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MENA Consultant

Learning Resources Department Supervisor

School Leadership & AdministrationPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeAmman, JordanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree in Special Education or a related educational discipline is required.
  • A minimum of 15 years of practical experience in special education, learning support programmes, or learning resources programmes is required.
  • Experience preparing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), overseeing their implementation, and assessing progress toward their objectives is required.
  • Experience applying educational assessment and diagnostic tools, interpreting results, and using findings to identify students’ learning needs is required.
  • Knowledge of differentiated teaching approaches and strategies, including curriculum adaptations suited to students’ abilities and individual needs, is required.
  • Experience reviewing teacher performance and offering professional guidance and constructive feedback is required.
  • Proficiency in computers and office applications used to produce reports and plans and maintain organized student records is required.
  • Fluency in Arabic and English, written and spoken, is required.
  • Ability to guide the department team, structure its work, allocate responsibilities, and follow up on effective execution is required.
  • Understanding of special education principles, IEPs, differentiated teaching strategies, and ways to address students’ individual learning needs is required.
  • Ability to develop weekly schedules and plans, establish priorities, and track delivery of educational and administrative plans against agreed timelines is required.
  • Ability to interpret assessment findings, track student progress, recognize opportunities for improvement, and make appropriate decisions informed by available data is required.
  • Ability to communicate professionally with students, parents, teaching staff, school management, and other relevant parties is required.
  • Ability to offer guidance and feedback to teachers and student support assistants and help strengthen their professional skills is required.
  • Ability to work closely with classroom teachers, subject coordinators, and relevant parties to coordinate efforts in meeting students’ needs is required.
  • Ability to respond to unexpected situations and everyday challenges, adapting procedures to student needs and work requirements, is required.
  • Commitment to protecting the confidentiality of student data, files, and reports and managing them responsibly and professionally is required.

Responsibilities

  • Develop weekly student schedules that align with classroom schedules.
  • Prepare the department’s weekly teaching schedules.
  • Collect and record information to keep student files up to date.
  • Coordinate lesson coverage during the absence of department teachers.
  • Submit requests for the materials, equipment, and instructional resources needed by the department.
  • Contribute to the committee developing students’ IEPs, working with the teachers responsible for each student and other relevant parties.
  • Examine teachers’ weekly plans to confirm their alignment with curriculum requirements and students’ IEPs.
  • Oversee daily lessons to monitor the quality of teaching, learning, and curriculum delivery.
  • Provide department teachers with instructional resources and teaching strategies that support students’ IEPs.
  • Follow up on the implementation of IEPs.
  • Conduct weekly one-to-one meetings with department teachers to discuss student progress and offer guidance where needed.
  • Supervise the administrative and educational aspects of student support assistants’ work, holding weekly meetings to provide direction and necessary guidance.
  • Help plan and deliver professional development programmes and training courses for department staff.
  • Examine admission records for students with special needs, conduct interviews, arrange diagnostic assessments for applicants when required, and provide recommendations to the Admissions Committee.
  • Develop procedures for identifying students who require support programme services, obtaining parental consent, assessing students, and selecting the appropriate learning environment for their needs.
  • Gather and analyse standardized diagnostic assessment results to inform the development of IEPs, and help communicate these results to parents and provide suitable guidance.
  • Help adapt curricula to address students’ needs while meeting curriculum requirements, in consultation with classroom teachers or upper-grade subject coordinators.
  • Assess students’ learning outcomes and contribute to adjustments to their IEPs when needed.
  • Develop procedures and mechanisms that enable differentiated instruction across all classrooms and supervise their application.
  • Build teaching staff’s capacity to address students’ individual learning needs throughout the school.

Desired Qualifications

  • A relevant master’s degree is preferred.
  • Experience in educational supervision or the management of support programmes is preferred.

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