Teaching Assistant - UAE National

Job Description

• ****Purpose of Role****
• The role of the Teaching Assistant is to provide comprehensive support to both students and class teachers within and beyond the classroom environment.
• This includes assisting with learning activities, supporting individual student needs, and performing general classroom duties as directed by the teacher.
• In addition to in-class responsibilities, the Teaching Assistant plays a vital role in ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of students during school days.
• They are responsible for supervising students and upholding the school’s safeguarding and child protection policies at all times.
• ****Key Responsibilities****
• 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.
• ****Measures of Performance****
• Targets will be set for maximum conversion through the admissions funnel, being proactive in growing the number of enrolments in the school and managing engagement events in school
• KPIs are based on the number of enrolments in the school
• ****Health and Safety****
• 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
• 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
• ****Personal and Professional Conduct****
• All Staff Are Expected To Demonstrate Consistently High Standards Of Personal And Professional Conduct.
• Staff Must Maintain High Standards Of Ethics And Behaviour, Within And Outside School, By
• Treating students with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position
• Having regard for the need to safeguard students’ well-being
• Showing tolerance of and respect for the rights of others
• Not undermining fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs
• Ensuring that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways which exploit students’ vulnerability or might lead them to break the law
• Staff must have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school in which they teach, and maintain high standards in their own attendance and punctuality
• Staff must have an understanding of, and always act within, the cultural expectations of UAE and the policies and expectations of the school which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.
• Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.
• Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
• Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers.

Skills, Qualifications And Experience

• ****Qualification****
• Minimum diploma or equivalent.
• Atleast 2 years’ school experience as a bus/teacher assistant
• ****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 team-player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Behavior management
• ****Attributes****
• Empathetic listener
• Integrity and confidentiality
• Internationally minded
• Emotional intelligence
• Intercultural awareness, creative
• Flexible and a can-do attitude

ISP Principles

ISP Commitment to Safeguarding Principles