Pre-School Principal

A JOB DESCRIPTION

The Centre Leader leads in developing strategic plans and structures to foster a culture of care and trust, mentoring, collaborative professionalism and continuous learning within the Centre. He/She is responsible for managing and enhancing Centre operations while adhering to industry regulations. He/She drives operational and programme excellence by developing strong processes in strategic areas such as governance, partnerships, continuous development, curriculum and pedagogy. He/She develops frameworks for sustained collaborative partnerships with stakeholders, possesses strong communication skills and is highly influential. He/She leads in modelling the Centre’s mission, vision and values, and oversees the well-being of all staff in the Centre.

B ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Manage manpower resources
   • Lead the design of initiatives to establish a culture of collaboration within the Centre.
   • Review Centre's manpower plans.
   • Establish strategies to engender a culture of mentoring, coaching and capability development within the Centre.
   • Drive capability development and coaching initiatives within the Centre.
2. Manage Centre operations
   • Lead the development of improvements on systems, processes and operations.
   • Review the coherence of Centre’s initiatives, systems and processes.
   • Develop preventive and pre-emptive strategies for challenges faced by team leaders within the Centre.
   • Manage the budget for day-to-day operations in the Centre.
3. Drive programmes and service excellence initiatives
   • Lead Centre to develop Centre strategic priorities, culture and governance.
   • Establish plans and structures to engender a culture of continuous learning within the Centre.
   • Drive buy-in on vision, mission and values within the Centre.
   • Drive initiative and enterprise within the Centre.
4. Plan and implement curriculum and programmes
   • Drive the design of quality teaching and learning approaches beyond the Centre level.
   • Drive the enhancement of learning needs assessment processes and structures.
   • Align children engagement strategies in accordance with Centre policies.
   • Drive the development of quality classroom management strategies in accordance with leading practices beyond the Centre level.
   • Evaluate improvements made to enhance quality of learning environment.
   • Advocate the importance of appropriate health, safety, nutritional and hygiene standards and procedures beyond the Centre level.
   • Lead the development of new teaching and learning methods, tools and assistive technologies based on emerging trends in the sector.
5. Build stakeholder relationships and partnerships
   • Inculcate a culture of collaboration within the Centre.
   • Lead the strategic design of partnerships and collaborations with families and community stakeholders within the Centre.
   • Model professionalism when collaborating with families and community stakeholders within the Centre.
   • Represent the Centre to build business relationships.
   • Design Centre initiatives, families and community programmes and initiatives.
6. Uplift professional practice
   • Establish plans and structures to engender a culture of mentoring within the Cluster.
   • Drive professional development, training, workshops, educational initiatives and service quality improvement of professionals.
   • Drive buy-in on vision, mission and values within the Centre.

C CHALLENGES AHEAD

• Managing parents/guardians’ expectations.
• Maintaining or increasing enrolment.

Job Requirements:

• Degree in Early Childhood Education & Diploma in Pre-school Education – Leadership and Training (DPE-L/T) or equivalent recognised by Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA).
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in managing Pre-school Centres.
• Minimum 3 years of teaching experience.
• Supervisory experience with good communication and customer service skills.
• Computer literate.
• Preferably can read, write and converse in Chinese in order to better communicate with our Chinese speaking parents.

CENTRE LOCATIONS: Punggol, Ubi, Woodlands