Assistant Principal ( Pastoral ) - Abdulla Bin Otaiba Charter School - AY 26-27
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About the Role
Aldar Academies is seeking an Assistant Principal (Pastoral) for Abdulla Bin Otaiba Charter School in Abu Dhabi. The role involves leading pastoral care, supporting student achievement, and collaborating with school leadership.
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Responsibilities
- Direct and quality assure the activities of the staff and students and ensure a safe, orderly, and smooth functioning environment conducive to learning
- Support and administer the annual school assessment and monitoring master schedule
- Collaborate with Principal and Vice Principal to supervise and evaluate teachers, supervisors and curriculum support staff
- Provide leadership in screening and interviewing applicants including non teaching positions
- Implement student achievement improvement efforts as mapped out in the school development plan and ADEK regulations
- Implement student achievement improvement efforts including directing the MAP/Exact Path student achievement plan
- Collaborate with the SLT team regarding new or changing instructional methods, materials, strategies, and programs
- Assist, determine, develop and implement plans for staff CPD development
- Assist in the completion and submission of all required reports, forms, and data requests on time
- Work/meet with other administrators and staff to foster and participate in team collaboration and effectiveness
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Education or B.Sc degree with PGCE is essential; Desirable Master’s degree
- At least 6 years’ experience, including 4 consecutive years teaching performance exceeds standards and expectations
- At least 2 years’ experience in middle leadership role
- Experience of leading school initiatives that have led to improvement in standards and achievement
- Experience working with parents and external agencies
- Secure knowledge of teaching and learning and a track record of implementing effective strategies to raise standards
- Ability to work with data and be effective in using data to diagnose, intervene and evaluate impact upon learning
- Ability to organize tasks and handle multiple tasks
- Must possess leadership skills
- Must appropriately handle confidential information
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School Overview
- Abdulla Bin Otaiba Charter School is an American Curriculum school, a mixed gender primary school located in the heart of Abu Dhabi.
- We strive for excellence in all that we do through our high expectations and commitment to ensuring that we provide high quality learning opportunities for our students.
- Our vision is to create 'A sustainable and innovative learning community where we nurture our learners through Collaboration, Leadership and Creativity'.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in Education or B.Sc degree with PGCE is essential. Desirable Master’s degree.
Minimum Experience
- At least 6 years’ experience, including 4 consecutive years teaching performance exceeds standards and expectations as evidenced by performance appraisal
- At least 2 years’ experience in middle leadership role
- Experience of leading school initiatives that have led to improvement in standards and achievement.
- Experience working with parents and external agencies.
Job Specific Knowledge & Skills
- With secure knowledge of teaching and learning and a track record of implementing effective strategies to raise standards and plug gaps in learning.
- Ability to work with data and be effective in using data to diagnose, intervene and evaluate impact upon learning.
- Ability to organize tasks
- Ability to handle multiple tasks
- Ability to exercise good judgment
- Must possess leadership skills
- Must appropriately handle confidential information
Main Duties
- Direct and quality assure the activities of the staff and students and ensure a safe, orderly, and smooth functioning environment conducive to learning.
- Support and administer the annual school assessment and monitoring master schedule, working in conjunction with the school SLT and school department leaders.
- Collaborate with Principal and Vice Principal to supervise and evaluate teachers, supervisors and curriculum support staff as assigned.
- Provide leadership in screening and interviewing applicants including non teaching positions, and/or recommending of applicants to be interviewed.
- Implement student achievement improvement efforts as mapped out in the school development plan and ADEK regulations and as directed by Aldar Education.
- Implement student achievement improvement efforts including directing the MAP/Exact Path student achievement plan, developing a progress based testing schedule, establishing and overseeing processes related to assessment and reporting student attainment and progress, data collection, students’ recor
- Collaborate with the SLT team regarding new or changing instructional methods, materials, strategies, and programs.
- Assist, determine, develop and implement plans for staff CPD development for the building that facilitates professional growth and enhance the quality and efficiency of teaching.
- Assist in the completion and submission of all required reports, forms, and data requests on time to the designated sources.
- Work/meet with other administrators and staff to foster and participate in team collaboration and effectiveness.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the School Principal.
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