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Job Title: Learning Support/SEN Teacher (ECE&PRI) (YWIES-GZ-2022-PRI004)
Posted Date: 11/19/2020 Expiration Date: -
Location: YWIES - Guangzhou # of Openings: 1
Effective From: Other(08/01/2021)
Job Description: The LS teacher, with the support of the Coordinators and Co-Principals, takes responsibility for the LS day-to-day operations, provision made for students with LS needs, and provide professional guidance in the area of LS in order to secure high quality teaching, and the effective use of resources to bring about improved standards of attainment for all students.

Duties:
A. Have knowledge and understanding of
• The characteristics of effective teaching and learning styles, including the main strategies for improving and sustaining high standards of student achievement and promoting their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and their good behavior, and how those strategies can be used to support students with LS;
• How information and communication technology can be used to help students gain access to the curriculum, as an aid to teaching and learning and as a means of communication between those teaching students with LS needs;
• Have a detailed knowledge of the relevant aspects of the National Curriculum for England and Chinese Curriculum, and other requirements.
• Relevant research, international guidelines, including the LS Code of Practice and equal opportunities legislation and how these apply to students
• The requirements to communicate information effectively to teachers, management, external agencies, parents and other schools or colleges on transfer
• How to contribute to the professional development of other staff in relation to students with LS needs; including how to recognize and deal with stereotyping in relation to disability or race;
• The purpose of individual education plans, including leading their formulation and planning their implementation and review.

B. Planning and setting expectations
• Analyze and interpret relevant international, national, local and schools data plus research evidence to inform the LS guidelines, practices, expectations, targets and teaching methods
• Work with students, subject leaders and class teachers with tutorial/pastoral responsibilities to ensure that realistic expectations of behavior and achievements are set for students with LS needs

C. Teaching and managing students learning
• Identify and disseminate the most effective teaching approaches for students with LS needs
• Monitor the effectiveness of appropriate teaching and learning activities and target setting to meet the needs of students with LS needs
• Support the development of improvements in literacy, numeracy, information and communication technology skills, as well as access to wider curriculum. Identify and develop study skills to support students in their ability to work independently and learn more effectively
• Lead and develop effective liaison between schools to ensure there is good continuity in terms of support and progression in learning when students with LS transfer

D. Assessment and evaluation
• Collect and interpret specialist assessment data gathered on students and use it to inform practice
• Devise, implement and evaluate systems for identifying, assessing and reviewing students’ LS needs in relation to the school’s LS guidelines
• Provide regular information to the Coordinators and Co-Principals on the evaluation of the effectiveness of provision for students with LS needs, to inform decision making and policy review

E. Student Achievement
• Support staff in understanding the learning needs of students with LS needs and the importance of raising their achievement
• Monitor the progress made in setting objectives and targets for students with LS needs, assist in the evaluation of and the effectiveness of teaching and learning and use the analysis to guide further improvement
• Ensure the establishment of opportunities for themselves, learning support assistants and other teachers to review the needs, progress and targets of students with LS needs
F. Relations with parents and wider community
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships between parents and the school’s staff so as to promote students’ learning; communicate effectively; providing information to parents about targets, achievements and progress
• Develop effective liaison with external agencies in order to provide maximum support for students with LS needs

G. Managing own performance and development
• Chair reviews, case conferences and meetings effectively
• Judge when to make decisions, and when to consult with others including external agencies
• Prioritize and manage their own time effectively, particularly in relation to balancing the demands made by administrative duties, teaching and acting as a resource for colleagues
• Take responsibility for their own professional development

H. Managing and developing staff and other adults
• Encourage all members of staff to recognize and fulfill their responsibilities to students with LS needs
• Advise, contribute to, and where appropriate, co-ordinate the professional development of staff to increase their effectiveness in responding to students with LS needs and provide support and training to trainee and newly qualified teachers in relation to students with LS needs, understanding their needs and importance of raising their achievement
• Support staff by ensuring that all those involved have the information necessary to secure improvements in teaching and learning
• Support staff in developing students’ understandings of the duties, opportunities, responsibilities and rights of citizens
• Support staff in developing constructive working relationships

