Learning Support Assistant

"Our mission is to provide an inclusive, international education in a safe, happy, supportive and stimulating environment where all the needs of the individual learner are met. Students are inspired to be the best they can be, enabling them to become responsible global citizens."

Learning Support Assistant

Duties & Responsibilities:

LSAs to our Special Needs Program are full or part-time members of the Learning Support Department. Their role is to work alongside specialist, classroom and subject teachers and therapists, ensuring every student has their learning needs met and can access mainstream curriculum activities where possible. LSAs collaborating as part of the team work closely with specialist teachers to ensure student programs are well coordinated and strategies consistent to maximize student success.

In addition, LSAs working in this program are expected to engage in professional development opportunities and apply their learning to everyday classroom practice.

It is a demanding role that involves:

• Establishing a caring and nurturing relationship with students.
• Establishing effective working relationships with class / subject teachers.
• Developing professional relationships and effective communication with parents.
• Developing a broad knowledge of different disabilities, learning difficulties and curriculum areas.
• Being aware of the needs of individual students, using specific strategies and anticipating the implications of these needs in a variety of teaching and learning situations.

Qualifications:

Learning Support Assistants assist teachers to meet students’ needs by:

• Being punctual to all timetabled lessons and participating fully, at the direction of the class teacher.
• Follow strategies from Individual Plans for students to meet individualized goals.
• Adapting tasks and helping to prepare materials and resources.
• Differentiating language or reinforcing an activity.
• Clarifying or explaining content and instructions, either through visual support, written or orally.
• Ensure that students are able to use equipment correctly in a way that supports their learning.
• Facilitate positive behavior and interactions between students.
• Encourage students to develop independence and responsibility for their own learning where appropriate.
• Communicating closely with parents and taking guidance from specialist staff on best ways to support families.
• Accompany and assist students and staff on community involvement experiences. School trips, work experience and whole school activities such as cultural celebrations, productions and inter-school events.
• Participate in other school duties and activities as directed by the Head of Phase or Head of School

As well as all the qualities and professional attributes we are looking for in a Learning Support Assistant, this is a demanding and potentially exhausting role. We require potential candidates to be;

• Enthusiastic and committed to expanding professionally and personally eg. language, physically and emotionally.
• Willing to address and manage sensitively personal needs of students.
• Encouraging and motivating in their attitude when supporting student learning and development through the day

St Andrews is committed to ensuring the safety of all our students, and expects all staff to share the same commitment.(see our Child Protection Code of Conduct).

No applicant will be appointed without at least two references, including one from the most recent employer, a ten year criminal record check and relevant regional Prohibition Order/DBS checks.

Interested candidates, please submit a letter of application and full details of their CV.

The closing date for applications is 17th November 2024, with applications being reviewed as they are received. If you require any further information, please email [email protected]

School Description:

St Andrews International School Bangkok is one of 69 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.