Teacher - School Counselor - Yas American Academy

2 weeks ago

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Yas American Academy Full time

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.

Yas American Academy opened in September 2016 providing high quality education to the Emirate. The children are taught the Massachusetts Common Core Curriculum - tailored to be meaningful to children attending the school, alongside the local curriculum of Arabic, Islamic Studies and Social Studies. Facilities at the school are excellent and include a large astro-turf field, two swimming pools, well stocked library, a large multi-purpose sports hall, an auditorium and outdoor play areas.

In a short period of time the school has achieved outstanding levels of progress and attainment, supported by rigorous tracking of assessment data. We have highly dedicated and talented staff, who work in partnership with parents to ensure success for all.

**_ RESPONSIBILITIES:_**

**University preparation and guidance**
- Organise career events, drop ins and any other relevant events throughout the academic year as part of the school’s impartial careers guidance strategy
- To organise and host school University fairs
- To support students with preparations for university admissions and scholarship interviews
- To develop working partnerships with University and College admission Officers
- Meet with parents from grade 8 - 12 in order to advise on academic pathways for students
- To help facilitate, plan and contribute to assemblies, seminars and workshops as part of the schools Higher Education (HE) pathway to help G9 onwards research into possible careers, university options and effectively plan for their future
- To run specific university guidance sessions and workshops for senior school student focussing on the construction of personal statements, college essay and CVs/ resumes
- Helping in the creation of university short lists and identifying best fits for students
- Write university reference and recommendation letters and provide INSET for staff to ensure that theirs are of the correct format required by universities

**Work based placements and student work experience**
- ** **Plan and establish work placement opportunities for Grade 9 and 11 students
- Organise in school workshops and career talks from professionals in a variety of fields by utilising the parent and wider community
- To promote entrepreneurship across the school and support with the Heads of department in running of school wide initiatives and careers focussed events

**Academic Oversight**
- Impart relevant study skills techniques for effective learning and academic excellence through the delivery of student and parent workshops
- Support in giving presentations to parents at appropriate points in the calendar, and proactively organise meetings with individual parents as required
- Facilitate students to set their goals (academic, personal and career goals); track and meet deadlines, time-management and organizational skills.
- Coordinate all aspects of the super curricular and volunteering guidance and maintain students’ records in a digital format e.g. Excel, Powerschool, Unifrog
- To develop an approach for whole school individual student personal portfolios which will reflect their learning journey and experiences; with documents kept digitally in a format that ADEK and Aldar require
- Awareness of course offering to best advise pathways for students
- Help students decide their curriculum pathways that are aligned with their college and career aspirations
- Preparation of accurate transcripts for all students to be sent to HE institutes

**Curriculum and community programme**
- To support and attend all middle and high school parents’ evenings
- Keep track of alumni destinations
- To create an alumni coaching and mentoring programme for current pupils where possible
- Make use of the parent body for discussion sessions/ days
- Oversight and preparation of all senior school students’ SATs and other admissions testing
- Tracking of EMSAT marks and compare against university requirements, advise where resits are required
- Ensure students are entered and administration completed for all pre-university admissions tests for specific academic routes including but not limited to: BMAT, IELTS, UCAT, TSA- Oxford, Cambridge, UCL- this may include supervision and registration
- Conduct individual and group career-related tests for self-awareness, discovery of values, interests and skills e.g. Unifrog careers and interest surveys for this in grade 6 and above

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- BA Degree in Education or any related field with 2 years experience in a similar role
- A clean enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check or police check

**Minimum Experience**:

- Minimum of 2 years experience
- A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children

Yas American Academy is an American Curriculum school located on Yas Island, which its inaugural term was in

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