Inclusion Assistant (UAE National) - Al Rayana Charter School

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. 

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 

Minimum Qualifications:

• SEN qualification – Diploma

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of SEN experience.