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Vice-Principal

Living A Mission, Vision, and Beliefs Focused on Results:

  • Assist in creating and implementing a vision that leads to student improvement for all learners.
  • Assist in Developing shared vision of rigor and high expectations.
  • Ensures vision and mission drive school decisions.
  • Confronts low expectations.
  • Conducts crucial conversations based on student performance data for the purpose of enhancing student learning.

 

Leading and Managing Systems Change:

  • Assist in developing, implementing and monitoring outcomes of school improvement plans and student achievement data to improve student learning.
  • Creates a safe, clean, orderly learning environment.
  • Collaborates with staff to achieve school improvement plan targets.
  • Utilizes current technologies to support leadership and management functions.
  • Align resources to improve teaching and learning.

 

Improving Teaching and Learning:

Works with and engages staff in shared vision for effective teaching and learning by implementing a standards-based curriculum, relevant to student needs and interests, research-based effective practice, academic rigor, and high expectations for student learning in every classroom.

  • Reviews instructional practices.
  • Creates a continuous improvement cycle.
  • Implements data guided decisions.
  • Uses disaggregated data.
  • Assist in selecting and retaining teachers that maximize student learning.
  • Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of teaching and holds teachers accountable.
  • Ensures professional learning for teachers that enhance student learning.
  • Promotes use of technology to enhance student learning.

 

Building and Maintaining Collaborative Relationships

  • Assist in creating, developing and sustaining relationships that result in active student engagement in the learning process.
  • Utilizes meaningful feedback from  students, staff, families, and community in the evaluation of school programs and policies.
  • Proactively engages families and communities in support of children's learning and school learning goals.
  • Demonstrates an understanding of the change process.
  • Strengthens collaboration with other schools, as well as local, regional, national and international communities.
  • Assist in developing professional learning networks within schools, as well as local, regional, national and international communities.

 

Leading with Integrity and Professionalism:

  • Treats all people fairly and with dignity and respect. Protects the rights and confidentiality of students and staff.
  • Demonstrates personal and professional standards and conduct that enhance the image of the school and the education profession.
  • Creates and supports a climate that values, accepts, and understands diversity in culture and point of view.
  • Recognizes the strengths of diverse populations.
  • Creates a culturally responsive climate.
  • Engages in courageous conversations about diversity.
  • Expands opportunities for all students to learn from and work with highly qualified and diverse staff.

 

Creating and Sustaining a Culture of High Expectations:

  • Assist in building a culture of high aspirations and achievement for every student.
  • Requires staff and students to demonstrate consistent values and positive behaviors aligned to the school’s vision and mission.
  • Leads a school culture and environment that successfully develops the full range of students’ learning capacities – academic, creative, social-emotional, behavioral, and
  • Builds an environment that considers all aspects of wellness: physical, nutrition, health, safety, decisions and choices, mental as well as physical well-being.
  • Vice-Principal is also expected to teach and ensure academic effectiveness, classroom management, engage in professional learning and develop teaching strategies using research and knowledge, actively participate in community engagement activities and ensure effective academic administration.

 

Department Goals:

  • Promote harmony among Academic staff, Senior Management and Business office when implementing the school mission.
  • Understand the 5-year plan and participate in the development of a forward looking 5-year plan.
  • Review and update policy and procedure manuals by January 31st.
  • Achieve effective completion of the school affiliation renewal process against the planned timescales.

 

Individual Goals:

  • Study and recommend programs that would improve the level of learning in school and recommend to management.
  • Set and meet deadlines for various tasks and activities mentioned in the JD.
  • Monitor and implement plans to meet the adapted CBSE curriculum goals for each grade.
Posted: October 2021
This is a Direct to School Job

Applications for this position will be received directly by the school and will not be reviewed by Teach Away's Placement Coordinators.

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LocationKuwait, Kuwait
Start DateAugust 2022
Eligible CandidatesLicensed Teacher
Number of Vacancies1

Job Benefits

  • Tax free salary.
  • Free Furnished accommodation.
  • End of service benefits.
  • Free round-trip economy class air ticket for each completed year of service to the nearest International airport in the country of domicile.
  • Medical Insurance provided by Kuwait Government.
  • Visa and Residency expenses in Kuwait will be borne by the school.
  • Free transportation between the school provided accommodation and school.

Qualifications and Requirements

Education RequiredMaster
MajorEducation
Additional School Requirements
  • Experience in an administrator`s role.
  • Leadership courses are required.