Primary Assistant Head - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Talent Pal

Description

Description

JobDescription

Position Details

Position Title

Assistant Head of Primary

Department

Academic

Report to (Title)

Head of Primary

Direct Reports:

Indirect Reports:

Aspen HeightsBritish School (AHBS) is a truly inclusive school based on theoutskirts of Abu Dhabi. We are proud of our inclusive ethos and ourcommitment to ensuring all children are provided with personalisedlearning experiences and the proper support to ensure they can makeprogress in learning in all areas.

Core Purpose:

The Assistant Head of Primary will support theHead of Primary in providing professional leadership for the schoolthat secures its success and improvement ensuring high qualityeducation for all its pupils and improved standards of learning andachievement by fulfilling the school mission and visionstatements.

Main Responsibilities:

• Undertake theprofessional duties of the Head of Primary in the event of his/herabsence.
• Performance and management ofteachers and teaching assistants
• Overview ofCurriculum Monitoring & Evaluation
• Assessment
• Timetabling and coverarrangements
• Reports
• The supervision of SEN and EAL throughout the school

Teaching and learning

• Carry out teaching duties in accordance with the schoolsneeds and schemes of work
• Liaise withcolleagues to deliver units of work in a collaborativemanner
• Set targets for student attainmentlevels
• Demonstrate exemplary classroompractice
• Extending ones own knowledgeunderstanding and skills by keeping up to date with appropriateliterature and initiatives and through inserviceeducation
• Contributing to the review ofappropriate policies and procedures
• Followingstandard Whole School agreed procedures
• Monitoring the condition and safe use of classroom equipment andfacilities in line with good Health and Safety practice
• Working with parents to enable them to understand theteaching programme pupil assessment and how to help their childrenprogress
• Contributing to the review selectionor writing of Curriculum Documents and Schemes of Work adopted bythe School
• Liaising with colleagues to ensurecontinuity progression and the development of cross curricularlinks
• Review the schools curriculum and toprovide a curriculum appropriate to the schools needs
• Be an active participant in the schools PerformanceReview process
• Contribute to the pastoral andextracurricular life of the School
• A leadrole in CPD provision with proposals to HoP
• To input into the school SIP as required
• LeadCPD sessions as appropriate and in keeping with the SIP
• To be responsible for the provision of SEN and EALthroughout the primary school

Standards and Quality Assurance

• Support the aims and ethos of the school
• Seta good example in terms of dress punctuality andattendance
• Attend and participate in openevenings and student performances
• Uphold theschools behaviour code and uniform regulations
• Participate in staff training
• Attend team and staff meetings
• Throughobservation and appraisal assist staff in meeting professionaltargets
• Providing encouragement and advice toall colleagues
• Representing the School whenrequired to do so

Health andSafety

• Emphasizes the importance ofsafety in all areas of the curriculum communicating to the pupilsthe importance of a responsible attitude towards personal safetythe safety of others and respect for Aspen Heights British Schoolsproperty and equipment
• Perform playgroundduties on time and with due diligence to safeguard Aspenstudents
• Take allnecessary and reasonable precautions to protect students equipmentmaterials and facilities
• Assist inimplementing all policies and rules governing student life andconduct
• Ensure that all the necessary healthand safety rules and procedures are being followed
• Maintain an awareness of all the health and safetymeasures to be taken when in school

Other duties andresponsibilities

Any other duties that the Principal may from time to time ask thepostholder to perform

Communication & WorkingRelationships

Internal

Staff

Students

External

Parents

ISP

Knowledge & Skills

Minimum EducationalQualifications Required for the Role

Bachelors Degree in relevant discipline

Teacher certification

MinimumYears of Experience Required

5 years teaching experience

Experience as an overseas educator in a preferably inclusiveinternational setting

Well versed and currentin a British curriculum

Senior leadershipexperience in an ENC primary school

Meetprofessional teacher education requirements of school

Must hold a current Enhanced Criminal Records BureauDisclosure or equivalent for countries lived in outside of theUK

