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EYFS Teacher Jobs in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Responsibilities:
Teaching and learning:
• Demonstrating a clear understanding of the Foundation Stage Curriculum for effective implementation to match learning outcomes.
• Teaching using appropriate syllabus, materials, and schemes of work.
• Organizing the classroom provision and learning resources and creating displays to encourage a positive learning environment.
• Supporting the Foundation Stage leaders in improving the development of teaching and learning across foundation stage.
• Planning, preparing, and presenting sessions that cater to the needs of the whole ability range within the class.
• To plan lessons and sequences of lessons consistently and effectively, in the long, medium and short-term, to meet pupils’ individual learning needs.
• Motivating students by delivering enjoyable and creative lessons that both challenges pupils and promotes critical thinking.
• Observing and assessing pupils in line with school assessments.
• Being reflective of the classroom provision, sessions taught, progress made, and adjusting environment, planning and curriculum to reflect this.
• Supporting SEN (POD), EAL and G&T students and ensuring that their needs are met through differentiation.
• Meeting with other professionals such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and educational psychologists, if required, to best cater to diverse learning needs of pupils.
• Facilitating Hybrid / Distance Learning / Face to Face lessons.
Assessment and data:
• Taking responsibility for student progress of the class. Consistently and effectively making use of data relating to student’s prior attainment to set well-grounded expectations/targets for pupils, monitor their progress and to give constructive feedback.
• Meeting requirements for assessments and recording students’ development using Target Tracker.
• Using data gathered from assessments to inform decisions regarding further planning, provision, and interventions.
• Providing feedback to parents and carers on students’ progress and development at Parent Teacher conferences and meetings (PTMs).
Behavior management and duties:
• Follow the school’s established policies and procedures, e.g., behavior, code of conduct and child safeguarding policy.
• Manage classes effectively, using approaches which are appropriate to students’ needs in order to inspire, motivate and challenge pupils.
• Maintain good relationships with pupils, exercise appropriate authority, and act decisively when necessary, within the school’s established policies.
• Be a positive role model and demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values, and behavior, which are expected of pupils.
• Have high expectations of good conduct, promoting self-control and independence of all learners.
• To ensure a safe and secure environment that allows for appropriate social, emotional, and academic growth for all students.
Wider professional responsibilities:
• To work as part of a curriculum action group, supporting planning, assessment, resources, and special events linked to the team.
• Support in organizing and taking part in school events, outings and extra-curricular activities (ECAs).
• Communicate effectively with parents/carers with regards to student’s achievements and well-being using school systems/processes as appropriate.
• Take initiative of own professional development to secure high quality teaching and for successful execution of roles and responsibilities.
Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Primary/Early Years Education or a Bachelor’s degree with a mandatory post teaching qualification (PGCE or similar in EYFS or Primary).
Minimum Experience: A minimum of 1 year experience teaching the England National curriculum (ENC) in a similar role. However, NQTs are also welcome to apply.
Job Specific Knowledge & Skills:
• Experience working with students whom English is not their first language (EAL) students.
• Mandatory experience teaching the England National Curriculum in an early years setting.
• To be able to deal professionally with a range of stakeholders.
• Passion for teaching and commitment to educating and nurturing children.
• A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children.
• Recent and consistent involvement in extra-curricular activities.
• A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life.
• Warmth, empathy, credibility, self-belief, integrity, drive and child centered.
• To be able to prioritize workload and multitask.
• IT Literate and familiar with online technologies to aid in 21st century teaching.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with parents in a diverse multi-cultural environment.
