Elementary Counselor (KG - Grade 5)
The Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Boys
Abu Dhabi
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Highly Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 30 September 2021
Job overview
The Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Boys wishes to appoint an experienced and high-performing Student Counselor to join our Elementary Student Welfare Team. You will work with students facing difficulties in their lives and provide them with the targeted support they need to become successful learners. You will meet with children, individually and in groups; staff; parents; and, occasionally, outside agencies to ensure that our most vulnerable students are protected and supported. Additionally, experience of safeguarding procedures and child protection programs in elementary schools is essential. As well as subject expertise, you must be able to build and maintain excellent interpersonal relationships at all levels.
Exceptional CPD opportunities are available, including the NPQML, NPQSL and NPQH in addition to GEMS professional qualifications.
The Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Boys is a leading US Curriculum school, delivering an outstanding education from KG – to Grade 12. As a GEMS-managed school, SZPAB has, since opening in 2015, already established a reputation across the UAE for its high-quality education, modern facilities, innovative use of technology and 1 to 1 iPad program.
We have received a Band A rating from ADEK (Ofsted equivalent), who identified the use of technology to enrich the curriculum and the Learning Support department as ‘Areas of Distinction’ across the UAE. The school has recently renewed its Apple Distinguished School Status and was the first K-12 School in the UAE to be awarded this. SZPAB is a NEASC accredited school and is a member of CIS.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree in counselling or psychotherapy
• Relevant experience with children aged 12 years and younger
• A clean enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check or police check
We Offer:
• Renewable fixed-term contract for 2 years
• Highly competitive tax-free salary
• Fully furnished accommodation, with gym and pool
• Comprehensive international health insurance
• Annual flight allowance
Please complete the Tes online application form and upload your CV, with a letter of application that outlines your career so far and ambitions within the education profession.
Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
About The Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Boys
- The Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Boys
- Al Dabbas Street, Al Khalidiya, PO Box 812, Al Khalidiya
- Abu Dhabi
- P. Box No:
- United Arab Emirates
The Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Boys (SZPAB) is a an award-winning blended curriculum school, combining the American Massachusetts State Common Core curriculum, with the UAE Arabic Ministry of Education curriculum. Maintaining an appreciation for the UAE's international community and world at large, the school’s vision aims to help secure the future of the UAE, by providing strong community role-models who understand their heritage and traditions and are also equipped with the skills and life-long learning dispositions necessary to embrace the challenges of tomorrow and to take on leadership roles.
We live by our school’s motto: Honoring the past. Educating for the future.
We achieve this by providing an excellent curriculum, delivered by inspirational teachers, that ensures that all students are able to make the most of their talents and abilities.
It is critical that our students are equipped with the competences and values to be contributors and leaders of society. Innovation is embedded, not only in our school’s mission, but in all aspects of our curriculum. We benefit from a state-of-the-art school, and as one of only 500 Apple Distinguished Schools worldwide, our students are equipped with a 1-to-1 iPad model which provides individualized support based on student needs.
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