Sen Teacher

Aldar Education are currently seeking SEN Teachers to support our growing family of owned and operated schools in the UAE.

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.

**Job Purpose**:
To be able to teach in an inspiring, and inclusive way, enabling independence, so that every child makes as much progress as possible; to develop positive working relationships with all members of the school and wider community; and to provide high quality teaching, effective use of resources and improved standards of learning and achievement for all students.

**Responsibilities**

**Main Duties**:

- To deliver lessons that inspire students to succeed in order to achieve the best possible outcomes.
- Encourage and promote ‘inclusion within the classroom’ across the school at all levels
- Roles and responsibilities include:

- Teamwork and collaboration
- To be a good communicator at all levels.
- Be committed to developing positive relationships with all members of the school community.
- Working alongside fellow teachers to plan engaging lessons that meet requirements of the curriculum.
- Liaising with colleagues and working flexibly.
- Working with parents to ensure the happiness and best academic outcomes for all children.
- Working cooperatively with curriculum support staff (where applicable) to support children’s development.

**Specific Duties**:
**Teaching and Learning**:

- Clear understanding of the Curriculum
- Organising the classroom provision and learning resources and creating displays to encourage a positive and engaging learning environment.
- Planning, preparing and presenting sessions that cater for the needs of the whole ability range within the class.
- Motivating pupils with enthusiastic, imaginative teaching.
- Observing and assessing SEN Students in line with school assessments and identify priority areas for targeted intervention
- Plan and deliver a range of intervention programmes to support individual needs
- Track and monitor SEN pupil progress and the impact of intervention programmes
- Being reflective of the classroom provision, sessions taught, progress made, and adjusting environment, planning and curriculum to reflect this.
- Meeting with other professionals such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and educational psychologists, if required.
- Maintain accurate records, develop Individual Education Plans (IEP) for SEN Students and coordinate care plans
- Ensure the Teacher and Learner DNA language and attitudes are being embedded throughout the curriculum

**Assessment and Data**:

- Taking responsibility for the progress of a class.
- Meeting requirements for the assessment and recording of student’s development using Target Tracker.
- Using data provided by assessments to influence further planning, provision and intervention.
- Providing feedback to parents and carers on a student’s progress at Parent Teacher Conferences and other meetings

**Behaviour Management and Duties**:

- Follow the school’s behaviour policy.
- Manage classes effectively, using approaches which are appropriate to students’ needs in order to inspire, motivate and challenge pupils.
- Maintain good relationships with pupils, exercise appropriate authority, and act decisively when necessary within the school’s behavioural policy.
- Be a positive role model and demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour, which are expected of pupils.
- Have high expectations of behaviour, promoting self-control and independence of all learners.
- Carry out duties as directed and within the school’s policy.

**Wider Professional Responsibilities**:
- Support the organising and taking part in school events, outings and activities which may take place at weekends or in the evening.
- Communicate effectively with parents/carers with regards to student’s achievements and well-being using school systems/processes such as CPOMS as appropriate.
- Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school
- Run a weekly ECA each term.

**REQUIREMENTS**:
**Minimum Qualifications**:

- BA in Special Education or Education or Psychology with PGCE or equivalent Teaching Qualifications and Certifications.

**Minimum Experience**:

- Minimum 1- 2 years Teaching experience

**Job Specifics, Knowledge & Skills**:

- Previous experience working with students whom English is not their first language
- Passion for teaching and commitment to educating the whole child
- A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children
- Recent and consistent involvement in extra-curricular activities
- Respect for all members of a school community, irrespective of position, gender, age and ethnic background
- A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life
- A clean enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check or police check
- The incumbent