Classroom Assistant-UAE National-Al Ghad School

Job Description

Al Ghad Charter School is an American Curriculum school in the beautiful city of Abu Dhabi. With our globally recognised and admired curriculum, dedicated and passionate practitioners and outstanding teaching and learning, Al Ghad Charter School is a great place to work. It has an exciting, diverse, and progressive learning community that is committed to fulfilling the National Agenda for our Emirati students. Our learning culture is under pinned by our mission statement, Excite, Challenge, Empower allowing all students to thrive.

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

Main Duties:

• Follow schemes of work, lesson plans and teaching and assessment with integration of various available resources and modes of instruction.
• Support high expectations for students and implement assigned tasks which challenge students and ensure high levels of interest;
• Ensure that the National UAE culture, heritage and values are an integral part of the interaction with students .
• Support students who require differentiated learning or who have other particular individual needs and liaise with the teacher and/or appropriate experts in the area for required support and advice.
• Assist in the implementation of and supervise extra-curricular activities, and student excursions as requested .
• Collaborate with other teachers and support staff.
• Attend and participate in school-based, external meetings and professional development.
• Create resources, copying, laminating, cutting etc. and assigned tasks by the teacher AFTER the students leave – two afternoons per week.
• Support the SLT in creating and maintaining displays in common areas.
• Support the students during PE, Islamic and Arabic classes.
• Supervise breaks and other classes in absence of peers as directed by SLT.
• Undertake other duties as directed by the SLT
  
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• To have a minimum secondary school certificate, preferably College graduate
  
  
  

Minimum Experience:

• 1 year experience in the same field.
  
  
  

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills:

• A high level of organizational skills.
• A high level of initiative.
• With at least minimum of 5 IELTS band score.
• Effective communication skills in relating to both adults and children.
• An ability to adapt to a dynamic and changing working environment.
• A sound working knowledge of MS Office suite.
• An ability to adapt and learn new systems and procedures.
• Experience in student data programs.