Classroom Assistant - UAE Nationals

Role Overview

Aldar Education is hiring a UAE National Classroom Assistant for Abdulla Bin Otaiba Charter School in Abu Dhabi, with an immediate start planned for December 2025. The school follows an American curriculum and serves mixed-gender primary students. It promotes high standards and focuses on creating a collaborative, leadership-driven, and creative learning environment.

What You Will Do

• Support individual students and small groups inside and outside the classroom so they can take part fully in school activities and maintain their social, emotional, and physical well-being.
• Stay alert to health and safety matters and take a proactive approach to them.
• Help put individual education plans into practice and track student progress.
• Assist students who need additional support, including those with emotional or behavioural challenges, while helping them build social skills.
• Help teachers keep student records up to date.
• Create and display student work in the classroom and around the school.
• Support teaching activities by photocopying and handling other related tasks.
• Work in line with school aims, health and safety rules, relevant legislation, and school policies.
• Maintain a professional standard in dress, punctuality, and attendance.
• Take part in team and staff meetings when needed.
• Coordinate with specialists such as speech therapists and occupational therapists as required.
• Carry out any other duties assigned by the principal from time to time.
• Provide academic support through group instruction or one-to-one help as directed by the teacher.
• Demonstrate learning activities and teaching support methods.
• Monitor classwork, check work in progress, and correct it when appropriate.
• Keep students focused and engaged on assigned tasks.
• Encourage learners by praising effort and achievement and sharing progress updates with the teacher.
• Organize learning materials at the end of the day.
• Check student attendance.
• Supervise students in classrooms and other school areas.
• Support the development of behaviour policy and help build student self-esteem.
• Address misbehaviour according to the whole-school discipline policy.

Qualifications and Requirements

• You must be a UAE National.
• A minimum of a secondary school certificate is required; a bachelor’s degree is also acceptable.
• At least 2 years of experience working in UAE schools is necessary.
• You should have English language ability, or proficiency in the language used in the school curriculum.

School Context

Abdulla Bin Otaiba Charter School is a mixed-gender primary school in central Abu Dhabi, delivering an American curriculum. The school emphasizes excellence, strong expectations, and a learning culture built on collaboration, leadership, and creativity.

Additional Information

This position is intended for an immediate start in December 2025.