Principal

Riyadh Schools is transforming learning for students through building the educational capacity of staff to teach at higher levels. The school has set the following directions for improvement to regain the status of a preferred school with high levels of student achievement and parent satisfaction with the educational program for their children.

**JOB REQUIREMENTS**

**Education**:

- Bachelor, Master or Ph.D. degree in an educational field. Experience:

- Successful teaching experience (10 years), demonstrated transformational educational leadership experience.

**Skills**:

- Previous experience as a senior leader in an international setting.
- Teacher Certification, bachelor’s and master’s degree.
- Previous accreditation experience desirable.
- Knowledge of international programs.

**Position Description**
- The Principal is the main instructional leader of the School who works in partnership with the SLT to implement the vision of Riyadh Schools through a range of innovative strategies that bring about school improvement. Principals are leaders of the school leadership team.
- The Principal models effective teaching strategies and is responsible for the induction of new staff into the school and the wellbeing of all school staff. Principals have direct responsibility for curriculum reform processes at the school, Teaching and learning, school improvement, budgeting, resource management and all student and staff welfare and wellbeing initiatives.
- The principal is a member of the executive team Team that discusses our collective work for performance planning, facilities management, student and staff wellbeing and professional learning on leadership. The Director General leads this team.
- Working with the Vice Principal the Principal summarizes the academic performance of the students and provides recommendations on a range of strategies for the staff to improve student performance each term. These recommendations should include the welfare of the children and intervention ideas to improve in class differentiation of learning needs.
- The Principal ensures the schools’ team of leaders plan the explicit teaching of the curriculum, integrate 1:1 learning approaches with iPads/ Laptops delivering a personalized curriculum that addresses the learning needs of the students and adheres to the expectations of the California Common C ore standards. Additionally, the principal ensures that a team of schools-based leaders plan strategies and programs to improve student wellbeing and engagement (e.g., homerooms).
- We are a 1:1 digital school and our teachers are expected use iPads/Laptops and Smartboards with students to engage them in learning and extend them to be inquisitive and innovative learners with technology. Principals are responsible for ensuring this program is used to the fullness of its potential along with provided resources such as Classera.

To be responsible and accountable for the successful day to day operation of the school and for ensuring the ongoing accreditation of the school
- Previous experience in an English as an Additional Language setting would be an advantage as is experience in international settings where the student population is almost 100% host country nationals.

**The core accountabilities are**:

- Embeds a culture of excellence across the school that supports teachers, middle and senior leaders to set high expectations for student learning and provides regular professional learning to effectively implement the Riyadh Schools weekly planning approaches in all classrooms.
- Designs and implements a comprehensive induction program for staff that addresses the needs of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia teachers, expatriate teachers from the Middle East and Western countries to fully understand the vision and mission of the school, the curriculum of the school and the expectations of teachers to work in partnership with students and parents.
- Leads or participates in a professional learning team with leaders teachers and undertakes regular observations of teaching and learning practices, providing constructive feedback to teachers to improve their practices as part of that team.
- Builds the instructional leadership capacity across the school through monitoring professional learning teams to share and discuss teaching practices, develop strategies for interventions to improve student outcomes and discuss implications for differentiating the curriculum based on student achievement data.
- Coaches/Mentors a team of leaders to improve their instruction.
- Develops strategies to improve student wellbeing and engagement by working with staff to implement the rights and responsibilities of students and teachers. Ensures that RS CP policies are fully implemented within the school.
- Leads the work to improve student attendance patterns using the data from Classera and setting improvement targets for each quarter. - Supervises, evaluates, and conducts performance management on Vice Princ