Special Education needs Coordinator /Science coordinator
Al Sanawbar School
Total years of experience :8 years, 7 Months
JOB Title (SENCO, Special Education Needs Coordinator )
- Identifying students with learning difficulties through direct monitoring and teachers feedback;
- Set up action plans to provide support for students;
- Prepare IEP’s (Individual Education Plans ) for students with learning difficulties;
- Observe students with special needs within the classroom to provide proper support and guidance;
- Communicate effectively with students with special learning difficulties;
- Prepare weekly monitoring forms ( signed by parents ) to track students progress;
- Prepare end of term reports to monitor students progress;
- Use inventive methods with the students who need support to ease the learning process;
- Work in cooperation with parents to improve the students' outcomes;
- Coordinate between the teachers and special needs students;
- Coordinate between the teachers and the parents;
- Train teachers on the strategies used with each of the students with learning difficulties;
- Keep detailed records of the progress achieved by each student;
- Monitor the social, emotional, and physical well being of the students;
- Encourage the students with special needs to improve their social skills by enrolling them in extracurricular activities;
- Model & encourage appropriate social skills for those students with communication & social interaction difficulties;
- Prepare a merit system to reward students for their outstanding behavioral or academic performance;
- Give out certificates and gifts to encourage students and keep them motivated.
• September 2013-2015 Al Sanawbar School Al Ain, UAE
JOB Title (Science coordinator, Elementary level)
- Supervise lesson plans, activities, assessments, and all documentations related to science
- Monitor teachers performance to provide the proper guidance;
- Provide support for science teacher through planning;
- Amend lesson plans and sheets to suite the level of the students without altering the basic concepts nor the yearly plan;
- Coordinate between parents and teachers regarding any inquiries about science;
- Teach science for grade 4 & 5;
- Prepare differentiated lesson plans and activities;
- Communicate with parents for support and feedback;
- Prepare result analysis at the end of term to monitor the students’ academic progress
- Develop action plans based on the finding of result analysis;
- Regular staff meetings to discuss science department issues;
JOB Title : (LSA, learning support section )/(English Language B teacher)
- Support students on curriculum-related tasks and aid them in overcoming barriers to learning.
- Support students on a one-to-one basis in specific cases and in others support the whole class.
- Ensure that the students do not become isolated or appear different from their peers.
- Provide positive reinforcement and encouragement to the young people, to help build up their self-esteem and confidence.
- Monitoring the social, emotional and physical wellbeing of the students.
- Teaching students with special needs (English language B) by using several selected resources (Books, videos, articles, etc….), that meets the needs of each and every one of them.
- Planning and preparing lessons and grading papers.
- Always available to give my students any extra help they may need at my free periods and break times.
- Measuring the growth of a student's knowledge and skills using the MYP rubrics.
- Clarifying the objective and the criteria of the assignment and the evaluation standards.
- Overseeing study halls and supervising extracurricular activities.
- Communicate effectively with students with specific additional support needs.
- Amending the curriculum and the assessments to suite each and every student’s level.
- Looking for and trying out innovative approaches to improve their skills and learning abilities.
- Dealing professionally with any disruptive pupils even when placed under pressure.
- Preparing regular reports on student’s accomplishment for all the studied subjects.
- Able to interest and involve the students and encourage them to learn, develop and interact.
- Working closely with parents and providing them with advice and guidance.
- Keeping detailed records of the progress achieved by each student and preparing Individual Educational Plans.
- Observe pupils in more than one subject area and suggesting strategies that they’ve seen work for particular problems with particular pupils.
- Support students in moving around the school and in accessing the curriculum without obstructing the development of independent learning.
- Support students in making notes - without actually doing it for them
- Help build the students’ confidence & self-esteem by developing positive relationships with them and ensuring that they can experience success in the tasks that they are doing
- Coordinating between the students and the classroom teacher.
- Teaching Combined Sciences and English to MYP students.
Communicate effectively with students with specific additional support needs.
- Looking for and trying out innovative approaches to improve their skills and learning abilities.
- Dealing professionally with any disruptive pupils even when placed under pressure .
- Able to interest and involve them and encourage them to learn, develop and interact .
- Amending the curriculum and the assessments to suite each and every student’s level.
- Working closely with parents and providing them with advice and guidance
- Keeping detailed records of the progress achieved by each student and preparing Individual Educational Plans.
- Help build the students’ confidence & self-esteem by developing positive relationships with them and ensuring that they can experience success in the tasks that they are doing.
- Support students in making notes - without actually doing it for them
- Work with students with emotional/behavioural difficulties, to re-focus them on their work
- Where appropriate, coordinate between student & teacher as students often find it easier to discuss difficulties with a well-known LSA than with a teacher.
- Model & encourage appropriate social skills for those students with communication & social interaction difficulties
- Teaching Combined Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, and English, to junior and senior level students.
While in collage I have attended Injaz Program for personal and professional development, - The program involved several courses in: SS (successful skills). Leadership. .