Inclusion Assistant - Seer Bani Yas Charter School (AY 2026/27)

Role Overview

Inclusion Assistant position at Seer Bani Yas Charter School, operated by ALDAR EDUCATION, located in Mohammed Bin Zayed City, Abu Dhabi, for Academic Year 2026/27.

Company Overview

Seer Bani Yas Charter School is located in Mohammed Bin Zayed City in Abu Dhabi and serves 617 Emirati male students in Grades 6 and 7. The school delivers an American-based curriculum including English, Maths, Science, Humanities, and MOE subjects, enhanced with a wide range of extracurricular activities. ALDAR EDUCATION is a leading school group in Abu Dhabi.

Role Purpose

Provide comprehensive support to individual students with additional needs, enabling them to fully participate in classroom activities and school life while working closely with teachers and external professionals to implement individualized education programmes and develop student independence, social skills, and academic progress.

Key Responsibilities

Student Support & Inclusion

• Provide support for individual pupils within a group context or individually, both inside and outside the classroom to enable full participation in a range of activities during the school day.
• Support individual pupils in relation to their additional support needs including academic, physical, emotional, and behavioural difficulties.
• Help develop students' social and communication skills.
• Promote independence by teaching clear and meaningful strategies to students.
• Supervise individual pupils in the classroom, specialist lessons, and other locations.

Academic Support & Instruction

• Provide academic assistance to identified students.
• Give individual instruction as prescribed by the teacher, or provide group instruction where appropriate.
• Prepare necessary resources to assist identified students to access or differentiate the curriculum in order to support learning.
• Prepare materials for individuals as needed to scaffold classroom learning.
• Monitor work assigned by the teacher, checking and correcting individual students' work in progress in line with school policy.
• Keep individual pupils and peers on task.

Individual Education Programmes & Monitoring

• Assist in the implementation of individual education programmes for individual pupils, linked to the student's IEP goals.
• Contribute to the monitoring of student progress and attainment.
• Praise and reinforce the achievements of pupils and report pupil progress to the teacher.

Professional Collaboration & Communication

• Build a close working relationship with homeroom and subject teachers and communicate regularly and openly.
• Work with other professionals including speech therapists, occupational therapists, and ABA therapists as needed.
• Attend and deliver intervention for Speech and Language Therapy (SaLT), Occupational Therapy (OT), and ABA therapy to help generalise and consolidate target skills, maximising the impact of therapy.
• Adhere to guidelines of confidentiality, respecting that the Head of Inclusion, homeroom and subject teachers are responsible for formal communications with parents.

Records & Administration

• Assist homeroom and subject teachers with maintaining pupil records.

Behaviour & Discipline

• Participate in development of behaviour policy and promote pupils' self-esteem.
• Discipline misbehaviour in line with whole school policy.

Health, Safety & Compliance

• Be proactive in matters relating to health and safety.
• 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.

School Events & Activities

• Attend extracurricular activities (ECAs), trips and visits.

Professional Development & Mentoring

• Attend training sessions and professionals' meetings as required.
• If experienced, may be asked to mentor new Inclusion Assistants.
• If new, may be asked to participate in mentoring.
• Understand other duties from time to time as the principal or Head of Inclusion require.

Qualifications & Experience

• SEN Diploma qualification
• 2 years SEN experience

Additional Information

• Successful candidate will be closely aligned with the school's core values and ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.