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Responsible for: SEN Primary class KS1/2

Purpose and summary of job

The role of the Teaching Assistant (TA) is primarily to help to provide a happy, secure, caring and effective environment in which learning can best take place. The support provided is for the student, the teacher, the curriculum and the school. The role involves carrying out a range of tasks, under the direction of a Teacher contributing to the general care of students and helping to assist in the delivery and evaluation of specific programmes.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Support for the student:

By carrying out the following duties as directed by the Teacher

1.To establish and maintain relationships with individual children and groups

2.To provide care and support for individual children in formal, informal and new learning situations. This includes responding to health problems and helping the child with hygiene and personal/intimatecaremattersconsistentwithPersonal, SocialandHealthEducation programme

3. To enable children to participate in learning activities by providing support, as appropriate for their specific difficulties:

• Communication and interaction difficulties.
• Cognition and learning difficulties.
• Behavioural, emotional and social development needs.
• Sensory and/or physical impairment.

4.To help children develop their literacy and numeracy skills. This will also involve providing literacy and numeracy support to help them access wider aspects of the curriculum.

Support for the teacher(s)

By carrying out the following duties as directed by the Teacher:

5.To provide effective support for colleagues by maintaining positive working relationships and developing effectiveness in a support role. This involves helping inexperienced staff to develop their skills

6.To assist the teacher in organising the learning environment, preparing and maintaining materials and resources

7. To support the delivery of the curriculum by taking responsibility for working with groups or individuals, in a range of subjects and situations, under the direction and guidance of the Teacher

8. To observe student performance, contribute to reports and maintain records as required, ensuring that confidentiality is maintained

9. To contribute to the planning and evaluation of programmes and activities

10. To support the use of information and communication technology in the classroom

Support for the school

11. To attend for work reliably and punctually

12. To know where to access policies and to be aware of and follow their contents

13. To promote positive behaviour by applying policy and implementing current programmes and strategies for all children with whom you work. This includes the use of appropriate physical interventions where necessary, having received training

14. To develop your own practice through the supervision and appraisal process, ensuring your training needs are identified and addressed.

15. To use all communication channels effectively and attend meetings to support the smooth running of the education team.

16. To develop and maintain positive working relationships with other professionals and parents by attending case reviews, establishing phone contact and producing reports

17. To ensure that people with whom you have contact have equal opportunities, to acknowledge their individual differences and uphold their rights and responsibilities, including the right not to be discriminated against.

18. To cover for an absent teacher for a short period of time, as requested within the following parameters:

Only where there is no supply teacher, other teacher available to cover for the absent teacher

19. To carry out, as and when required, any additional tasks and responsibilities as are reasonably compatible with this job description and its objectives.

Health & Safety

20. To contribute to the maintenance of a safe and secure learning environment. This includes taking the appropriate action in the event of an emergency

A duty exists (under Health & Safety legislation) to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and that of others. This implies taking positive steps to understand the hazards in the workplace, to evaluate and take action to reduce the risks. It is expected that you comply with safety rules and procedures and to ensure that nothing you do, or fail to do, puts yourself or others at risk.

Everything possible must be done to protect students and others from abuse of a physical, sexual, neglectful, financial or institutional nature. This includes an absolute requirement to report any incident of this nature you witness, hear about or suspect.

The contribution of this role:

By effectively carrying out this role, you will be contributing to a high-quality learning environment which will help to maximise the children's attainment. The education we provide will be further enhanced if you keep abreast of current developments in best practice and use them to address the child's needs in both educational and social contexts. This will make an important contribution to achieving the school and JV Company education goals.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge

1. Knowledge of general health, safety and welfare

2. General knowledge of child development/education

3. An awareness of actions or situations that might be considered as 'discrimination' and an understanding of how these can be prevented.

Skills and Abilities

4. Ability to attend work punctually and reliably

5. Ability to supervise and support children in classrooms and off site and be able to use appropriate physical interventions effectively

6. Ability to effectively plan learning activities, including use of other support staff and to teach individuals and groups of children for short periods of time.

