Primary Learning Support Teacher

Date: 11 Oct 2024

Location:

Bangkok, TH

Job ID: 3615

School: St Andrews International School Bangkok

Company: Nord Anglia Education

St Andrews International School Bangkok is one of 79 schools in the Nord Anglia Education (NAE) family. We offer a British educational curriculum with an international perspective that begins in Nursery and leads up to IGCSE examinations in Year 11, and culminates with the International Baccalaureate Diploma after completing Year 13. We are an inclusive school that invites children from all backgrounds and abilities to participate in the educational offerings on our diverse campus.

Founded in 1997 on an attractive, conveniently located site, with excellent facilities and access to local transportation. Today we have more than 2,000 students over a Primary School and High School campus, representing some 55 nationalities ranging from Foundation Stage to Year 13. Our state-of-the-art High School campus (next to Ekkamai BTS) opened in August 2017 giving our students the benefit of world-class teaching and facilities.

As part of the NAE family of schools, we are delighted to be able to offer some unique collaborations with world-class establishments, including the Juilliard School of Performing Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and UNICEF.

Job Description

Reporting to Director of Whole School Learning Support and Primary Learning Support Coordinators.

General Responsibilities:

To employ appropriate teaching methods to facilitate learning in accordance with the age, stage, aptitude and ability of the children in your care.
To keep up-to-date with current educational practices and theory.
To teach and deliver literacy, numeracy and phonics interventions
To implement the school’s assessment and reporting procedures.
To participate in and deliver professional development sessions
To maintain record-keeping procedures in keeping with school policies and good Educational Practice. These should be relevant to the age of your students.
To make the school a welcoming and stimulating environment that will encourage children to actively participate in all that is required of them.
To meet with parents to discuss the children’s progress and to provide the parents with written reports in accordance with school policy.
Lead a small team of Learning Support Assistants to ensure that the student’s learning needs are met and they are able to access the curriculum as fully as possible.
To be an ambassador for the school in the wider local and global community.

The whole school community and environment:

To make the school a welcoming and stimulating environment that encourages children to participate actively in all that is required of them.
To educate the children so that they become lively thinking and responsive individuals by providing differentiated experiences in all areas of the curriculum.
To participate in extracurricular activities once a week.
To support promotional activities associated with the advancement of the School.
To be an ambassador for the School in the wider local and global community.
To promote the House system within the school and organise one House activity per year.

The following additional responsibilities apply:

Help to observe and assess children who have been referred to the learning support team by class teachers.
Plan, organise and implement teaching programs that support children’s areas of need during in-class support, Literacy or Maths support, small group or one-to-one withdrawal sessions.
Attend planning meetings in person (or if not possible, meet separately) to feedback to class teachers to keep them up to date with children’s progress
To liaise effectively between parents and class teachers, ensuring that all parties know and understand the targets set for their children.
Preparing (in conjunction with specialists and the class teacher), implementing, monitoring and reviewing ILHPs and therefore student progress.
Act as a key worker for children assigned by the Primary Learning Support Coordinators

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people can thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils where we embrace all race, abilities, religions, genders, and cultures.
All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.
We welcome applications from suitable qualified persons from all diverse backgrounds
Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.