Child Care and Protection training

LanguageSkills

English is mandatory

Special Skills andAbilities

Knowledge

• Indepth knowledge andunderstanding of School curriculum (English National CurriculumPrimary) and associated assessment methods
• Upto date curriculum developments
• Applicationof effective teaching and learning theory and practice of providingeffectively for the individual needs of all children (e.g.classroom organisation and learning strategies)
• Proven leadership and management skills
• A senior management background in primaryeducation
• A leader of teaching and learningand a key person in the senior leadership team
• Experienced curriculum and team leader
• Budget management experience
• Excellent communication skills and command of the English languagein spoken and written form
• Presentationskills with the ability to present information in a concise andprofessional manner to a variety of audiences
• Organization skills: well organized and able to prioritize multitasks and meet deadlines
• The ability to workon a regular and punctual basis
• Flexible andwork well under pressure
• Customer service
• Critical thinking
• Ability to negotiate persuade and motivate others
• Willing attitude to be a part of the schoolteam
• Strong sense ofprofessionalism
• Safeguarding and welfare ofchildren
• A collaborative teamplayer withexcellent interpersonal skills
• The ability todevelop good personal relationships within a team
• Behaviour management
• Demonstratedcompetency to use computer applications related to the roleincluding word processing and spreadsheet applications
• Record keeping and report preparation methods
• Interpersonal skills including tact courtesy andpatience
• Customer focused
• Willingness to undertake appropriate ProfessionalDevelopment

PersonalAttributes

• Empatheticlistener
• Integrity andconfidentiality
• Internationallyminded
• Emotional intelligence
• Intercultural awareness creative
• Flexible and a cando attitude
• Passionateabout delivering quality education
• Able tocommand respect of pupils colleagues and parents
• Driven by wanting to improve quality and develop theschool
• Reliable with an attention to detailand a commitment to quality
• An innovator witha willingness to embrace change

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties andresponsibilities of the post each individual task undertaken maynot be identified.

Employees will be expected to comply with anyreasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similarlevel that is not specified in this job description.

Employees are expected tobe courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment tovisitors and telephone callers.

Approvals

LineManager:

Principal:

Employee:

HR:

The International SchoolsPartnership

AspenHeights British School is part of The International SchoolsPartnership (ISP).

The International Schools Partnership (ISP) is a growinggroup of committed colleagues in financially responsible schoolsaround the world all of which aim to be the school of choice intheir local area. Learning is at the heart of everything we do forour pupils colleagues and parents. We are committed to gettingbetter all the time.

ISP was founded by an experienced team of committededucationalists and commercial operators who have worked togetherover many years. Our growing group of private schools located inthe UK the USA Europe Costa Rica Chile Colombia Ecuador the UnitedArab Emirates Qatar Malaysia Mexico and Peru educate children andpupils from 218 years of age. We have now expanded to 45 schoolsdelivering multiple curricula and building on local brands andreputations with around 45000 pupils and 7000 staff located acrossthe globe.

Webelieve that successful schools are the ones that put learning atthe heart of everything they do always aiming to create roundedindividuals that are able to forge successful careers and lives ina rapidly changing world. Our goal is to enable our schools as theleading school of choice in their local area. We are a trulyinternational group working in different cultures and speakingdifferent languages. We work across countries and cultures too byworking with each other and with other schools and communities. AtISP we continue to engage with schools around the world who areinterested in becoming part of our global group of schools and lookforward to welcoming more pupils and staff to the group.

All our schools:

• Help children and pupils learn to levels thatamaze them.
• Inspire children and pupils to besuccessful now and equip them to be successful later.
• Are truly international working in partnerships withinand across regions cultures and languages.
• Aim to be the schools of choice for children pupils andtheir families wherever we are.

Aspen Heights BritishSchool is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare ofchildren and young people and expect all staff and volunteers toshare this commitment. All shortlisted candidates and post holdersare subject to appropriate International Criminal and ChildProtection Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10years of employment history. Aspen Heights British School recruitteachers in several ways including direct application to the schooland through international teacher recruitment agencies andorganizations.

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