ELL Learning Support Assistant - Immediately

the Arbor School; Dubai; On-site; AED 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Arbor School seeks an ELL Learning Support Assistant to support English Language Learners across subjects and settings, collaborating with class teachers to aid language development and curriculum access.

The role focuses on fostering inclusion, confidence and independent progress, with opportunities to lead activities under teacher direction within our holistic learning spaces.

Qualifications

• Must have very good English language skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in education and/or relevant field or LSA qualification.
• Teaching assistant qualification such as Level 2/3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools or Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education.
• IELTS score at an advanced level 6.5 to 8.0.
• Two years’ experience in a school or similar setting.
• Experience working with the English National Curriculum.
• Experience in an international, premium quality school.

Responsibilities

• Support English Language Learners (ELL) across subjects and settings.
• Assist class teachers with language development and access to learning.
• Help build student confidence, independence and academic progress.
• Lead learning activities under supervision when appropriate.

Skills

Very Good English

Office/Admin experience

Two years’ school experience

ELL/Language support experience

English National Curriculum experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in education or relevant field

LSA qualification / teaching assistant qualification

IELTS 6.5–8.0

Job description

The Arbor School seeks a special individual for an exciting opportunity within our school. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting students who are English Language Learners (ELL), helping them to develop their English language skills and access the curriculum with confidence.

The Arbor School is seeking a highly motivated and compassionate ELL Learning Support Assistant to join our School. The successful candidate will work closely with teachers and students to provide targeted language support, encourage inclusion and ensure that ELL students are able to fulfil their academic and personal potential.

Enough For All, Forever

The Arbor School opened in 2018 with a very different vision of what education could and should be – experiential, authentic and inspired by the natural beauty, human ingenuity, and profound ecological and social challenges of the Arabian Peninsula.

The cultivation of a learning community uniquely committed to understanding and restoring the health of ecological and human communities as interconnected parts of a whole requires equal parts optimism, ambition, and humility. A fundamental belief in the inherit goodness of people and their capacity to act with empathy and compassion underscores the sense of hope that is fundamental to learning for a sustainable future. The resilience and determination to tackle challenges that have grown to global proportion is essential to finding sustainable solutions and orchestrating the social changes needed to grow them to scale. The realisation that comes from recognising that we are all students – never a master – drives our commitment to ignite a lifelong love of learning.

Recognising the interconnected nature of the cognitive, affective and participative domains, and their roles in shaping learning, we are pursuing a holistic approach to teaching and learning, designed to prepare learners:

• to understand the interconnected concepts of sustainability, individual and collective well-being, and environmental and social justice;
• to find purpose, meaning and joy in their interactions with the natural world and with each other, and to seek to understand people who are different to themselves; and
• to experience a sense of accomplishment and self-efficacy through their actions at home, in school and in the wider world.

THE ARBOR PROMISE

Arbor staff are a part of a community which is inclusive, fun-loving, and active. Arbor staff enjoy authentic friendships with their colleagues, positive relationships with school leaders, who care for their wellbeing, and are a team in the true sense. Staff are resilient in the face of challenge, are stable and calm in the face of change, and creative and flexible when solving problems. Arbor staff bring their passions and interests to enrich our school and are clear that there is an expectation to do so. We commit to meeting agreed deadlines, to communicating proactively with an assumption of positive intent and share a passion to provide an education of the highest quality to our students.

JOB SUMMARY

The successful applicant will complement and support the delivery of the curriculum, providing targeted support to English Language Learners (ELL) across a range of subjects and settings. They will work closely with class teachers to support students’ language development, access to learning and participation in the wider curriculum, while helping to build confidence, independence and academic progress. Where appropriate, the successful applicant may lead learning activities under the direction of the class teacher, utilising the school’s extraordinary learning spaces.

Integrated with the rigorous expectations of the English National Curriculum, the curriculum of The Arbor School is a blend of a knowledge-rich curriculum, delivered using constructivist approaches that nurture the competencies learners need to care for themselves, for others and for the environment. This includes a critical focus on inquiry and place-based styles of learning, with appropriate language support embedded to ensure ELL students can fully engage with and benefit from the curriculum.

REQUIRED CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Very Good English language skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in education and/or relevant field or LSA qualification is preferred.
• A recognised and appropriate teaching assistant qualification such Level 2 or 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education, T Level in Education
• IELTS score at an advanced level 6.5 to 8.0
• Strong office/admin experience
• Two years’ experience working in a school or similar setting. a
• Experience in working with English National Curriculum
• Experience working in an international, premium quality school

Remuneration: A competitive tax-free compensation package will be provided in accordance with School's policy and UAE labour law regulations.

The Arbor School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the students in our care and expects all applicants to share this commitment. We hold ourselves to a high standard of effective, safer recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection. All appointments are subject to CV and qualification checks, interview, identity checks, criminal record checks, and successful references.

All appointments are subject to the approval of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority and the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.