School Principal Job

The principal’s role is both academic and administrative; the principal ensures the general implementation of 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 teacher’s 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.
  

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 extra-curricular 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.