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Dream Bridgeman Oxford International School
Principal/ Primary Schoool
- job type Full time
- Location Yerevan
- posted 27.02.2024
- Deadline 30.03.2024
OVERVIEW:
Dream Bridgeman Oxford International School has an opening for a full-time Primary School Principal position in Yerevan. The principal would be working with a dynamic team within the Oxford International Curriculum frames that allow them to have the flexibility and use a creative mindset for their classes. The Oxford International Curriculum is a new approach to teaching and learning focused on wellbeing, which places joy at the heart of the curriculum and develops the skills that learners need for their future academic, personal, and career success. Thus, the school values the input of its teachers in the learning process and their professionalism, readiness to be totally immersed into the multicultural environment, open-mindedness, and creative initiatives. The school primarily caters to the needs of international and Armenian families who require English-language schooling at the same time values the importance of the Armenian language and a top-quality educational experience for their children.
SCHOOL CULTURE:
The principal will:
▪ establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction in partnership with those responsible for governance and through consultation with the school community.
▪ create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life.
▪ uphold ambitious educational standards which prepare pupils from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life.
▪ promote positive and respectful relationships across the school community and a safe, orderly and inclusive environment.
▪ ensure a culture of high staff professionalism.
The principal will:
▪ establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction in partnership with those responsible for governance and through consultation with the school community.
▪ create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life.
▪ uphold ambitious educational standards which prepare pupils from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life.
▪ promote positive and respectful relationships across the school community and a safe, orderly and inclusive environment.
▪ ensure a culture of high staff professionalism.
TEACHING:
The principal will:
▪ Establish and sustain high-quality, expert teaching across all subjects and phases, built on an evidence-informed understanding of effective teaching and how pupils learn.
▪ Ensure teaching is underpinned by high levels of subject expertise and approaches which respect the distinct nature of subject disciplines or specialist domains.
▪ Ensure effective use is made of formative assessment.
The principal will:
▪ Establish and sustain high-quality, expert teaching across all subjects and phases, built on an evidence-informed understanding of effective teaching and how pupils learn.
▪ Ensure teaching is underpinned by high levels of subject expertise and approaches which respect the distinct nature of subject disciplines or specialist domains.
▪ Ensure effective use is made of formative assessment.
CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT:
The principal will:
▪ Ensure a broad, structured and coherent curriculum entitlement which sets out the knowledge, skills and values that will be taught.
▪ Establish effective curricular leadership, developing subject leaders with high levels of relevant expertise with access to professional networks and communities.
The principal will:
▪ Ensure a broad, structured and coherent curriculum entitlement which sets out the knowledge, skills and values that will be taught.
▪ Establish effective curricular leadership, developing subject leaders with high levels of relevant expertise with access to professional networks and communities.
▪ Ensure that all pupils are taught to read through the provision of evidence- informed approaches to reading, particularly the use of systematic synthetic phonics in schools that teach early reading.
▪ Ensure valid, reliable and proportionate approaches are used when assessing pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum.
▪ Adapt teaching and curriculum approaches in line with research and best practice.
▪ Ensure valid, reliable and proportionate approaches are used when assessing pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum.
▪ Adapt teaching and curriculum approaches in line with research and best practice.
BEHAVIOR:
The principal will:
▪ Establish and sustain high expectations of behavior for all pupils, built upon relationships, rules and routines, which are understood clearly by all staff and pupils.
▪ Ensure high standards of pupil behavior and courteous conduct in accordance with the school’s behavior policy.
▪ Implement consistent, fair and respectful approaches to managing behavior.
▪ Ensure that adults within the school model and teach the behavior of a good citizen.
The principal will:
▪ Establish and sustain high expectations of behavior for all pupils, built upon relationships, rules and routines, which are understood clearly by all staff and pupils.
▪ Ensure high standards of pupil behavior and courteous conduct in accordance with the school’s behavior policy.
▪ Implement consistent, fair and respectful approaches to managing behavior.
▪ Ensure that adults within the school model and teach the behavior of a good citizen.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
The principal will:
▪ Ensure staff have access to high-quality, sustained professional development opportunities, aligned to balance whole-school improvement, team and individual needs.
▪ Prioritize the professional development of staff, ensuring effective planning, delivery and evaluation which is consistent with the approaches laid out in the standard for teachers’ professional development.
▪ Ensure that professional development opportunities draw on expert provision from beyond the school, as well as within it, including from within the Trust, nationally recognized career and professional frameworks and programs to build capacity and support succession planning.
The principal will:
▪ Ensure staff have access to high-quality, sustained professional development opportunities, aligned to balance whole-school improvement, team and individual needs.
