classroom Assistant-UAE National-Al Rayana Charter School
 
Job Description

Aldar Education are currently seeking an outstanding Classroom Assistant – UAE National for Al Rayana Charter School in Abu Dhabi for immediate start.

Al Rayana Charter School is an American curriculum, mixed gender primary school located in a state of the art building in the heart of Abu Dhabi. We strive for excellence in all that we do through our high expectations and commitment to ensuring that we provide high quality learning opportunities for our students. Our vision is to create “A sustainable and innovative learning community, where we nurture our learners through Collaboration, Leadership and Creativity”. This vision is supported by the Al Rayana Learner and Teacher DNA which is at the heart of the school community.

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for individual pupils / groups of pupils inside and outside the classroom to enable them to fully participate in a range of activities during the school day and to provide for their social, emotional and physical well-being.
• Be pro-active in matters relating to health and safety
• Assist in the implementation of individual education programmes for individual pupils / groups of pupils and help monitor their progress
• Support pupils with additional support needs e.g. emotional and behavioural difficulties and help to develop their social skills
• Assist class teachers with maintaining pupil records
• Prepare and present displays of pupils’ work
• Support class teachers in photocopying and other tasks in order to support teaching
• Support the aims of the school; comply with the requirements of health and safety, other relevant legislation and school policies
• Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality and attendance
• Attend team and staff meetings as required
• Work with other professional’s e.g. speech therapists, occupational therapists etc. as necessary
• Undertake other duties from time to time as the principal requires
  
  

Qualifications

Disciplining misbehaviour in line with the whole school policy

Academic assistance

Giving group instruction as prescribed by the teacher/providing individual instruction

Demonstrating various instructional activities

Monitoring work assigned by teacher – checking and correcting pupils’ work while in progress

Keeping pupils on task

Praising and reinforcing achievements of pupils/reporting pupil progress to teacher

Reorganising materials at the end of the day

Checking attendance

Supervising pupils in the classrooms and other locations

Participating in development of behaviour policy/promoting pupils self esteem