Special Education Needs (SEN) Officer

V-SWIFT PTE. LTD.; Singapore; Sur place; SGD 28 000 - 47 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

V-SWIFT PTE. LTD. is seeking an education support assistant to provide in-class support for special needs students in Singapore.

The role includes withdrawal support, remediation, and implementation of Individual Education Plans, along with preparing teaching resources and coordinating with teachers and parents. The successful candidate will help maintain a conducive learning environment, assist with routine classroom tasks, and participate in collaboration with external professionals to support

Qualifications

• In-class support for special needs students, enabling focus and participation.
• Assist teachers in managing classroom routines and student behavior.
• Collaborate with parents and teachers to support individual education plans.

Responsabilités

• Provision of withdrawal support, specialized remediation, and implementation of Individual Education Plans.
• In-class support for special needs students to stay on-task, follow routines, and use visual aids.
• Provide consultation to teachers and parents to facilitate understanding of needs.
• Set up and maintenance of special needs-friendly classroom environments.
• Prepare teaching resources like visuals and differentiated worksheets.
• Provide skills training (organization, managing change, handwriting).
• Offer peer training and support circles.
• Provide feedback to teachers and parents on student progress.
• Collaborate with external professionals and special schools.
• Coordinate case conferences in schools.
• Set up and maintain records on special needs students.
• Conduct pre-orientation for ASD students to familiarize with the school.
• Trained in administration of progress monitoring tools.

Description du poste

The Services required are set out as follows:

1. Provision of withdrawal support, specialized remediation, and implementation of Individual Education Plans.

2. Provision of in-class support for special needs students in areas such as (but not limited to):

reminding and prompting the student to stay on-task, pay attention to teachers and participating in classroom activities;

helping the student to follow classroom routines;

withdrawing the student for time out if he becomes disruptive or stressed during lessons and providing means to calm him/her down;

helping the student to understand lesson content using various means (e.g. visual aides, and to complete work assigned);

helping to communicate the student’s needs to the teachers;

3. Provide consultation to teachers and parents to facilitate better understanding of the students’ needs and how to support them.

4. Set up and maintenance of special needs-friendly classroom/school environments.

5. Preparation of teaching and learning resources for use with students (e.g. visual prompts for mild ASD students, differentiated worksheets for students with dyslexia).

6. Provision of skills training (e.g. organisational skills, managing anger, handling changes, queuing up, handwriting skills).

7. Provision of peer training and support (e.g. setting up circles of friends).

8. Provision of feedback to teachers and parents on the needs and progress of the special needs students.

9. Collaboration with external professionals/agencies and special schools in the support of special needs students.

10. Co-ordination and contribution to case conferences in schools.

11. Set up and maintenance of records on special needs students.

12. Conduct pre-orientation for students with ASD to help them familiarize with the school environment and the new changes around the school (eg. Change of classroom, change of class name and teachers).

13. Trained in administration of progress monitoring tools.