Job Description

Aldar Education are currently seeking an outstanding Inclusion Assistant for MushAirif school- Ajman-UAE .




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.



Minimum Qualifications

SEN qualification - Diploma

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Minimum Experience

• 1 year SEN experience


Main Duties

• Provide support for individual pupils, within a group context or individually, both inside and outside of the classroom to enable them to fully participate in a range of activities during the school day.
• Be proactive in matters relating to health and safety.
• Assist in the implementation of individual education programmes for individual pupils, link to the student's IEP goals and contribute to the monitoring of their progress and attainment.
• Support the individual pupil/s in relation to their additional support needs e.g., academic, physical, emotional, and behavioural difficulties and help develop their social and communication skills.
• Assist home room and subject teachers with maintaining pupil records.
• Prepare necessary resources to assist the identified student to access or differentiate the curriculum in order to support learning.
• Promote independence, by teaching clear and meaningful strategies to the student.
• Support the aims of the school, comply with the requirements of health and safety, code of conduct and other relevant legislation and school policies.
• Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality, and attendance.
• Attend training sessions and professionals' meetings as required.
• Work with other professionals e.g. speech therapists, occupational therapists etc, as needed.
• Build a close working relationship with home room and subject teachers and communicate regularly and openly.
Understand other duties from time to time as the principal / Head of Inclusion require
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Specific Duties

• Adhere to guidelines of confidentiality - respecting that the Head of Inclusion, Home room and subject teachers are responsible for formal communications with parents.
• Academic assistance
• Giving individual instruction as prescribed by the teacher / providing group instruction where appropriate
• Demonstrating various instructional activities
• Monitoring work assigned by the teacher - checking and correcting individual students work in line with school policy, while in progress.
• Keeping individual pupil and peers on task
• Praising and reinforcing the achievements of pupils/reporting pupil progress to the teacher
• Prepare materials for the individual as needed, to scaffold their classroom learning.
• Supervising individual pupil/s in the classroom, specialist lessons and other locations
• Participating in development of behaviour policy / promoting pupils self-esteem and discipline misbehaviour in line with whole school policy
• Attend and subsequently deliver intervention for SaLT / OT / ABA therapy to help generalise and consolidate target skills, maximising the impact of therapy.
• Attend ECA/trips and visits.
• Experienced IA may be asked to mentor new IA - new IA may be asked to participate mentoring