Position Title: School Principal
Our client an award winning school seeks to hire a School Principal responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the School’s core strategies and provision of excellent educational services.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Instructional Leadership
- Lead the school’s vision, mission, and strategic goals
- Support high school readiness and academic and socioemotional success for all learners
- Establish rigorous academic goals and priorities that are systematically monitored for continuous improvement with all learner populations
- Lead teachers in using a variety of formal and informal methods and assessments to measure learner growth and understanding and make necessary adjustments to drive improvement
- Plan and teach assigned subject areas
- Drive rapid and dramatic instructional improvements by implementing strategies in line with the priority areas identified in the School’s strategic plan
- Foster a shared commitment to high standards of teaching and learning with high expectations for achievement for all.
- Implement an observation and feedback cycle that ensures continuous improvement in teaching and learning
- Use multiple sources of evidence related to learner learning and school assessment results and growth data, to inform school goals and improve organizational performance, teacher effectiveness, and learner learning.
- Develop and implement a professional development plan to address identified areas of need
- Develop school calendar that offers built-in opportunities for staff to collaborate, plan instruction, and review learner data
Management and Operations
- Develop and execute effective plans, procedures, routines, and operational systems to address a full range of safety, health, and emotional and social needs of learners.
- Oversee the recruitment and hiring of diverse, highly-qualified staff;
- Strategically align people, time and money to drive learner achievement;
- Apply teacher and staff performance management systems in a way that ensures a culture of continuous improvement, support, and accountability;
- Provide professional development and training opportunities to help teachers adapt best practices based on reflection and data research.
- Implement a reward system for teachers’ positive reinforcement
- Support school-wide approach to promote collaboration as often and as feasibly and appropriately as possible.
- Oversee the operations of the school in partnership with management
- Develop a timeline with an action plan to create scheduled communication opportunities with families and community stakeholders about learning performance.
- Provide professional development for school teams to build a variety of conflict resolution strategies.
- Understand and comply with Kenyan laws & regulations and mandates, school policies and ethical guidelines.
Family and Community Engagement
- Create a culture of open communication, respect, and trust as the school and community develop a sense of collective responsibility for improving the learning of all learners.
- Actively ensure that all families are welcome members of the classroom and school community and can contribute to the classroom, school, and community’s effectiveness.
- Strengthen teacher and staff capacity to cultivate and sustain meaningful partnerships with families of diverse backgrounds and with community members that support learner achievement and learner well-being
- Manage partnerships.
Desired Specifications
- Bachelor/Master’s degree from an accredited institution
- Experience as a school leader
- Teaching experience and TSC licensed
- Demonstrated experience in building a positive school culture
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in turning around a school is highly preferred
- Demonstrable success in increasing learner achievement and adult performance;
- Ability to influence and motivate others to reach their potential;
- Solution-oriented and creative problem solvers with experience in data analysis and creating and managing systems;
- Ability to Set high expectations and communicate them to a variety of stakeholders;
- Understands, communicates and effectively interact with people across cultures;
- Able to Continually reflect and seek feedback to improve their practice
- Possess strong pedagogical skills and are highly effective at coaching other adult
- Have demonstrated perseverance in their career and education;
- Thrive in a fast-paced, change-oriented environment; and
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants are invited to email their CVs to Fanisi HR Solutions at careers@fanisi.net by Wednesday 24th January 2024 with the subject line ‘School Principal’. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Kindly indicate your salary expectations.