Teaching Assistant
Role Overview
Full-time, on-site Teaching Assistant position in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates.
Supports lead teachers and helps maintain a positive, child-centered classroom environment.
Key Skills for This Role
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About the nursery
Odyssey Nursery is an early childhood education provider in Khalifa City A, Abu Dhabi.
The nursery provides a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment and works with families to support children’s social, emotional, and academic development.
Role
Full-time, on-site Teaching Assistant position in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates.
Supports lead teachers and helps maintain a positive, child-centered classroom environment.
Responsibilities
- Support planning and delivery of age-appropriate activities, lessons, and small-group work.
- Supervise playtime and help children with meals, rest times, and other routines.
- Prepare learning materials and keep classrooms clean and organized.
- Ensure children’s safety and well-being, follow nursery policies and curriculum guidelines, and collaborate with colleagues.
- Communicate children’s progress and needs to the teaching team.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated assistant-teaching and classroom-support skills, including following lesson plans and educator guidance.
- Strong communication and positive interaction with children, families, and colleagues; patience and empathy with young learners.
- Education or early childhood development background or training and understanding of age-appropriate learning practices.
- Basic mathematics skills and ability to manage groups of children.
- Early Childhood Education or related qualification/coursework is preferred; certificate or diploma mentioned.
- Nursery, preschool, or early years experience is highly beneficial.
- Ability to collaborate in a multicultural setting and follow health, safety, and safeguarding procedures.
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