7. Ability to demonstrate good organisational skills

8. Ability to build and maintain good relationship with children in order to motivate and encourage appropriately

9. Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with work colleagues and external contacts

10. Ability to work flexibly in relation to tasks undertaken and groups/children allocated.

11. Ability to work effectively both under guidance and independently using initiative.

12. Ability to demonstrate good communication skills including ability to clarify and explain instructions clearly

13. Ability to demonstrate good literacy and numeracy skills

14. Ability and willingness to attend required training and to apply knowledge and skills in a practical learning setting

Experience

15. Experience of working effectively as part of a team

16. Experience of relating positively to children/young peopleills

Seniority level

• Seniority level Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Education and Training
• Industries Education

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This is an onsite position to teach students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Travel to the jobsite will be required and it will be a contract role for 4-6 months. All necessary business travel expenses will be handled by Coding Dojo._

As a Teaching Assistant, you will support the bootcamp instructors in teaching, lecturing, live demos and more. The position may include refining and creating courses to be released to Coding Dojo boot camp students.

**Responsibilities**
- Support Instructors by taking attendance, grading, and assisting with lectures, live demos, and labs
- Conduct configuration reviews and provide feedback to students as necessary
- Enforce the 20-minute rule
- Conduct frequent check-ins with students (every 20 minutes depending) to identify what students are working on, support their learning, and provide feedback
- Create and sustain a fun atmosphere for learning
- Support students remotely via Zoom & chat forums
- Provide student feedback to the instructor

**Core Competencies**
- Desire to help and explain concepts to students
- Enthusiasm - exhibits passion and excitement overwork. Has a can-do attitude
- Calm under pressure - maintains stable performance even when under heavy pressure or stress
- Intelligence - demonstrates the ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information
- Communication - can break down complex concepts in a simple, easy to understand the manner
- Humble - respectful of everyone
- Excellent oral and written communications skills

**Minimum Requirements**
- Bachelor's degree in data science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or related degree from an accredited college or university
- 1 year of industry experience working in a data science role (e.g. Data Management, Data Governance, Data Scientist, Data Analyst, etc.)
- Reliable internet connection and equipment to perform all job duties

**Benefits**
- Once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- All necessary travel expenses paid (plane ticket, living quarters, etc.)
- Excellent entry into portfolio/resume/CV
- Support from world class network of teaching staff
- Experience the technology and skills without the stress of actual development/engineering
- Be a part of the mission to diversify the tech industry
- Be on the cutting edge of new program development
- Work with students and staff from around the world
- Share your experience and knowledge with future generations

**About Coding Dojo**

Coding Dojo is a global education technology company that offers a three full-stack web development Bootcamp, as well as courses on Data Science and other emerging technologies. Our innovative curriculum and Learning Management System is designed to train students to become self-sufficient developers, regardless of their technical background. We also make it our mission to support underserved communities and increase diversity in the tech industry.

This position is a rare opportunity to join a rapidly growing company and make a positive impact in many people's lives. At Coding Dojo we pride ourselves on possessing a culture of execution that caters to wavemakers rather than wave riders. If you are interested in joining a diverse and dynamic team who values speed, continuous improvement, measurement, focus, accountability, and “attacking the gap”, you will feel right at home at Coding Dojo.
- Coding Dojo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Coding Dojo is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities._

This is an onsite position to teach students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Travel to the jobsite will be required and it will be a contract role for 4-6 months. All necessary business travel expenses will be handled by Coding Dojo._

As a teaching assistant you will support the bootcamp instructors in teaching, lecturing, live demos and more. The position may include refining and creating courses to be released to Coding Dojo boot camp students.

**Responsibilities**
- Support Instructors by taking attendance, grading, and assisting with lectures, live demos, and labs
- Conduct configuration reviews and provide feedback to students as necessary
- Enforce the 20-minute rule
- Conduct frequent check-ins with students (every 20 minutes depending) to identify what students are working on, support their learning, and provide feedback
- Create and sustain a fun atmosphere for learning
- Support students remotely via Zoom & chat forums
- Provide student feedback to the instructor

**Core Competencies**
- Proficient understanding of distributed computing principles
- Management of Hadoop cluster, with all included services
- Ability to solve any ongoing issues with operating the cluster
- Proficiency with Hadoop v2, MapReduce, HDFS
- Experience with building stream-processing systems, using solutions such as Storm or Spark-Streaming
- Good knowledge of Big Data querying tools, such as Pig, Hive, and Impala
- Experience with integration of data from multiple data sources
- Experience with NoSQL databases, such as HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB
- Knowledge of various ETL techniques and frameworks, such as Flume
- Experience with various messaging systems, such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Experience with Big Data ML toolkits, such as Mahout, SparkML, or H2O
- Experience with Cloudera/MapR/Hortonworks
- Desire to help and explain concepts to students
- Enthusiasm - exhibits passion and excitement overwork. Has a can-do attitude
- Calm under pressure - maintains stable performance even when under heavy pressure or stress
- Intelligence - demonstrates the ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information
- Communication - can break down complex concepts in a simple, easy to understand the manner
- Humble - respectful of everyone
- Excellent oral and written communications skills

