Swimming Instructor

Aldar Education are currently seeking an outstanding Swimming Instructor for Al Yasmina Academy in Abu Dhabi commencing next academic year 2023-2024.

Al Yasmina Academy is an outstanding English 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 Yasmina Academy is an exceptional place to work. It has an exciting, diverse and progressive learning community that annually produces some of the very best I/GCSE and A Level results in the UAE. Our learning culture is under pinned by our core values of excellence, respect, passion, collaboration and creativity allowing all students to thrive. Furthermore, the Academy is extremely proud of its recent ADEK inspection, which rated Al Yasmina Academy as ‘Outstanding’ in all six performance standards, putting it amongst the top schools in the UAE and Middle East and after a successful year the academy has grown and are looking for outstanding teachers.

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES
To be an exemplar swimming instructor, delivering the school swimming provision across all year groups.
To ensure standards of Health and Safety are met at all times by all facility users.
To Provide positive role models for students, modelling all desirable behaviour.
To ensure the safety of the children in and around the poolside in line with the NOP.
To ensure all pupils and staff around the pool are aware and are well rehearsed in the EOP procedure.
To Support the PE department in any wider responsibilities that are required as determined by the Director of Sport.
To promote swimming and healthy lifestyles including through the organisation and participation of galas, competitions and health promotion events etc.
Deliver the swimming provision across both primary and secondary age groups
Direct any additional supervising adults as per the NOP.
To provide a safe, positive and caring environment for all students.
Ensuring the children are supervised at all times.
Planning and delivering engaging lessons as part of a wider scheme of work.
Organising and participating in galas and other sports related activities after school and on occasional weekends.
Liaising class teachers and classroom assistants over the care and supervision of children
- prior to, during and after lessons
Running extra-curricular provision
To attend all parent evenings and communicate effectively with parents regarding student attainment and progress.
To participate in the schools internal assessment policies including data input and writing reports.

QUALIFICATIONS

**Minimum Qualifications**:
UAE approved Swimming Coach Certificate at level 2 or equivalent
First Aid Certificate and CPR knowledge

**Minimum Experience**:
Have the ability to cater for the needs of all students across the age and ability range.
Be suitably experienced in teaching swimming to be able to effectively deliver the swimming provision at Al Yasmina Academy

**Job Specific Knowledge & Skills**:
To be a team player
Effective communicator with all school stakeholders
Dedicated to driving the PE and swimming departments forward
Committed to support the wider swimming provision including before and after school as well as occasional weekends.
Passionate about the care and wellbeing of young peopleHave the teaching / coaching knowledge to understand how to adapt his/her delivery to allow all students to progress.
Be able to have effective communication skills to allow all students to be able to access the teaching content.
Deep understanding of all the strokes and how to develop these in all swimmers in the academy from beginner to advanced.
Understanding of any potential barriers students face in swimming and have a range of teaching approaches / styles to overcome these.