Inclusion Assistant - Yasmina American School (AY25-26)

Job Description

Aldar Education are currently seeking an outstanding Inclusion Assistant for Yasmina American School in Abu Dhabi to start in August 2025.

Yasmina American School is located in the heart of Khalifa City A, and is committed to providing every child with an exceptional education that's both high-quality and affordable. With a comprehensive American curriculum from Pre-KG to Grade 5, we focus on unlocking each child's potential in a supportive and engaging environment.

Our passionate teachers and state-of-the-art facilities create the ideal setting for academic excellence and personal development. At Yasmina American School, we make outstanding education accessible, equipping your child to thrive in and beyond the classroom.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi's leading school group.

Responsibilities

Main Duties

1. 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.
2. Be proactive in matters relating to health and safety.
3. Assist in the implementation of individual education programmes for individual pupils, link to the student's IEP goals and contribute to the monitoring of their progress and attainment.
4. Support the individual pupil/s in relation to their additional support needs e.g., academic, physical, emotional, and behavioural difficulties and help develop their social and communication skills.
5. Assist homeroom and subject teachers with maintaining pupil records.
6. Prepare necessary resources to assist the identified student to access or differentiate the curriculum in order to support learning.
7. Promote independence, by teaching clear and meaningful strategies to the student.
8. Support the aims of the school, comply with the requirements of health and safety, code of conduct and other relevant legislation and school policies.
9. Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality, and attendance.
10. Attend training sessions and professionals meetings as required.
11. Build a close working relationship with homeroom and subject teachers and communicate regularly and openly.
12. Understand other duties from time to time as the principal / Head of Inclusion requires.

Specific Duties

1. Adhere to guidelines of confidentiality respecting that the Head of Inclusion, Homeroom and subject teachers are responsible for formal communications with parents.
2. Academic assistance.
3. Giving individual instruction as prescribed by the teacher / providing group instruction where appropriate.
4. Demonstrating various instructional activities.
5. Monitoring work assigned by the teacher checking and correcting individual students work in line with school policy, while in progress.
6. Keeping individual pupil and peers on task.
7. Praising and reinforcing the achievements of pupils/reporting pupil progress to the teacher.
8. Prepare materials for the individual as needed, to scaffold their classroom learning.
9. Supervising individual pupil/s in the classroom, specialist lessons and other locations.
10. Participating in development of behaviour policy / promoting pupils self-esteem and discipline misbehaviour in line with whole school policy.
11. Attend and subsequently deliver intervention for SaLT / OT / ABA therapy to help generalise and consolidate target skills, maximising the impact of therapy.
12. Attend ECA/trips and visits.
13. Experienced IA may be asked to mentor new IA.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

1. Diploma / Degree in a related subject with the appropriate SEN / Inclusion qualification.
2. Minimum 2 years of experience as SEN / Inclusion Assistant.

Job specific knowledge & skills:

1. Previous experience working with students whom English is not their first language.
2. Passion for teaching and commitment to educating the whole child.
3. A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children.
4. Recent and consistent involvement in extra-curricular activities.
5. Respect for all members of a school community, irrespective of position, gender, age and ethnic background.
6. A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life.
7. A clean enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check or police check.