Secondary Inclusion Coordinator

Jumeira Baccalaureate School require an experienced Secondary  Inclusion Coordinator  to join their established school from August 2022. 

Job Purpose: To support in developing an inclusive learning environment by monitoring and supporting both teachers and students.

Reports to: Assistant Head of School: Inclusion and Wellbeing

Liaison with: Head of inclusion, SENCO, Subject Leaders, Teachers, Learning Support Assistants, Individual Learning Support assistants, parents, students and outside agencies.

Responsibilities:

• To promote and follow the guidelines of the Dubai Inclusive Education Policy Framework (2017) and to understand all expectations and implement procedures according to the Inclusion policy.
• Championing an inclusive culture across the school community.
• To oversee the provision and support across secondary for both SEND and EAL in collaboration with the Secondary Assistant Inclusion Coordinator.
• To build strong relationships with students and their families that is based upon trust, communication, and empathy.
• To run interventions and support students to ensure that they are able to access the curriculum at all levels.
• To monitor and maintain SEND and EAL registers, Pupil Passports (IEPs) and complete documentation for assessment accommodations.
• Supporting teachers to provide quality teaching and learning experiences leading to students making outstanding progress academically and personally.
• Supporting all stakeholders (teachers, parents, admissions) in the identification of students with additional needs including those with SEND.
• Monitoring the progress of all students on the Inclusion register in conjunction with the class teachers, middle leaders and senior leaders. 
• Liaising with teachers, parents and external professionals to ensure support is effective through a well-communicated, consistent and triangulated approach.
• To develop teacher understanding of differentiation and ensure they understand the graduated response to support.
• To support colleagues in using targeted, evidence-based interventions/provisions to accelerate learning, progress and development.
• To support the Head of Inclusion and Senior leadership team to monitor the quality of provision and outcomes of students who experience barriers to their learning due to SEND and/or EAL needs through regular learning walks, provision mapping, observations, and evaluation processes,

Qualifications/Training:

• Holds a teaching qualification - Essential
• Qualified to Masters level - Desirable
• Holds additional SEND qualifications e.g SENCO qualification, ASDAN - Desirable
• Experience of teaching IB -Desirable

Experience / Knowledge:

• Proven track record with at least two years’ experience in a similar role - Essential
• Proven record of effectiveness & success - Essential
• Demonstrable evidence of innovating and adapting curricula to engage children and enable them to perform highly - Essential
• Excellent and appropriate relationships with young people - Essential
• Working in partnership with parents - Essential
• Experience of Dubai Inclusive Education Policy Framework - Essential
• Experience of teaching students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD), Autism and ADHD - Essential
• Experience of supporting students with social and emotional difficulties - Essential
• Proficiency in SEND paperwork such as IEPs and progress tracking - Essential
• Relevant and up-to-date training in SEND areas - Essential
• Experience of collaborating and communicating with a range of stakeholders including
• parents - Essential
• Experience of liaising with external agencies including educational psychologists, medical professionals, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists - Desirable
• Experience of supporting exam access arrangements - Essential
• Proven record of effectiveness & success - Essential
• Excellent and appropriate relationships with young people -  Essential

Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills - Essential
• Leadership skills - Essential
• Ability to engage children and enable them to perform highly - Essential
• Ability to multi-task and manage a high number of important deadlines at the same time - Essential 

Jumeira Baccalaureate School 

Jumeira Baccalaureate School is an established IB school in the heart of Dubai, where young people thrive, learn and succeed.

Our school aims to provide exceptional opportunities for each of our students in a supporting and challenging environment.

A Taaleem school, JBS prides itself on high academic standards, however we are more than this. Truly excellent education is about developing a passion for life-long learning and a capability for independent thinking. Our confident and articulate students are encouraged to discover interests that extend beyond the classroom. Our school community has 85 different nationalities, enabling students to develop moral values, and display kindness, courage, respect, and integrity towards each other and throughout our diverse and multicultural environment.

The JBS campus provides an outstanding and mature learning environment which is connected to our community, where we celebrate the culture and heritage of Dubai and the UAE. We take our responsibility to provide high quality teaching with a varied extra-curricular programme for your child very seriously.

What we offer:

We are committed to developing our staff and run regular professional development workshops to ensure our teachers are equipped to provide students with the best possibly educational experience.

Taaleem provides excellent, high quality purpose built accommodation for teaching staff equipped with gym, pool and all amenities. We offer an attractive tax-free salary, medical insurance, free child places within selected schools and an annual flight allowance along with great corporate discounts with many service providers in Dubai.

To apply for this position please complete the TES application form and upload an up-to-date CV.