Sarah Hunter Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Head of the English curriculum team; creating, implementing and monitoring a broad English curriculum based on the International Baccalaureate and amalgamated with the UK Curriculum for English.• Working alongside the Deputy Head teacher to create assessment rubrics to effectively level, monitor and boost student progress and attainment. • Adapting our English curriculum to meet UK standards of assessment.• Raising student progress and attainment from Acceptable to Very Good.• Introducing and monitoring Systematic Synthetic Phonics teaching for EY-Y3, in a school with 76% EAL students.• Training and mentoring new and established teachers in the teaching of Reading and Phonics, using Read Write Inc. and Letters and Sounds• Hosting training workshops for parents to support learning at home.• Creating a range of documents to support teachers (Spelling and Grammar schemes, handwriting policy and new marking schemes).• Fostering a positive attitude toward reading and writing through whole school activities and competitions.• Working alongside Assessment Coordinator to track student progress in Reading, Writing and Spelling for years EY-Y6.• Using data to inform decisions about curriculum and materials.• Working with high school English team to ensure a smooth transition.• Maintaining positive relationships with parents, teachers and students.• Developing skills in problem-solving, decision-making, planning, delegation, communication, and staff management.• Other duties as assigned by the Head Teacher.

London, United Kingdom

• Working with students and parents from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds.• Planning, preparing and delivering lessons that facilitate active learning, through a creative curriculum approach.• Developing theme-based schemes of work and lesson plans in line with the UK curriculum.• Using school-based social media (SeeSaw and Class Dojo) to communicate necessary information and achievements, regularly, to students and parents.• Using relevant technology to support and differentiate instruction.• Effectively managing student behaviour, throughout the school, using a positive approach.• Implementing school policies in the classroom.• Providing timely and appropriate feedback on students’ work.• Encouraging and monitoring the progress of individual students and using this information to adjust teaching strategies.• Providing differentiated, separate lesson plans to support a student with Autism Spectrum Disorder.• Coordinating all Art work within the school from Y3‐ Y6.• Managing Art resources.• Creating whole school Art displays and community projects.

London, United Kingdom

• Assisting the class teacher to deliver differentiated learning for students with SEN.• Supporting students with ASD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette’s syndrome.• Helping to integrate students with SEN in a mainstream classroom setting.• Dealing with any disruption and reporting any difficulties that I was unable to overcome.

London, United Kingdom

• Assisting the class teacher to implement the UK National Curriculum in a specialised ASD provision.• Supporting students with SEN, specifically Sensory Processing Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder.• Helping to integrate students with SEN in a mainstream classroom setting.• Supporting the class teacher to implement of strategies to manage behaviour.• Reporting progress towards targets for students with Individual Education Plans.• Liaising with specialist therapists (Occupational, Music and Art) to support students’ development.• Providing a level of attention appropriate to students’ needs, modifying my approach to ensure that desired outcomes were achieved.