Primary School Vice Principal
Green Hills Academy Rwanda
Ubicación de trabajo
Kigali
Estado de Empleo
Tiempo completo
Detalles de la oferta de trabajo
The Vice Principal plays a major role under the direction of and in
collaboration with the Principal in formulating the aims and objectives of
the school, establishing the policies through which they shall be achieved,
managing staff and resources to achieve the aims and objectives of the school
and monitoring progress towards their achievement. The Vice Principal also
has the responsibility to assist the Principal with curriculum development
throughout the School.
• Key Responsibilities*
• The Vice Principal undertakes the professional duties delegated by the
Principal. In partnership with the Principal, the Vice Principal provides
professional leadership and management of teaching and learning throughout
the school.
• Support the Principal
• Ensure the vision for the school is clearly articulated, shared,
understood, and acted upon effectively by all
• Demonstrate the vision and values of the school in everyday work and
practice
• Motivate and work with others to create a shared culture and positive
climate
• Assist the Principal in the ongoing and annual review of standards of
leadership, teaching, and learning in specific areas of responsibility and
across all areas of school provision, consistent with the procedures in
the school self-evaluation policy.
• Create subject curriculum development plans which contribute positively to
the achievement of the School Development Plan and actively involve all
staff in its design and execution.
• Develop and implement policies and practices for the curriculum area(s)
which reflects the school’s commitment to high achievement and are
consistent with local strategies and policies
• Promote high expectations for the attainment
• Establish short, medium and long-term plans for the development and
resourcing for the specific areas of responsibility
• Monitor the progress made in achieving subject/area plans and targets, and
evaluate the effect on teaching and learning
• Work with outside agencies and stakeholders to inform future action
• Leads learning and teaching, and develops educators’ teaching practice
• Works with the Principal to raise the quality of teaching and learning and
learners' achievement, setting high expectations and monitoring and
evaluating the effectiveness of learning outcomes
• Provides regular feedback for colleagues in a way which recognizes good
practice and supports their progress against professional and performance
development objectives resulting in a tangible impact on students
learning
• Develops whole staff, teams and individuals to enhance performance
• Undertakes to coach and mentoring
• Plans, organizes and delivers staff meetings, where necessary bringing in
outside speakers
• Keeps abreast of the latest developments in the area and disseminates
effectively to other members of staff
• Plans, delegates and evaluates work carried out by team(s) and
individuals
• Create, maintain, and enhance effective relationships
• Assists in the recruiting and selection of teaching and support staff
• Securing Accountability*
• Works with the Principal to ensure the school’s accountability to a wide
range of groups, particularly teachers, parents, and carers, ensuring that
learners enjoy and benefit from a high-quality education, for promoting
collective responsibility within the whole school community.
• Develops a school ethos that enables everyone to work collaboratively,
shares knowledge and understanding, celebrate success and accept
responsibility for outcomes
• Works with the leadership team (providing information, objective advice
and support) to enable it to meet its responsibilities
• Develops and presents a coherent, understandable and accurate account of
the school’s performance to a range of audiences including parents and
carers
• Reflects on personal contribution to school achievements and takes account
of feedback from others
• Monitors and evaluates learners’ progress to make a measurable
contribution to whole school targets
• Engages all staff in the creation, consistent implementation, and
improvement in schemes of work and curriculum plans which encapsulate key
school learning strategies
• Guides a choice of teaching and learning methods/strategies; coaches and
mentors teachers
• Exemplifies good practice
• Undertakes shared planning, team teaching, etc
• Develops and implements systems for recording learners’ progress
• Evaluates the quality of teaching and standards of achievement, setting
targets for improvement
• Resource Management*
• Works with the Principal to provide effective organization and management
of the school and seeks ways to improve organizational structures and
functions based on rigorous self-evaluation
• Works with the Principal to ensure the school and the people and resources
within it are organized and managed to provide an efficient, effective and
safe learning environment
• Collaborates with the Principal to oversee and evaluate the subject/area
budget allocation to ensure the budget is spent in line with subject/area
learning priorities and
• best value principles
• Helps secure and allocate resources to support effective learning and
teaching
• Developing Self and Working with Others *
• Works with the Principal to build a professional learning community that
enables others to achieve
• Supports teachers to help them achieving high standards through effective
continuing professional development
• Is committed to one’s professional development
• Implements successful performance management processes
• Treats people fairly, equitably and with dignity and respect to create and
maintain a positive school culture
• Builds a collaborative learning culture within the school and actively
engages with other schools to build effective learning communities
• Acknowledges the responsibilities and celebrates the achievements of
individuals and teams
• Develops and maintains a culture of high expectations for self and
others
• Regularly reviews own practice, sets personal targets, and takes
responsibility for own professional development
• Achievement of Learners
• Evaluates data to identify barriers to learning and suggests ways to
address these
• Monitors the progress of learners throughout the year, identifying gaps
and any underachievement (through book scrutinies, planning checks,
observation, discussion with learners, etc)
• Strengthening Community *
• Works with the Principal to engage with the internal and external school
community to secure equity
• Works with the Principal to collaborate with other schools and
organisations to share expertise and bring positive benefits to GHA and
other schools
• Works with the Principal collaboratively at both strategic and operational
levels with parents and carers and across multiple agencies for the
well-being of all children
• Assessment *
• Assists in the development and maintenance of a whole school approach to
assessment and target setting
• Analyses assessment data from a variety of sources to inform whole school
planning and resourcing
• Presents assessment data to a range of stakeholders
• Develops ways in which parents can be informed about attainment.
• Evaluates analysis of data to identify barriers to learning and suggest
ways to address these
• Monitors the progress of learners throughout the year, identifying gaps
and any underachievement (through book scrutinies, planning checks,
observation, discussion with learners, etc).
• Provides class teachers, Grade Level leaders, HODs with assessment data
• Coordinates informal and formal assessment arrangements.
• Ensures assessment materials are ordered and located in the relevant areas
of the school
• Additional Responsibilities*
• Provides professional leadership and management of a key area of the
School Development Plan as agreed, on an annual basis, with the
Principal
• Provides professional leadership and management of the Curriculum
• Takes an active role in the Leadership Team, contributing to the
development of identified areas leading to high standards of teaching,
effective use of resources, and improved standards of learning and
achievement for all children
• Identifies and pursues leadership and management development opportunities
(to be agreed and negotiated with the Principal who will give support
throughout)
• Communicates and responds to parent concerns and complaints
• Organises duties for staff in conjunction with the Deans
• Additional responsibilities as determined by the Principal
