Classroom Assistant - UAE National - Immediate Start

Job Description

Aldar Education are currently seeking an outstanding Classroom Assistant - UAE National for one of our schools in Abu Dhabi to start immediately.

Aldar Education is the leading education group in Abu Dhabi. We provide inclusive and innovative learning that inspires and empowers communities. Aldar Education aims to be your employer of choice. We educate over 34,000 students across our group of owned and managed schools in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, and as we grow, so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational, and dedicated school leaders and employees across the group.

Working collaboratively, our purpose is to empower the next generation to shape our future, directly supporting the educational goals of Abu Dhabi’s government. Today, Aldar Education’s efforts are guided by the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 plan, which aims to build a sustainable knowledge-based economy through premium education.

We are a “Great Place To Work” and currently employ over 1,400 teachers to deliver the English National Curriculum, the highly regarded American Massachusetts State Curriculum, and the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, all with an international dimension.

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.

To inspire, engage, and challenge students in their formative years by creating a nurturing and play-based learning environment. To deliver high quality teaching and inclusive learning experiences that spark curiosity, encourage creativity, and support students’ academic, social, and personal development

Responsibilities

Duties and 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 
  
  
  

Specific Duties:

• 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
• Disciplining misbehaviour in line with the whole school policy
  
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• To have a minimum secondary school certificate.
  
  
  

Minimum Experience:

• At least two-year experience in School field.
  
  
  

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills:

• English language skills or the language applied in the school curriculum.