Learning Support Teacher
Akademeia High School
Poland
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2024
- Apply by:
- 31 March 2024
Job overview
Position: Learning Support Teacher
Role: The Learning Support Teacher will implement and provide SEN students with educational support under the supervision of the Head of Learning Support.
As a Learning Support Teacher, you will be providing individual or small group support to students with learning differences and collaborate closely with teachers, modeling inclusive practices and effective research-based strategies ensuring all students have the opportunity to thrive both academically and personally.
About Akademeia:
Akademeia High School is an academically-selective school in Warsaw, offering IGCSEs and A Levels alongside Akademeia Assessed Courses. The majority of our students are preparing to study at Oxbridge, Russell group, and Ivy League universities as well as acclaimed architecture, art and music schools. With a rigorous admissions process and A Level classes taught in the form of undergraduate seminars, the school pursues a pre-university university model. The school offers a robust scholarship programme, with 10% of places allocated to merit-based, partial and full scholarships. Together with Akademeia High School Foundation, the school also supports several educational outreach and community engagement initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Provide individualized support to students with learning difficulties or special educational needs (SEN).
- Collaborate with classroom teachers to develop and implement strategies for accommodating diverse learning needs within the classroom.
- Conduct assessments to identify students' specific learning needs and develop personalized learning plans.
- Develop and implement personalized learning plans tailored to each student's individual needs and academic goals, including accommodations for exams and coursework.
- Collaborate with the exam centre to ensure that students with SEN receive the appropriate access arrangements to demonstrate their knowledge and abilities.
- Deliver targeted interventions and support sessions focused on building essential academic skills, such as literacy, numeracy, study skills, and exam preparation strategies.
- Adapt teaching materials and resources to suit the learning styles and abilities of individual students.
- Monitor and track the academic progress of students with SEN, providing ongoing feedback and adjustments to support strategies as necessary to ensure academic success.
- Communicate regularly with parents/guardians to provide updates on their child's progress, discuss strategies for support at home, and collaborate on goal-setting.
- Work closely with other members of the school's support team, including special educational needs coordinator (SENCOs) and the Wellbeing team to ensure a coordinated approach to supporting students with SEN.
- Keep up-to-date with best practices in the field of special education and attend relevant professional development opportunities.
- Maintain accurate records of student assessments, progress, and interventions in accordance with school policies and procedures.
- Advocate for the needs of students with SEN within the school community and participate in meetings or committees related to inclusion and diversity.
- Foster a supportive and inclusive learning environment where all students feel valued, respected and empowered to achieve their full potential, both academically and personally, regardless of their individual learning needs.
Qualifications / Requirements
- Teaching certification from an accredited institution and minimum two years of experience in the given field.
- University degree in learning support and/or special education needs
- Preferred knowledge and experience working in the British curriculum
- Preferred experience in teaching at a secondary level
- Fluency in English
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
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About Akademeia High School
Akademeia High School is an international, academically-selective school in Warsaw, offering A-levels and GCSEs. We are an accredited UCAS centre and Edexcel (Pearson) and AQA examination centre for the English GCE Advanced Levels. We have also prepared a special intensive SAT/ACT exam course for students who are interested in applying to American universities.
We offer IGCSEs and A Levels alongside Akademeia Assessed Courses, which supplement and go beyond the prescribed UK Examination Boards’ curricula. In years 10 and 11 students take interdisciplinary Akademeia Assessed Courses and iGCSEs subjects.
All students at Akademeia High School work towards A Level exams, giving them the opportunity to build their own academic profile from the wide variety of subjects on offer. This unique approach, which is tailored to the students’ greatest strengths, allows them to develop several valuable skills, such as critical thinking, effective communication and problem solving.
Our school focuses on developing both students’ academic abilities and their artistic, athletic and leadership potential. The majority of our students are preparing to study at Oxbridge, Russell group, and Ivy League universities as well as acclaimed architecture, art and music schools. The school offers a substantial scholarship program with about 10% of students being scholars.
Our mission
We strive to help our students realise their intellectual and creative ambitions and stretch their abilities in our pre-university university environment. We provide a pathway to the leading universities across the globe and prepare our students for the ever-changing world.
With critical thinking at the heart of our curricula, we nurture student agency, encourage dialogue, and follow an interdisciplinary approach to develop in our pupils a lifelong passion for learning.
Multidimensional education
By understanding the requirements of the best universities in the world, we take care of the academic achievements on the one hand and we actively promote the personal development of our students (participation in volunteer activities, internships, competitions, workshops) on the other.
We place great emphasis on critical thinking and we believe it is important to develop our students’ varied competences, such as: communication and presentation, creativity and innovation, teamwork and project management, critical thinking and problem solving, ability to collect, filter and absorb information.
University acceptances: classes of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023
University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, London School of Economics, Imperial College London, University College London, King’s College London, University of Exeter, University of Bristol, University of St Andrews, Durham University, Glasgow School of Art, University of the Arts London, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Columbia University, Duke University, University of Chicago, Princeton University, Wesleyan University, New York University, University of Notre Dame, Parsons University, University of Washington, Berklee College of Music, University of Pennsylvania,University of British Columbia, Purdue, Carnegie Mellon, University of Amsterdam, University of York, University of Southern California, Design Academy of Eindhoven, Esade, Bocconi University, IE University, MIT, Boston College, Boston University, Delft University of Technology, UNC at Chapel Hill, Brown University.
School building
Architecture should stimulate, inspire and give students the feeling of being in an important and unique place. We want our school to be a place where students don’t want to leave. To achieve our educational goals we have created:
Professional spaces for academic work
- modern biology, chemistry and physics laboratories designed in collaboration with leading academic centers
- spacious classrooms with oval (”Harkness”) tables
A unique space for artistic activities and creative work
- a 100 square meter art studio adapted for classes in painting, printmaking and sculpture
- a multimedia studio
- music room with a recording studio
- an auditorium/theatre with seating for 300 people
A comfortable space for sport
- gymnasium with courts and other extensive sport facilities
Inspiring spaces for individual work and relaxation
- green roof (over 1000 m2 of vegetation)
- green patio
- cafeteria
- study lounge
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