Learning Support Teacher - Beijing Campus

Summary/Objective: 

The Learning Support is responsible for planning and implementing a differentiated educational programme that caters for the learning needs of individual students.

Essential Functions:

• Working alongside the Individual Needs Coordinator and the wellbeing team.
• Design Individual Learning Plans and work with students that require additional educational support, due to learning difficulties or disabilities and/or those students that are gifted and need extension support.
• Take a strategic overview of all forms of support designed to ensure pupils with Individual educational needs achieve success.
• To ensure that the needs of all pupils with Individual needs are met and that they are supported to make good progress.
• Collaborate and offer practical support and advice to class teachers and Coordinators, enabling them to offer high-quality provision to those students with individual needs.
• Support and advise the parents of students listed with Individual Needs, and particularly those parents whose children have a diagnosed special need.
• Select appropriate learning resources and assist with developing study skills.
• Support both students and their families.
• Equip students with the skills to be successful, productive, global citizens.
• Serve on a team that assesses and evaluates all standardized tests to ascertain the best approaches to teaching and learning.
• Work closely with the Student Wellbeing Coordinator, Middle and High School Coordinators and Counsellor to discuss student needs and assist them in becoming more confident, motivated and self-disciplined learners
• Develop and maintain Individual Needs Register, keeping precise data on students with Special Educational Needs
• coordinating the organisation of Individual Education Plans and meeting with teachers and support staff each term to establish targets and review progress
• organising and implementing Reviews for all students with educational needs.
• working alongside the Counsellor, Middle & High School student Coordinators and Student Wellbeing Coordinator to maintain and monitor high-quality intervention programmes to assist lower-performing pupils to achieve success and reach grade and age level standards.
• supporting the professional development of staff by delivering continuing professional development sessions on aspects of special educational needs
• teaching individuals and small groups of pupils with Individual Needs who require the very specific targeted additional provision and ensuring they achieve success
• purchasing resources
• Undertake such other duties as may be determined with the Principal or Assistant Principal.