Education Support Specialist
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About the Role
Sharjah Education Academy seeks an Education Support Specialist to provide field-based educational and technical support to nursery and KG settings. The role involves monitoring educational standards, coaching educators, collecting field evidence, and supporting improvement plans.
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Responsibilities
- Conduct planned field visits to nursery and KG settings to monitor educational practices and progress against standards
- Provide practical educational guidance, coaching, and technical support to nursery leaders, educators, and staff
- Observe teaching and learning practices and provide constructive, evidence based feedback
- Identify gaps and improvement needs relating to pedagogy, learning environments, curriculum implementation, and assessment
- Collect, verify, and analyze field data, observations, evidence, and stakeholder feedback
- Prepare clear reports, findings, recommendations, and action follow up records
- Support the implementation of approved requirements relating to child safeguarding, wellbeing, inclusion, and quality of education
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, Educational Leadership, or closely related field
- Minimum 4 to 6 years of relevant professional experience in education, early childhood education, educational improvement, curriculum implementation, quality assurance, or related field
- Practical experience within nursery, KG, or early childhood education settings
- Professional proficiency in Arabic and English, both written and spoken
- Experience providing field based educational support, coaching, mentoring, or professional guidance to educators strongly preferred
- UAE or GCC education sector experience preferred
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Role Overview
- The Education Support Specialist provides field based educational and technical support to nursery and KG settings to strengthen the quality of teaching, learning, care, and educational practice.
- The role monitors implementation of approved educational standards, curricula, learning resources, and improvement plans; provides practical guidance and coaching; collects and analyses field evidence; and supports nurseries and KG settings in addressing identified gaps.
- The position serves as a key link between the educational field and the Educational Development and Improvement Department.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Conduct planned field visits to nursery and KG settings to monitor educational practices, programme implementation, and progress against approved standards and improvement priorities.
- Provide practical educational guidance, coaching, and technical support to nursery leaders, educators, and relevant staff.
- Support the implementation and follow up of institutional, educational, and operational improvement plans.
- Observe teaching and learning practices and provide constructive, evidence based feedback to strengthen performance.
- Identify gaps and improvement needs relating to pedagogy, learning environments, curriculum implementation, inclusion, assessment, educational resources, and staff practice.
- Collect, verify, and analyse field data, observations, evidence, and stakeholder feedback.
- Prepare clear reports, findings, recommendations, and action follow up records for the Section Head and relevant stakeholders.
- Monitor the implementation of corrective and improvement actions and provide additional support where required.
- Monitor the appropriate use of educational, digital, and interactive learning resources in daily practice.
- Support the piloting and field evaluation of curricula, educational programmes, learning resources, and digital tools.
- Participate in delivering workshops, professional development activities, and practical guidance sessions for educational staff.
- Coordinate with the Curriculum and Learning Resources Section and the Capability Building Section to ensure field findings inform curriculum development and professional development priorities.
Minimum Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, Educational Leadership, or another closely related educational discipline.
- A master's degree in Early Childhood Education, Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Leadership, or a related field is preferred.
Experience
- Minimum of 4 to 6 years of relevant professional experience in education, early childhood education, educational improvement, curriculum implementation, quality assurance, or a related field.
- Practical experience within nursery, KG, or early childhood education settings is required.
- Experience providing field based educational support, coaching, mentoring, or professional guidance to educators is strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting the implementation of curricula, educational programmes, learning resources, or improvement plans.
- UAE or GCC education sector experience is preferred.
Required Skills and Knowledge
- Strong knowledge of early childhood education and development within nursery and KG settings.
- Understanding of child centred, play based, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate educational practice.
- Knowledge of curriculum implementation, learning environments, observation, formative assessment, and educational improvement.
- Ability to observe educational practice and provide practical, constructive feedback.
- Ability to manage multiple field assignments and work effectively with limited supervision.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Language Requirements
- Professional proficiency in Arabic and English, both written and spoken, is mandatory.
Professional Certification
- Professional certification or recognised training in one or more of the following would be an advantage.
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