Primary EAL Educational Assistant - August 2025 start

Reports to: The Primary EAL Coordinator and Head of School (Primary) 

Responsibilities: To provide additional language support to EAL pupils in class and small group lessons in line with individual needs

Key Areas of Responsibility

 Supporting Teaching & Learning

• Build and maintain positive and constructive working relationships with students, families, multi-agencies, professionals and colleagues, to maximise students’ development and maintain the overall ethos and vision of the school
• Support EAL students in class and in small group lessons based on EAL provision mapping
• Plan for small group lessons based on existing EAL/class teacher planning and/or available programs and resources
• Complete individual daily assessments for small group lessons to track progress and inform future planning
• Schedule WIDA assessments of current BST EAL students at the start and end of each academic year. to track progress and inform future provision
• Provide feedback to the students and class teacher/EAL teacher which contributes to the planning and assessment cycle to inform future learning
• Use effective behavioural management strategies, for example, restorative justice, in order to promote positive interactions in line with BST’s policies and procedures.

Preparing the Learning Environment & Supporting the Curriculum

• Update and maintain EAL databases.
• Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment and assist with displays that enhance and celebrate student’s language learning.
• Effectively resource specialist areas to deliver the curriculum effectively in liaison with the class teacher/EAL teacher.
• Support educational staff and pupils on school trips/residentials as required, by taking responsibility for a group of children and adhering to the relevant school policies and documentation.
• To actively supervise and facilitate play, modelling positive interactions with one another during play times.

Training & Development

• Actively engage in professional learning opportunities to support the school’s priorities and for their own professional development.
• Use reflective practices through the BST Professional Review and Development (PRD) process and be proactive in working towards professional development goals.

Families & Safeguarding

• Committed to working with the staff team to ensure the highest levels of safeguarding are upheld at all times. 
• Report any safeguarding concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Adhere to all safeguarding policies, practices and expectations.

Personal & Professional Conduct

• Demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct, including confidentiality in line with the BST Code of Conduct.
• Maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour within and outside school.
• Treat students with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to an Educational Assistant’s professional position.
• Show regard for the need to safeguard students’ well-being, in accordance with statutory provisions
• Show tolerance of and respect for the rights of others.
• Demonstrate positive attitudes, values and behaviours within the ethos, policies and practices of BST
• Maintain high standards in their own attendance, punctuality and appearance which are in line with school policies.

How to Apply

Please see the full job description, and apply via our website directly via the following link: EAL EA.

Closing date for applications: January 5th 2025

The British School in Tokyo welcomes applications from suitably skilled applicants from all backgrounds.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check or International Child Protection Check, and provision of satisfactory background checks for at least the past 5 years.

Further information about the school is available on the School’s website www.bst.ac.jp