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For teaching assistants, learning support assistants (LSAs), Inclusion Assistants and Individual Assistants in UAE public and private schools, in every emirate, and for anyone new to the role. You will learn what the role involves and why you work under the direction of the class teacher, who stays accountable for every student's learning. You will learn which regulator your school follows and what it expects before you start. You will learn the national Code of Conduct for Education Professionals and the cultural expectations that go with it: dress, physical contact, personal accounts and photos, tutoring, gifts, and staying neutral on religion and politics. You will practise supporting learning without creating dependency, supporting students of determination through their plan without labelling anyone, and keeping information private. You will learn to respond to behaviour through the school's system, to use physical intervention only as a last resort, and to pass any worry about a child to your child protection lead straight away. Where regulators differ, your school and regulator will tell you the detail. The course is built on the Ministry of Education's Code of Conduct for Education Professionals in General Education (2022), Federal Decree-Law No. 18 of 2020 on Private Education, ADEK's Staff Eligibility, Employment, Inclusion, Professional Code of Ethics, Cultural Consideration, Digital and Student Behavior policies, KHDA's staff appointment rules and inclusive education framework, the Ministry of Education's School for All rules and Ministerial Resolution No. 851 of 2018, and Federal Law No. 3 of 2016 on Child Rights (Wadeema's Law).
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
12 questions are selected for each attempt, one group per learning outcome. You need 80% to pass. If you do not pass, the feedback points you back to the section each question came from. You have 3 attempts to pass. A pass is never counted, so you can always take the course again once you have passed. 5 attempts that do not pass within 12 months close the assessment for 12 months.
An employer sees whether you passed and your certificate. They never see your answers, your scores or how many attempts you took.
14 sections you can read or listen to, and a certificate when you pass.
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Teaching Assistant Essentials for UAE Schools
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One section is open below. The other 13, the narration, the transcripts and the assessment come with Basic or Premium.
Teaching assistants and learning support assistants (LSAs) help students learn, and help the teacher teach.
In Abu Dhabi and Dubai, these last two roles replaced an older job title (both were once called shadow teachers).
Based on: the Ministry of Education's School for All general rules (2010, pages 49 and 65); ADEK's Staff Eligibility Policy (version 1.3, page 12); ADEK's Inclusion Policy (version 1.3, section 4.1, items 3 and 4); KHDA's Dubai Inclusive Education Policy Framework (2017, sections 4.11 to 4.13) and its Implementing Inclusive Education guide (2019, pages 29 and 39); and general good practice (the opening).
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