Yasmine Ibrahim

• Provide full-time 1:1 support during mainstream lessons for a non-verbal student.
• Model tasks and break down instructions to maintain engagement and task focus.
• Log behavioural incidents and attend educational psychology meetings to guide interventions.

• Delivered scaffolded KS3 and KS4 literature sessions within an ASD and SEMH specialist setting, teaching small groups of 10 to bridge learning gaps and build analytical skills.
• Used targeted sentence starters and scaffolds to lower cognitive load during reading tasks, ensuring complex texts remained accessible.
• Facilitated small-group reading tasks while keeping instructions clear, steady, and predictable to support working memory.
• Managed and executed dedicated GPS interventions for Years 7–10 to systematically strengthen foundational writing and literacy mechanics.
• Applied gentle, low-arousal behavior strategies to provide tailored SEMH support, maintaining a safe and productive learning environment.
• Partnered closely with teaching assistants through clear lesson planning and daily briefings to align instructional goals and maximize student support.

• Delivered daily ESL lessons to diverse international learners using level-specific strategies.
• Differentiated teaching approaches across proficiency levels to support steady progress.
• Coached multilingual classroom needs with tailored lesson delivery each school day.

• Planned and delivered comprehensive English lessons for Year 7 through Year 10 groups, ensuring curriculum alignment and consistent academic progress.
• Created visually engaging slide decks and differentiated learning materials tailored to support and challenge diverse student abilities within each class.
• Adapted complex literary resources for core texts, including Skellig, Of Mice and Men, Jekyll and Hyde, and Macbeth, making them accessible to multiple year groups.
• Cultivated a collaborative departmental environment by demonstrating professional respect, adaptability, and a proactive willingness to support team members.

• Dedicated a period to providing full-time care and rehabilitation support for a family member recovering from a medical condition.

• Coordinated with departments to practise difficult English keywords during lessons.
• Applied authentic texts and multimedia resources across reading, writing, listening, speaking.
• Ran formative and summative assessments for grades 9 and 10.
• Increased cultural awareness by integrating diverse texts into the syllabus.

• Managed interactive Microsoft Teams classrooms for 4 Grade 6 classes (100+ total students), establishing strict daily routines for digital etiquette (muting, hand-raising) and reinforcing COVID-19 social distancing and safety awareness.
• Developed and executed engaging online lessons aligned with UAE curriculum standards, successfully balancing synchronous lectures with asynchronous independent study to maximize student autonomy.
• Leveraged Google Classroom and Moodle to design, distribute, and track digital assignments alongside comprehensive formative and summative assessments for 25–30 students per class.
• Facilitated peer-to-peer group activities and coordinated highly successful physical and virtual field trips to Expo 2020, Shakespeare’s Globe, the British Library, and the Sheikh Zayed Library, achieving a 100% student attendance rate.

• Designed daily activities and a reading/writing programme that enhanced student focus and supported diverse learning needs.
• Successfully adapted to the UAE school system, independently running four Grade 3 classes (128 students total) with no assistant support, keeping engagement high across three all-boy cohorts and one all-girl cohort.
• Led daily emotional wellbeing routines—such as mood-tracking charts and breathing exercises—to help students regulate energy and foster positive peer relationships.
• Partnered with local teachers and the Arabic department to learn regional teaching styles, improving support for bilingual students.
• Appointed to manage the English section weekly newsletter; successfully coordinated content from the teaching team by Wednesday mornings to publish updates to a Telegram community of 100+ parents every Thursday ahead of the weekend.