School Principal - British Circulam

Urgent Hiring

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

Job Description (Principal)

Reports to: The principal

Role: The principals role is both academic and administrative; the principal ensures the general implementation of Schools 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:
  

1. Curriculum is mapped to include (integration crosscurricular links)
   

2. Effective upward spiraling of the curriculum (Scope and Sequence)
   

3. 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 corevalues
  

• 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.