I. Managing resources
• Establish staff and resource requirements to meet students’ LS needs, advise the coordinators and Co-Principals of likely priorities for expenditure and allocate resources made available with maximum efficiency to meet the goals of the school and LS guidelines to maximize students’ achievements and to ensure value for money
• Deploy, or advise the coordinators and Co-Principals on the deployment of staff involved in working with students with LS needs to ensure the most efficient use of teaching and other expertise
• Organize and co-ordinate the deployment of learning resources, including information and communications technology, and monitor their effectiveness
• Maintain existing resources and explore opportunities to develop or incorporate new resources from the wide range of sources inside and outside the school
• Use accommodation to create an effective & stimulating environment for the teaching & learning of the subject
• Ensure that there is a safe working & learning environment in which risks are properly assessed

J. Strategic leadership
• Contribute effectively to the development of a positive ethos in which all students have access to a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum and which contributes to students’ spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development and in preparing students for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life
• Ensure the objectives of the LS policy are reflected in the school development plan, that effective systems are in place to identify and meet needs and that they are coordinated, monitored, evaluated and reviewed
• Set standards and provide examples of best practice for other teachers in identifying, assessing and meeting students’ LS needs

K. Perform other duties as may be required by the Co-Principals
Job Requirements:
School Introduction
Yew Wah International Education School of Guangzhou (YWIES-GZ)
广州耀华国际教育学校(广州耀华国际教育学校)
Contact E-Mail: zoeqian@ywies.com
Website URL: http://www.ywies-gz.com/en/
Phone: 020 6290 3388
Postal Code: 510897
Address: No. 9, Xue’er Street, Beixing, Huadong Town, Huadu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P.R.C.
广东省广州花都区花东镇北兴学而街9号
Description: Yew Wah international education is built upon the many decades of experience of Yew Chung International School in offering quality international education in Hong Kong and mainland China. Dr Betty Chan Po-king and Professor Paul Yip Kwok-wah, respectively Director and Chairman of the Board of Yew Wah International Education Foundation, have founded the Yew Wah series of schools with a passion to bring international education to mainland Chinese students. Yew Wah International Education Centre was first set up in Shanghai in 1998, and the first Yew Wah International Education School (YWIES) was founded in Yantai in 2000 and Yew Wah continues to extend its education services by starting up International Education Kindergartens and Infant and Toddler Education Centres in Chongqing, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing.

YWIES Guangzhou opened in Huadu, Guangzhou in September 2014 while YWIES Beijing in BP International Education Park located in Yizhuang, Beijing will also be rolled out soon.
YWIES Guangzhou is scheduled to be set up in Huadu, Guangzhou in 2014 while YWIES Beijing in BP International Education Park located in Yizhuang, Beijing will also be rolled out soon.

YWIES takes a holistic approach that creates a positive, caring, joyful and appreciative learning environment and nurtures the whole person, meeting the intellectual, social, physical and spiritual needs of students. Our mission is to bring quality international education to the children of China. Students experience multicultural programmes and a bilingual environment where their active and joyful participation is encouraged. We also value character development and are devoted to developing students’ understanding of different cultures and respect for diversity. We focus on nurturing students to become confident individuals with positive characters and global perspectives in addition to a profound understanding of the Chinese culture.

耀华国际教育建基于耀中国际学校多年在香港及内地城市推行优质国际教育的经验之上。耀华国际教育机构校监陈保琼博士及董事局主席叶国华教授,结合开 办国际学校并提供全方位教育服务的经验,创办了以招收中国学生为主的耀华国际教育系列:1998年于上海成立耀华国际教育中心,2000年在烟台开办第一 所耀华国际教育学校,随后在重庆、深圳、上海及北京开设国际教育幼儿园及婴幼儿教育中心。

广州耀华教育管理有限公司为广州耀华国际教育学校后勤服务管理公司,共同隶属于耀华国际教育机构,致力于为广大家长和学生提供健康、安全和舒适的校车、餐饮、宿舍及后勤服务。

广州耀华国际教育学校在2014年9月于广州市花都区花东镇九龙湖国际社区正式开学, 而北京耀华国际教育学校也即将于北京亦庄保华国际教育园开办。
耀华国际教育学校提倡全人教育,致力创建积极、关爱、愉悦、充满欣赏的教育环境,为学生提供最理想的学习及生活经历,促使学生在智能、社会性、体能 及精神方面获得全面发展。耀华提供多元化的课程,致力把国际教育带到您的家园,使学生不出国门,也能真切体验国际教育氛围,接受优质的中英双语教育,并在 愉悦的环境下主动、积极地学习,同时亦重视学生的品格发展,竭力培养孩子对不同文化的理解和尊重,建立自信、健康的人格,成就既有中国深厚文化底蕴、又拥 有国际视野的人才和成为有社会责任感的世界公民。
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