Eal

4 weeks ago

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Nibras International School Full time

**Description**

**Job Description** **SEN**/EAL/GT Coordinator**
**Department**: Teaching
**Line Manager**: Relevant Head of School or Principal
**Key Relationships**: Students, Colleagues, Teachers, Parents, Phase Leaders, Principal, Heads of School (HOD) and Senior Leadership Team (SLT).
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**Rationale**:
All staff in school share a responsibility to ensure that children are always safe and properly supervised. Our school is committed to ‘amazing learning’- providing enjoyable and meaningful learning experiences so that every pupil makes as much progress as possible. All staff are expected to adhere to NIS policies, code of conduct and commit to promoting our vision and mission - ‘To empower the next generation of global leaders who can excel anywhere in the world. NIS opens students’ hearts and minds so that they embrace challenges and opportunities, share ideas and purpose, and truly influence others to make a positive difference’.

The key task of the SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) is to ensure that SEN provision is both efficiently and effectively managed. The range of responsibilities delegated to the SENCO with regard to provision and coordination is outlined below. It is expected that all legal and statutory requirements as per KHDA/Dubai Government are met for students with SEN/English as Additional Language (EAL)/Gifted and Talented (GL) via the SENCO.

**Job Purpose**:
The SENCO, with the support of the SLT, Principal, Phase leader and the School Board, takes responsibility for the day-to-day operation of provision made by the school for students with SEN/EAL/GT. They provide professional guidance to HODS & teachers in the area of SEN/EAL/GT in order to secure high quality teaching and the effective use of resources to bring about improved standards of achievement of all students.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Strategic Direction and Development of SEN/EAL/GT provision as ratified by the School Board
- Teaching and learning
- Leading and managing staff
- Maintain and ensure accurate records of data in The School Management System.
- Ensure effective systems of communication to all stakeholders, including feedback about students’ learning to develop plans for the future
- Monitoring the quality of SEN/EAL/GT students support by establishing effective systems to identify and meet the needs of students, whilst ensuring that the systems are coordinated, evaluated and regularly reviewed
- Ensure that the objectives of the SEN/EAL/GT policy are reflected in the school improvement /Action Plan
- Liaise with and coordinate the contribution of external agencies-KHDA as deemed necessary
- Up-to-date knowledge of local and regional initiatives which may impact upon policy and practice

**Progress and Achievement of Students**
- To monitor the achievements, welfare and discipline of students, and to follow up the progress reviews, liaising with the SLT, School Counselor and parents where appropriate

**Teaching and learning**
- Influencing the whole Teaching and Learning policy to promote aspects of inclusive teaching
- Contributing to teaching and learning of students identified as having identified SEN
- Providing an advisory/supporting role to all staff via Heads of School & HODs.
- Leading and managing staff within SEN/EAL Department
- Efficient and effective deployment of staff and resources as necessary
- Working collaboratively with the school Admissions Department in the development/ or
- selection of suitable entrance examinations
- Working collaboratively in the development of diagnostic baseline assessments
- Leading CPD where appropriate; this may include chairing and being a part of self-study groups
- Providing opportunities for observation of colleagues/visits to other schools in order to share best practice
- Collect and interpret specialist assessment data gathered on students and use to improve learning
Support developments and initiatives to improve standards in literacy and numeracy as well as access to the wider curriculum
- Overseeing and monitoring the quality of Individual Education Programs (IEPs) and other support plans such as pastoral support plans and maintaining detailed information for subsequent meetings with parents
- Develop systems for colleagues to monitor and record progress made by students with SEN/EAL/GT towards the achievement of targets set in IEPs and support plans
- Review IEPs and support plans monthly with parents, students, teachers and agree and communicate new targets
- Supporting the Principal in meeting statutory responsibilities for SEN/EAL/GT students and their Annual Review
- Lead the Annual Review meetings for SEN/EAL/GT students
- Liaise with the Examinations Officer to ensure Educational Psychology reports are up to date and provision for special needs for all examinations is identified and met

**Leadership and Management**
- To lead the SEN/EAL team and to be instrumental in plan

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