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School Principal

Pinnacle American School

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Start date: July 2024

Job
School

Contract Length: 2 years

Number of Vacancies: 1

Student Level:

All Levels

Eligible Candidates:

Licensed Teacher, Director/Principal, ESL Instructor, College/University Faculty

School Requirements:

Education Required: Master
Minimum Teaching Experience: 10 years of teaching experience
Major: All subjects
Required Certificates:
Teaching Credential/License
TESL/TEFL Certificate
Other Certification

Additional School Requirements:

The principal must have:

Valid teaching license with a B.Ed or BSc in education
Minimum 10 years of teaching experience preferred
American school teaching/leadership preferred
Post Graduate Degree in Educational Leadership or Related Education Field
Minimum 3 years experience as a Vice Principal or 4 years as an Education Advisor or Equivalent position
Previous Principal Experience Preferred
Must possess or obtain a Principal's Certificate in American Schools
Fluent English speaker

Successful candidates must be approved by the School Owner and ADEK.

The right candidate will:

Hold the ability to develop outstanding educational provision that results in outstanding outcomes
Show the willingness and ability to understand what the team has to offer and get the best from them
Have the ambition to capitalize on exciting prospects for growth
Be a highly capable leader, with a clear sense of vision, strategic thinking, and purpose.
Be committed to high standards of teaching and learning and the professional development of staff.
Possess an unrelenting focus to maximize student attainment, progress, and achievement.
Have a track record of effective senior management success and excellent communication skills.
Be student-centered.

Job Benefits:

What we offer:

Competitive employment package terms and conditions
Investment in your professional development and future career
Opportunities to contribute to the development of a growing organization and trust-wide improvement initiatives
Access to a suite of core services that enable you to focus more on leading, teaching, and learning
A research-based approach to academy improvement that builds capacity from within
A welcoming environment where the children enjoy learning and are positive, cheerful, and well-behaved.
A supportive governing body
Professional, hardworking, and motivated staff committed to developing and raising standards.
Potential candidates for this role are strongly encouraged to contact us for an informal conversation.

Job Description:

We are a growing school seeking to appoint an energetic and enthusiastic leader to lead the way in a thriving community.

The right candidate will have the drive and direction to create a school with high expectations and a relentless focus on individual achievement based on high-quality teaching and learning.

We are a KG-Elementary-Cycle 2 co-educational school of over 230 children with 40+ staff serving predominately local Emirati students who are English Second Language (ESL) learners. Non-local students come from educated families whose parents are mostly from medical or petroleum fields.

Why Consider Pinnacle American School?

Pinnacle American School is a STEAM (Science/Technology/Engineering/Art/Mathematics) school based in the Abu Dhabi Emirate. Our school is 90 minutes away from the capital city of Abu Dhabi connected by ultra-modern highways and is located in Madinat Zayed, the regional capital of the Al Dhafra Region with a population of around 50,000 people. We are in our fifth year of operation and have grown each year despite the challenges faced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Our initial inspection rating was Acceptable and we aim to be one the best schools in the Al Dhafra region.

You will have the opportunity to lead caring and talented teachers, observe and share best practices regularly, and develop pedagogy through reflection. We have a multi-lingual management team who are young and dynamic. Our Board of Governors is very supportive and all have children in the school. Our owner is caring and compassionate with roots in the community. He expects the school to excel. We pride ourselves in being a loving and caring school in which our children are very happy to be here.

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About the School:

We are an American Curriculum school located in Madinat Zayed, the capital of the Al Dhafra Region in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. By our school license, we operate from KG1 through Grade 5, like an elementary school in the USA. Opening grade 6 this year and grade 7 the next academic year 24/25.

Our curriculum is based on California Common Core State Standards. These standards were written to prepare our students to build a strong foundation ensuring our students complete globally in fields emphasized in UAE National Planning, such as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). We are also stressing the Creative Arts of art and music (STEAM). The Common Core focuses on developing the critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills students will need to be successful.

Pinnacle American School takes great pride in being a school where our children come first. We offer a loving and caring environment, as we know the love children have for their school results in better attendance and higher levels of student achievement. Our students are loved and cared for, with a strong belief that all students can learn.

Our mission is to develop world-class learners, so we take advantage of our small class sizes to give extra attention to each learner and develop them to their fullest potential. This aligns well with the vision of the country's rulers in making the UAE among the best counties in the world.

We respect the importance of the native tongue Arabic subjects and the local culture and traditions. Our students are predominately local from families who realize the importance of their child being strong in both English and Arabic. To help our students achieve, we have a teaching assistant in each English classroom. These assistants have college degrees from their home countries, mostly in education. Many of them are licensed teachers in their home countries.

Pinnacle American School is a very safe school, making it a positive learning environment for all our students. We offer after-school extra-curricular activities to further develop the interests of our students. This includes additional academic support as needed.

Our school has technology throughout the building. Every classroom has interactive boards. All students in Grades 1 to 5 have tablets. In many subjects, this means we have digital curriculum materials instead of traditional textbooks. This has been very beneficial, particularly during the Coronavirus Pandemic. In times of mandatory distance learning, our KG students are also issued tablets. Our technology allows us to live broadcast to students at home due to illness, parental choice, or distance learning.

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