Classroom Assistant - UAE Nationals (Abdulla Bin Otaiba Charter School) - Immediate Start

Role Overview

Classroom Assistant at Abdulla Bin Otaiba Charter School, an American Curriculum primary school operated by ALDAR EDUCATION in Abu Dhabi. Immediate start: December 2025. This role is restricted to UAE Nationals.

Company Overview

Abdulla Bin Otaiba Charter School is a mixed-gender primary school in Abu Dhabi committed to high-quality learning opportunities. The school's vision is to create "A sustainable and innovative learning community where we nurture our learners through Collaboration, Leadership and Creativity," supported by the Abdullah bin Otaiba learners and teacher DNA that forms the heart of the school community.

Role Purpose

To provide comprehensive support to individual pupils and groups of pupils inside and outside the classroom, enabling full participation in school activities while promoting their social, emotional, and physical well-being.

Key Responsibilities

Pupil Support & Well-being

• Provide support for individual pupils and groups of pupils inside and outside the classroom to enable full participation in activities during the school day.
• Support pupils with additional support needs, including emotional and behavioural difficulties.
• Help develop pupils' social skills.
• Supervise pupils in classrooms and other locations.
• Participate in development of behaviour policy and promote pupils' self-esteem.
• Discipline misbehaviour in line with the whole school policy.

Academic Assistance

• Provide academic assistance to pupils.
• Give group instruction as prescribed by the teacher or provide individual instruction.
• Demonstrate various instructional activities.
• Monitor work assigned by teacher, checking and correcting pupils' work while in progress.
• Keep pupils on task.
• Praise and reinforce achievements of pupils and report pupil progress to teacher.
• Check attendance.

Individual Education Programmes

• Assist in the implementation of individual education programmes for individual pupils and groups of pupils.
• Help monitor their progress.

Teaching & Administrative Support

• Assist class teachers with maintaining pupil records.
• Support class teachers in photocopying and other tasks in order to support teaching.
• Prepare and present displays of pupils' work.
• Reorganise materials at the end of the day.

Health, Safety & Compliance

• Be pro-active in matters relating to health and safety.
• Support the aims of the school; comply with the requirements of health and safety, other relevant legislation and school policies.
• Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality and attendance.

Collaboration & Professional Development

• Work with other professionals, e.g., speech therapists, occupational therapists, as necessary.
• Attend team and staff meetings as required.
• Undertake other duties from time to time as the principal requires.

Qualifications & Experience

• UAE National status.
• Minimum secondary school certificate or bachelor's degree.
• At least two years of experience in UAE schools.

Skills & Competencies

• English language skills or the language applied in the school curriculum.