Student Supervisor (UAE National)

at  Aldar Academies

Aldar Education are currently seeking an outstanding Student Supervisor (UAEN National) for Al Rayana Charter School in Abu Dhabi commencing AY24/25.
Al Rayana Charter School is an American 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 Rayana Charter School is a great place to work. It has an exciting, diverse, and progressive learning community that is committed to fulfilling the National Agenda for our Emirati students. Our learning culture is under pinned by our mission statement, Excite, Challenge, empower allowing all students to thrive.
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.
The successful candidates will be closely aligned with our core values and ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.
Responsibilities:

Work with a range of students, but give priority to those who need the most help, especially those experiencing multiple disadvantages including:

• Children who are presenting challenging behavior
• Children who are finding the school environment difficult

Work with students on a one-to-one basis or in small or large groups, acting as a:

• Listener
• Facilitator for learning
• Encourager
• Motivator
• Role model

Core Purpose

• Work with children whose behaviour and disaffection has significant impact upon their attainment

• Support the ethos of the schoolImprove student progress and achievement by helping to minimize barriers to learning and maximize student participation

Specific Duties

• To devise, implement and evaluate specialized programs of work to encourage and promote a student’s social emotional and behavioral development.
• To work with teaching staff and/or other support staff in devising and implementing individual learning plans to promote students’ academic, social, emotional and behavioral development.
• To plan and facilitate structured activities, to support students to make appropriate use of time
• To plan and draw up approaches that could be used to support students both individually and within a group.
• To train and support identified school staff, by modelling approaches, with a view to staff feeling confident and able to use the approaches following the withdrawal of Learning Mentor.
• To work with individuals & groups both within and outside the class room setting
• To organize and run extracurricular activities during lunch and out of school activities.
• Organize lunchtime activities to support students who have difficulties at break time.
• Help students to manage and resolve conflict by using and teaching them a variety of strategies.
• To observe and monitor student progress, adapting an agreed approach to meet particular needs, recording and maintaining records of students’ development and progress.
• Under the direction of the Vice Principal Pastoral, help to create criteria for identifying those students who need Learning Mentor support.
• Help plan the reintegration of students after extended absence or exclusion.
• Monitor students’ progress before, during and after intervention to measure the impact of the intervention strategy on progress; include student evaluations
• Setting up and running circle time sessions and anger management groups where necessary.
• Organizing training for Learning Support Assistants/Teaching Assistants.
• Regularly monitor and reward the achievement of children working with you with whom we are working
• Undertake a range of administrative duties relevant to the post.
• Participate as required in relevant training which has been identified by the members of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• Any other duties relevant to the work of the postholder as requested by the Senior Leadership Team.
• Teaching groups of children circle activities games during break times.
• Any other duties as directed by the Principal

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor Degree
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MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 1 years of experience as a Student Supervisor or similar role .
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JOB SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Experience of working in a school or busy office environment.
• Good English Communications skills, written, and oral
• A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children
• Respect for all members of a school community.
• A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life
• Warmth, empathy, credibility, self-belief, integrity, drive and child-centred
• Planning to meet specific and general learning needs
• An efficient and effective communicator
• Knowledge and understanding of the UAE context

Core Purpose

• Work with children whose behaviour and disaffection has significant impact upon their attainment
• Support the ethos of the schoolImprove student progress and achievement by helping to minimize barriers to learning and maximize student participatio

Specific Duties

• To devise, implement and evaluate specialized programs of work to encourage and promote a student’s social emotional and behavioral development.
• To work with teaching staff and/or other support staff in devising and implementing individual learning plans to promote students’ academic, social, emotional and behavioral development.
• To plan and facilitate structured activities, to support students to make appropriate use of time
• To plan and draw up approaches that could be used to support students both individually and within a group.
• To train and support identified school staff, by modelling approaches, with a view to staff feeling confident and able to use the approaches following the withdrawal of Learning Mentor.
• To work with individuals & groups both within and outside the class room setting
• To organize and run extracurricular activities during lunch and out of school activities.
• Organize lunchtime activities to support students who have difficulties at break time.
• Help students to manage and resolve conflict by using and teaching them a variety of strategies.
• To observe and monitor student progress, adapting an agreed approach to meet particular needs, recording and maintaining records of students’ development and progress.
• Under the direction of the Vice Principal Pastoral, help to create criteria for identifying those students who need Learning Mentor support.
• Help plan the reintegration of students after extended absence or exclusion.
• Monitor students’ progress before, during and after intervention to measure the impact of the intervention strategy on progress; include student evaluations
• Setting up and running circle time sessions and anger management groups where necessary.
• Organizing training for Learning Support Assistants/Teaching Assistants.
• Regularly monitor and reward the achievement of children working with you with whom we are working
• Undertake a range of administrative duties relevant to the post.
• Participate as required in relevant training which has been identified by the members of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• Any other duties relevant to the work of the postholder as requested by the Senior Leadership Team.
• Teaching groups of children circle activities games during break times.
• Any other duties as directed by the Principa