Secondary Learning Support Assistants

Description:

The Secondary Language Support Assistant at SISD is expected to support the English teachers in ensuring high quality education for all students in their specialist area and to help to improve the quality of learning and standards of achievement. In that, the Secondary Language Support Assistant works with teachers to support teaching and learning, providing general and specific assistance to pupils and staff under the direction, guidance, and mainly direct supervision of the classroom teacher. He/She should conduct themselves in an appropriately professional manner at all timesto support and foster the aims and ethos of SISD.

Role Requirements

• A fluent first language German speaker.
• A positive, flexible, ‘can do’ work ethic.
• A genuine love for education and a desire to instil this in students.
• A commitment to ensuring high standards of teaching and learning.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Strong collaboration skills to foster partnerships with teachers, students, and parents.
• A clear personal philosophy on education and how this informs practice.
• A genuine interest in progressive, inclusive student-centred approaches to pedagogy.
• An interest in social enterprise, charity, and service learning, and how these can be embedded formally into the curriculum.
• A desire to be involved in the life of the school beyond the classroom and an understanding of the importance of this to student learning
• Excellent standards of personal presentation.
• Enjoyment of working in a positive, collaborative team environment with the values of honesty, integrity, and mutual support at the core.
• An enthusiasm for engaging with diverse cultures tempered only with high levels of patience and adaptability.
• Inter-culturally aware with well-developed interpersonal skills.