Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant (Maternity Cover) - Cranleigh School Abu Dhabi

Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant (Maternity Cover) - Cranleigh School Abu Dhabi

Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant (Maternity Cover) - Cranleigh School Abu Dhabi

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills:

- To be able to develop positive working relationships with all members of the school community, from children to teaching staff to administrative staff to parents.
- To be able to use initiative, be flexible, and have a positive attitude.
- To be able to support children in all aspects of school life and help them to become independent learners.

What We Offer:

Aldar Education is a family of world-class, child-centered, and innovative schools based in the UAE. We educate over 38,000 students across our group of owned and managed schools, and as we grow, so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational,





and dedicated school leaders. We offer an attractive remuneration package. Our future-focused learning model includes both students and staff, so we place a special emphasis on professional development, coaching, and training.

Job Description:

Cranleigh Abu Dhabi is currently seeking a Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant (Maternity Cover). 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.

Main Duties:

- Work with groups or individuals to support learning across the curriculum.
- Listen to pupils read effectively, using school policy and phonic methods.
- Listen to teacher introductions/teaching to pupils and use the same techniques/way of working to help pupils, e.g., Maths method.
- Encourage independence – e.g., helping the children to achieve their objectives through questioning, engaging in dialogue, demonstrating and modeling (as opposed to answering a question directly), and organizing their belongings,





personal hygiene, and needs.
- Demonstrate a sense of when either the teacher or a pupil needs assistance.
- Record required information on pupil activities as directed by the teacher.
- Administrative tasks such as displays, preparing resources, and setting up the classroom for the day with the guidance of the class teacher.
- Help children to develop their language skills by engaging them in meaningful communication.
- Build positive relationships with the children, demonstrate enthusiasm, patience, and understanding, and treat them in a respectful, responsible, and fair manner.
- Supervise the children at break time, whilst moving around the school when on school trips, and during specialist lessons when required.






- Positively manage the children’s behavior and always act as a positive role model.
- Ensure confidentiality at all times, both in and out of school, as unauthorized disclosure is a disciplinary matter.
- To be flexible and adaptable and willing to be an active member of the school community.
- To work closely with the class teacher to make sure that there is effective communication, both oral and written, concerning lessons, pupil progress, and learning.
- Be aware of what is expected in each lesson and be familiar with lesson plans.
- Professional Development - If there is an aspect of your work that you are not confident with or you wish to develop further,





you must be proactive in asking for support.
- To relay any concerns that you have about the children initially to the class teacher.

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