Student Supervisor  Full Time NEW

Main Duties:

Work with a range of students, but give priority to those who need the most help, especially those experiencing multiple disadvantages including:

• Children who are presenting challenging behavior
• Children who are finding the school environment difficult

Work with students on a one-to-one basis or in small or large groups, acting as a:

• Listener
• Facilitator for learning
• Encourager
• Motivator
• Role model

Core Purpose

• Work with children whose behaviour and disaffection has significant impact upon their attainment
• Support the ethos of the school
• Improve student progress and achievement by helping to minimize barriers to learning and maximize student participation

Specific Duties

• To devise, implement and evaluate specialized programs of work to encourage and promote a student’s social emotional and behavioral development.
• To work with teaching staff and/or other support staff in devising and implementing individual learning plans to promote students’ academic, social, emotional and behavioral development.
• To plan and facilitate structured activities, to support students to make appropriate use of time
• To plan and draw up approaches that could be used to support students both individually and within a group.
• To train and support identified school staff, by modelling approaches, with a view to staff feeling confident and able to use the approaches following the withdrawal of Learning Mentor.
• To work with individuals & groups both within and outside the class room setting
• To organize and run extracurricular activities during lunch and out of school activities.
• Organize lunchtime activities to support students who have difficulties at break time.
• Help students to manage and resolve conflict by using and teaching them a variety of strategies.
• To observe and monitor student progress, adapting an agreed approach to meet particular needs, recording and maintaining records of students’ development and progress.
• Under the direction of the Vice Principal Pastoral, help to create criteria for identifying those students who need Learning Mentor support.
• Help plan the reintegration of students after extended absence or exclusion.
• Monitor students’ progress before, during and after intervention to measure the impact of the intervention strategy on progress; include student evaluations
• Setting up and running circle time sessions and anger management groups where necessary.
• Organizing training for Learning Support Assistants/Teaching Assistants.
• Regularly monitor and reward the achievement of children working with you with whom we are working
• Undertake a range of administrative duties relevant to the post.
• Participate as required in relevant training which has been identified by the members of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• Any other duties relevant to the work of the postholder as requested by the Senior Leadership Team.
• Teaching groups of children circle activities games during break times.
• Any other duties as directed by the Principal

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree

Minimum Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Student Supervisor or similar role.

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills

• Experience of working in a school or busy office environment.
• Good English Communications skills, written, and oral
• A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children
• Respect for all members of a school community.
• A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life
• Warmth, empathy, credibility, self-belief, integrity, drive and child-centred
• Planning to meet specific and general learning needs
• An efficient and effective communicator
• Knowledge and understanding of the UAE context.