Teaching Assistant - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Talent Pal
Description
Description
Job Description:
Position Details
Position Title
Teaching Assistant
Department
Academic
Report to (Title):
Head of Year
Direct Reports:
Indirect Reports:
Aspen Heights British School (AHBS) is a truly inclusive school based on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi.
We are proud of our inclusive ethos and our commitment to ensuring all children are provided with personalised learning experiences and the proper support to ensure they can make progress in learning in all areas.
Core Purpose:
The purpose of the role of Teaching Assistant is to provide support to the students and the class teachers of the school inside and outside of the classroom.
They assist the teacher in providing in class support for children with their work, along with other tasks of a more general nature.
Main Responsibilities:
Requirements and duties:
- Contributes appropriately with lesson planning and assessment processes including the organization and management of books/files for individual children.
- Prepares materials or equipment for class lessons, group work or for individual children.
- Leads & assists groups of children or individuals with their tasks.
- Reads stories to groups of children.
- Prepares any ICT equipment (for example: computers, iPad, digital camera, DVD, Bee Bot, etc.).
- Accompanies children on visits.
- Comforts young distressed and vulnerable children in accordance with safeguarding procedures.
- Prepares Art and Craft materials and/or tidy them away.
- Mounts and displays children's work appropriately.
- Supervises children using the cloakroom (toilet)/playtimes/start time and home times especially at transition times.
- Labels and stores equipment appropriately.
- Laminates and/or photocopy materials/resources.
- Take part, on a daily basis, in the Rota which provides supervision in the playground at playtimes and supervise at transition times especially at start time and home time
- Maintains confidentiality about personal details revealed by the children
- Reports incidents to Teacher and or Head of Early Years in accordance with the Safeguarding Policy
- Maintains and promotes the School's professional reputation.
- Transport children to school by pickingup children at assigned stops; instructing children when it is safe to board the vehicle; established loading and unloading procedures,
- Maintains safe conditions while traveling by enforcing safety and discipline rules and following all vehicle and driving laws as outlined by the School & DoT
- Complete daily all preand posttrip inspections for safety and security by inspecting and documenting the vehicle logs prior to completing daily shift.
- Implement emergency plan in the event of an accident; appropriately administer to the needs of the members onboard, administer firstaid, and complete accident report and documentation for all accidents or incidents that occur in the bus.
- Take daily attendance of students
- Physically check the bus after every trip to be sure that no child is left behind
- Provide assistance to students in fastening their seatbelts and ensure that they are properly strapped in throughout the journey. Insures all students are seated at all times on the bus
- Oversee student behavior within the bus and intervene during untoward incidents such as bullying
- Reports any delays in pickup/drop off to parents
- Prepare reports such as attendance, schedules and student
- Emphasizes the importance of safety in all areas of the curriculum, communicating to the pupils the importance of a responsible attitude towards personal safety, the safety of others and respect for Aspen Heights British School's property and equipment
- Perform all playground duties on time and with due diligence to safeguard Aspen students
- Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities
- Assist in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct
- Ensure that, all the necessary health and safety rules and procedures are being followed
- Maintain an awareness of all the health and safety measures to be taken when in school
Internal
Staff
Student
External
Parents
Knowledge & Skills
Minimum Educational Qualifications Required for the Role
Graduate
Minimum Years of Experience Required
2 years school experience as teacher assistant
Language Skills
English is mandatory
Special Skills and Abilities
Competencies:
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Willing attitude to be a part of the school team
- Strong sense of professionalism
- Safeguarding and welfare of children
- Excellent communication skills and command of the English language, in spoken and written form
- A collaborative teamplayer with excellent interpersonal skills
- Behavior management
Attributes:
- Empathetic listener
- Integrity and confidentiality
- Internationally minded
- Emotio
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