**Minimum Requirements**
- Bachelor's degree in data science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or related degree from an accredited college or university
- 1 year industry experience in a related role working in a Big Data/AI related role
- Reliable internet connection and equipment to perform all job duties

**Benefits**
- Once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- All necessary travel expenses paid (plane ticket, living quarters, etc.)
- Excellent entry into portfolio/resume/CV
- Support from world class network of teaching staff
- Experience the technology and skills without the stress of actual development/engineering
- Be a part of the mission to diversify the tech industry
- Be on the cutting edge of new program development
- Work with students and staff from around the world
- Share your experience and knowledge with future generations

**About Coding Dojo**

Coding Dojo is a global education technology company that offers a three full-stack web development Bootcamp, as well as courses on Data Science and other emerging technologies. Our innovative curriculum and Learning Management System is designed to train students to become self-sufficient developers, regardless of their technical background. We also make it our mission to support underserved communities and increase diversity in the tech industry.

This position is a rare opportunity to join a rapidly growing company and make a positive impact in many people's lives. At Coding Dojo we pride ourselves on possessing a culture of execution that caters to wavemakers rather than wave riders. If you are interested in joining a diverse and dynamic team who values speed, continuous improvement, measurement, focus, accountability, and “attacking the gap”, you will feel right at home at Coding Dojo.
- Coding Dojo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Coding Dojo is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities._

**Data Science Instructor_Teaching Assistant**

**(Onsite in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)**

**This is an onsite position to teach students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Travel to the Jobsite will be required and it will be a contract role for 4-6 months. All necessary business travel expenses will be handled by Coding Dojo.**

**As an instructor, you will lead your own cohort. This position includes training through more complex projects, online/on-site classroom support, teaching, lecturing, live demos, and more. The position may include refining and creating courses to be released to Coding Dojo boot camp students.**

**Responsibilities**
- **Reviewing lecture content and preparing to instruct the class if needed (daily)**
- **Taking attendance (if TA is not present, daily)**
- **Assisting with the morning session (daily)**
- **Assisting with the afternoon session (daily)**
- **Moving through online breakout rooms to assist students (daily)**
- **Reviewing and leaving feedback on assignments (daily)**
- **Deliver instruction on data science, data analytics, machine learning, Python, SQL, statistics, probability, and data engineering**
- **Facilitate group discussions, demos, and in-class activities**
- **Follow industry trends in big data, deep learning, machine learning, and AI**
- **Play a hands-on role in curriculum development, and use what you learn from working with students to make the curriculum world-class**
- **Gather and report on student metrics**
- **Work alongside Coding Dojo’s Online Instruction team to deliver remote training.**
- **Participate in professional training, so you stay fresh!**
- **Responsible for potential deployment with new or existing Coding Dojo clients with the ability to contextualize work based on client requests**

**Core Competencies**
- **Experience in teaching, mentoring, industry training, online/classroom instruction**
- **Excellent troubleshooting skills, self-motivated, results-driven, and well-organized**
- **Excellent oral and written communications skills**

**Minimum Requirements**
- **Masters or Ph.D. in data science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or related degree from an accredited college or university**
- **3 years of industry experience working in a data science role (e.g. Data Management, Data Governance, Data Science Instructor, or Data Analyst)**
- **Reliable internet connection and equipment to perform all job duties**

**Benefits**
- **Once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia**
- **All necessary travel expenses paid (plane ticket, living quarters, etc.)**
- **Excellent entry into portfolio/resume/CV**
- **Support from a world-class network of teaching staff**
- **Experience the technology and skills without the stress of actual development/engineering**
- **Be a part of the mission to diversify the tech industry**
- **Be on the cutting edge of new program development**
- **Work with students and staff from around the world**
- **Share your experience and knowledge with future generations**

**Salary**: ﷼50,000.00 - ﷼100,000.00 per year

COVID-19 considerations:
About Coding Dojo
Coding Dojo is a global education technology company that offers a three full-stack computer programming Bootcamp, as well as courses on Data Science and other emerging technologies. Our innovative curriculum and Learning Management Syste

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Riyadh: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Application Question(s):

- 3 years of industry experience working in a data science role