School Principal

Chase Resourcing are delighted to announce that we are currently recruiting a School Principal who specializes in behaviour intervention for a major client of ours in the UAE.

Job Statement for a School Principal;

The School Principal serves as the educational leader, responsible for ensuring that all students are supervised in a safe way that meets the approved curricula and mission of the School. As a principal with specialist behavior intervention experience you will be assigned to a school which requires extra support in terms of behavior management. The expectation is that you will put an intervention plan into place which will quickly improve the behavior of the school therefore improving outcomes for students

The role will be non-class based, however there is an expectation that you may teach classes to model good practice, develop relationships, support training and development while Ensuring first quality teaching and secure the smooth running of the school, or fill in where there is a staffing crises.

Essential Duties of a School Principal;

• Working with Management in leading and managing a school to achieve the highest possible outcomes for students.
• To take responsibility for all aspects of self-evaluation, delivery of a challenging curriculum.
• Managing a team of teachers and support staff and ensuring staff can deal with behavior issues themselves inside the classroom.
• Provide leadership and management of the School and for the day-to-day line management of a staff team.
• To meet with staff regularly to monitor the implementation of all the aims and procedures, and to evaluate their performance.
• Sustaining a close connection with, and knowledge of new relevant projects, schemes of work, types of approaches and perspectives on the approach to and management of emotional, social and behavior difficulties.
• Developing staff skills around working with complex and challenging pupil behaviour.
• Supporting colleagues to develop and implement student’s individual or personal learning plans, incorporating target setting and ensuring all students progress at expected rates and achieve in the exams according to their level.
• Ensuring the maintenance of discipline, ethos and attendance, and the implementation of relevant good practice.
• Maintaining a comprehensive structure for regular team meetings, day-to-day line management, supervision, performance management.
• Making sure all staff receive information they need in order to carry out their professional duties effectively
• The Principal will lead by example of their practice, and by positively encouraging and supporting all members of staff.
• To build confident with parents to have trust in the school and the education their child is receiving.

Required Qualifications for a School Principal;

• Qualified teacher status is essential
• NPQH or recent additional professional qualification
• A graduate qualification
• Professional qualification in staff development, for example, CPID Diploma in Learning & Development

Experience for a School Principal:

• A minimum of 3 years membership of a senior leadership team in a secondary school
• Experience of raising standards in a school which has been in an OfSTED category / required significant improvement
• Teaching experience in a range of secondary schools.
• Leadership role within a PRU (Pupil Referral Unit) is desirable

Please contact Chase Resourcing on 00353 (0) 66 9762007 or forward your CV to info@Chase.ie for more information.