Head of Inclusion
Nadeen School
Bahrain
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- Full Time, Fixed Term
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- 30 November 2024
Job overview
**Job Title:** Head of Inclusion
**Location:** Nadeen School, Bahrain
**Contract Type:** Full-Time
**About Nadeen School**
Nadeen School is a vibrant and inclusive educational community committed to providing a nurturing environment where every student can thrive. We pride ourselves on our holistic approach to education, ensuring that each child’s emotional, social, and academic needs are met.
**Role Overview**
The Head of Inclusion will be a key member of the senior leadership team, responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the school’s inclusion policies. This role is dedicated to ensuring that all students, regardless of their individual needs, have access to high-quality education and the necessary support to achieve their full potential.
**Key Responsibilities**
- **Leadership & Strategy:**
- Develop and implement the school’s inclusion policy, ensuring it aligns with local regulations and best practices.
- Lead and manage the Inclusion Department, including Special Educational Needs (SEN), English as an Additional Language (EAL), and Gifted & Talented programs.
- Work closely with the senior leadership team to ensure inclusion strategies are integrated into the school’s overall objectives.
- **Student Support:**
- Identify students with additional needs and ensure they receive appropriate support.
- Oversee the creation of Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and monitor their effectiveness.
- Provide guidance and support to teachers in differentiating instruction to meet diverse learning needs.
- **Staff Development:**
- Conduct regular training sessions for staff on inclusive teaching practices and strategies for supporting students with additional needs.
- Mentor and support inclusion staff, including SEN coordinators and teaching assistants.
- **Parental Engagement:**
- Build strong relationships with parents and guardians, ensuring open communication regarding their child’s progress and needs.
- Organize and lead workshops or information sessions for parents on inclusion topics.
- **Compliance & Reporting:**
- Ensure compliance with Bahrain’s education regulations related to inclusion and special education.
- Maintain accurate records of students’ progress and support provided, and report to the principal and board as required.
**Qualifications and Experience**
- **Essential:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Education or a related field.
- Relevant qualifications in Special Education Needs (SEN) or inclusion.
- Proven experience in a leadership role within an educational setting, with a focus on inclusion or SEN.
- Strong understanding of inclusion policies and practices, particularly in an international school context.
- **Desirable:**
- Master’s degree in Education, Special Education, or a related field.
- Experience in the Middle East or an understanding of the Bahraini education system.
- Familiarity with English National Curriculum.
**Skills and Attributes**
- Excellent leadership and management skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team.
- Empathy and a strong commitment to student welfare.
- Proactive and innovative approach to problem-solving.
Application Process
Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV, along with a cover letter detailing their experience and suitability for the role
Attached documents
About Nadeen School
Nadeen School, established in 1978, is an Outstanding-rated Early Years and Primary School with a growing secondary school department.
Mission
We are a child-centred, inclusive and diverse family with a shared love of learning. Our mission is to provide a caring, nurturing and empowering environment in which all children can learn and thrive.
Our children and team have the skills and mindset to:
- think, explore and grow
- celebrate and respect ourselves and the people around us
- have a positive impact on the world
To get a glimpse in to our school view @nadeenschool on Instagram, Nadeen School - Bahrain on Facebook or Our Latest News.
New Campus
We have expanded during the 2022/23 school year by adding Year 7 and also moving to a new purpose-built through-school campus. We will eventually be an all-through international school from 3-18 years old.
About our School
Our school has always been a holistic, child-centred, emotionally-driven school with a strong focus on academic and pastoral development. This means that we focus on and develop all aspects of the child and treat each aspect with equal importance. We want our children to grow and develop their emotional, creative, social, imaginative, spiritual and physical sides as well as their academic and intellectual sides. We also instill in our children the importance of finding their own identity, meaning, and purpose in life through connection to their community, the natural world and through encouraging personal and collective responsibility.
Our motto “Small School – Big Family” perfectly encapsulates our ethos and approach. Children attend the school from Nursery to Year 9 (Currently) and we have over 100 full time staff and additional support staff mainly from the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, America, and Canada. Our mix of nationalities and cultures makes us a truly international school with respect, tolerance, and appreciation of each other central to our beliefs.
Learning at Nadeen
Our learning environment, both inside and outside, enables children to learn and play creatively and purposefully – in a range of settings, from our ever-popular tree house or mud-kitchen, to our creative play area, back garden, playground and climbing areas, role play areas and play houses, and design technology area. We also have a school farm, where we grow vegetables and keep chickens and ducks and the occasional visiting goat! We are proud of our award winning pastoral care.
We teach our children to develop a growth mindset by modelling and encouraging these five principles:
- Embrace challenge
- Persevere in the face of setbacks
- Effort is the only path to mastery
- Learn from your mistakes and from criticism
- Be inspired by and learn from the success of others
Quality of Education
"This is an Outstanding School".
- PENTA Inspection Report 2022.
The Directorate of Private Schools & Kindergartens Reviews (DPS), which is a part of the Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA), conducted this special review in accordance with the review procedures of schools with ’outstanding’ performance in the last review cycle over one day by a team of seven reviewers.
We are proud of our Awards and Accreditations as we are rated as outstanding by the Bahrain Quality Authority (BQA) as well as by the British Schools Overseas (BSO) and the British Schools of the Middle East (BSME.). Nadeen School is a COBIS Accredited School. We are the first school in Bahrain to be a High Performance Learning school and the first to be a Google for Education Reference school.
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