High School Principal

Job Goal

To provide visionary leadership and demonstrate exemplary management skills in the recruitment and development of faculty, the implementation of a superior curriculum, the assurance of long-term school financial stability, and the provision of effective communication with all the school's constituents. To ensure the social wellbeing and academic growth of all children.

Supervises:
- Assistant Principal and assigned faculty and support services personnel

Interfaces with
- Faculty, staff, students, parents, colleagues, members of the leadership team, the general school community, and officials on GEMS corporate staff

Key Accountabilities
- Embrace and encourage the ethos and standards of excellence as defined in the GEMS Core Values.
- Ensure that GEMS policies, procedures, and codes of conduct are followed at all times.
- To model and encourage DAA's Culture of Kindness and to perpetuate the school's mission and values.
- To commit time and leadership for the successful implementation of DAA's School Improvement Plan and to develop division-specific actions for our strategic priorities.
- To ensure that all teachers and support staff have a clear understanding of their performance expectations (e.g., job descriptions and faculty handbook) and to assist faculty towards becoming master teachers.
- To willingly mentor all faculty as well as encouraging their professional growth and career advancement.
- To demonstrate role-model traits that enable others to recognize the principal as an instructional leader.
- To instill a sense of common purpose and common pursuit toward consensus goals with regards to the decision-making process.
- To communicate effectively with students, faculty, staff, parents, colleagues and in the community (e.g., verbal, nonverbal and written communication).
- To seek the involvement of faculty and parents in a wide variety of school activities.
- To develop the leadership capabilities of teachers and to share leadership responsibility when appropriate.
- To ensure that curriculum documentation spells out content and skills, instructional methods and assessment practices.
- To use assessment results to determine whether curriculum and instructional goals and student performance outcomes are being met.
- To create an efficient, productive and caring building atmosphere where all students (and faculty) have opportunity to be recognized for their best efforts.
- To ensure that all of the School's resources are identified and being used to serve students and faculty members alike; help both to reach their full performance potential.
- To assume the responsibility for sound financial management including accurate program budget planning and fiscal accountability.
- To have a personal commitment to seek constant professional learning and professional growth and to be a life-long learner.

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