School Principal - British Circulam

Urgent Hiring

Principal for a Primary School (FS1-Year 7)

Candidate must be qualified and experienced for the role. KHDA approval is mandatory.

Requirements

Job Description (Principal)

Reports to: The principal

Role: The principal's role is both academic and administrative; the principal ensures the general implementation of the school's academic, pastoral, and administrative processes. The principal oversees and evaluates staff performance and professional development.

Curriculum Development:

• Supervising curriculum outlines in collaboration with the curriculum coordinator.
• Curriculum supervision needs to ensure that:
• Curriculum is mapped to include integration cross-curricular links.
• Effective upward spiraling of the curriculum (Scope and Sequence).
• Modified to include provisions for SEND students/Emirati Students.
• Selecting curriculum-related resources as aligned with the state standards.
• Liaising with KHDA for legislative requirements.

Supervising Staff Professional Development and Performance:

• Consults with the PD coordinator in drafting the annual professional development plan.
• Reviews the PD plan to ensure effective provisions of training opportunities as required by the teachers.
• Supervises class observation schedules.
• Monitors the implementation of the PD plan.
• Supervises staff performance management in collaboration with the PD coordinator.
• Evaluating teachers' performance and target setting.
• Consults with head of school team leaders in staff continuation of services.
• Updates principal of staff performance.

Pastoral Care:

• Regulating class lists in consultation with the registrar heads of school to ensure that classes are grouped dynamically with abilities and gender balanced.
• Ensures that health and safety is maintained as per the health and safety policies.
• Meets regularly with supervisors and heads of school in reviewing supervision duties to maximize safety.
• Ensures that foods and beverages served by school cafeteria are of high standards as per the health and safety expectations from DHA.
• Drafting behavior health and safety policies.
• Supervises meetings with parents, teachers, and heads of school in regards to behavior or academic challenges.
• Collaborating with services manager in school in planning and ensuring cleaning of the premises are of high standards.

Extra Curricular Activities:

• Supervising assembly plans ensuring that they are linked to relevant topics, culture appropriate, and in alignment to school vision, mission, and core values.
• Planning extra curricular activities that are aligned to the core values.
• Supervising planning of trips ensuring that trips are an extended learning opportunity linked to the topics or concepts taught in class.
• Plans concerts with heads of school team leaders.

Member of the PTA (Parent Teacher Association):

• PTA meetings.
• Ensures that confidentiality is maintained and reports meeting minutes to the Principal.
• Collaborates with the PRE (Parents Relation Executive) in effective communication between parents and teachers.
• Follow up parental concerns in regards to behavior and academics.

Recruitment:

• Shortlisting potential candidates.
• Supervises the panel of interviewers in the recruiting process.
• Monitoring the orientation and induction process for newly recruited staff in collaboration with team leaders and head of schools.

Finances:

• Assisting the financial executive in drafting the annual budget plan.
• Regulating requisitions made for purchases of classroom resources.
• Approving requisitions made for extracurricular activities (concerts, ASA, assemblies).
• Assisting in Record Keeping: assists in completion of records and reports and in the supervision and inventory of necessary supplies, textbooks, equipment, and materials.

Benefits: Salary Offered: 35K-40K AED, Medical insurance and air tickets for self.

Required Experience:

Staff IC