Inclusion Assistant

Contract Length: ‎2 years
Number of Vacancies: ‎6
Student Level:
* Middle School
Eligible Candidates:
* University Graduate
Requirements:
* Education Required: Associate/‎2-year Diploma
* Minimum Teaching Experience: ‎0 year of teaching experience
* Major: Special Needs
‎2 years SEN experience.
Job Benefits:
To be discussed after the interview.
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
* 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 programs 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 about their additional support needs e.g., academic, physical, emotional, and behavioral difficulties, and help develop their social and communication skills.
* Assist homeroom and subject teachers with maintaining pupil records.
* Prepare necessary resources to assist the identified student to access or differentiate the curriculum to support learning.
* Promote independence, by teaching clear and meaningful strategies to the student.
* Support the aims of the school, and 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 professional' meetings as required.
* Work with other professionals e.g. speech therapists, occupational therapists etc, as needed.
* Build a close working relationship with the home room and subject teachers and communicate regularly and openly.
* Understand other duties from time to time as the principal / Head of Inclusion require
* 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 pupils 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 the development of behavior policy / promoting pupils' self-esteem and discipline misbehavior in line with the whole school policy
* Attend and subsequently deliver intervention for SaLT / OT / ABA therapy to help generalize and consolidate target skills, maximizing 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 in mentoring