▪ Prioritize the professional development of staff, ensuring effective planning, delivery and evaluation which is consistent with the approaches laid out in the standard for teachers’ professional development.
▪ Ensure that professional development opportunities draw on expert provision from beyond the school, as well as within it, including from within the Trust, nationally recognized career and professional frameworks and programs to build capacity and support succession planning.
ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT:
The principal will:
▪ Ensure the protection and safety of pupils and staff through effective approaches to safeguarding as part of the duty of care.
▪ Prioritize and allocate financial resources appropriately, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, and probity in the use of public funds.
▪ Ensure staff are deployed and managed well with due attention paid to workload.
▪ Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies that enable the school to operate effectively and efficiently.
▪ Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing, and mitigating risk.
The principal will:
▪ Ensure the protection and safety of pupils and staff through effective approaches to safeguarding as part of the duty of care.
▪ Prioritize and allocate financial resources appropriately, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, and probity in the use of public funds.
▪ Ensure staff are deployed and managed well with due attention paid to workload.
▪ Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies that enable the school to operate effectively and efficiently.
▪ Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing, and mitigating risk.
ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT:
The principal will:
▪ Ensure the protection and safety of pupils and staff through effective approaches to safeguarding as part of the duty of care.
▪ Prioritize and allocate financial resources appropriately, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, and probity in the use of public funds.
▪ Ensure staff are deployed and managed well with due attention paid to workload.
▪ Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies that enable the school to operate effectively and efficiently.
▪ Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing, and mitigating risk.
The principal will:
▪ Ensure the protection and safety of pupils and staff through effective approaches to safeguarding as part of the duty of care.
▪ Prioritize and allocate financial resources appropriately, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, and probity in the use of public funds.
▪ Ensure staff are deployed and managed well with due attention paid to workload.
▪ Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies that enable the school to operate effectively and efficiently.
▪ Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing, and mitigating risk.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP:
The principal will:
▪ Forge constructive relationships beyond the school and Trust, working in partnership with parents, carers, and the local community.
▪ Commit their school to work successfully with other schools in the Trust and organizations in a climate of mutual challenge and support.
▪ Establish and maintain working relationships with fellow professionals and colleagues across other public services to improve educational outcomes for all pupils.
The principal will:
▪ Forge constructive relationships beyond the school and Trust, working in partnership with parents, carers, and the local community.
▪ Commit their school to work successfully with other schools in the Trust and organizations in a climate of mutual challenge and support.
▪ Establish and maintain working relationships with fellow professionals and colleagues across other public services to improve educational outcomes for all pupils.
GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY:
The principal will:
▪ Understand and welcome the role of effective governance, upholding their obligation to give account and accept responsibility.
▪ Establish and sustain professional working relationship with those responsible for governance.
▪ Ensure that staff know and understand their professional responsibilities and are held to account.
▪ Ensure the school effectively and efficiently operates within the required regulatory frameworks and meets all statutory duties.
The principal will:
▪ Understand and welcome the role of effective governance, upholding their obligation to give account and accept responsibility.
▪ Establish and sustain professional working relationship with those responsible for governance.
▪ Ensure that staff know and understand their professional responsibilities and are held to account.
▪ Ensure the school effectively and efficiently operates within the required regulatory frameworks and meets all statutory duties.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS FOR TEACHERS:
Education: Master’s or Doctoral degree in Education/Education Administration
• Must have a minimum five years’ work experience teaching school-age children or primary school students. The international and managerial experience is required.
• Has knowledge and experience in the early childhood education, developmentally appropriate practice, and bilingual education.
• Personal qualifications, such as: leading skills, solution-oriented approach, high sense of responsibility, emotional maturity, passion for teaching, willingness to cooperate with the aims of the program, respect for children and adults, flexibility, patience, good personal hygiene, and physical and mental health which does not interfere with responsibilities, unconditional love and care for kids.
Education: Master’s or Doctoral degree in Education/Education Administration
• Must have a minimum five years’ work experience teaching school-age children or primary school students. The international and managerial experience is required.
• Has knowledge and experience in the early childhood education, developmentally appropriate practice, and bilingual education.
• Personal qualifications, such as: leading skills, solution-oriented approach, high sense of responsibility, emotional maturity, passion for teaching, willingness to cooperate with the aims of the program, respect for children and adults, flexibility, patience, good personal hygiene, and physical and mental health which does not interfere with responsibilities, unconditional love and care for kids.
• An experience in collaborating with parents in the education of their children.
• Proven ability to work effectively and professionally with adult staff, parents and children
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written)
• Proven ability to work effectively and professionally with adult staff, parents and children
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written)
Interested candidates should submit the following documents:
1. Cover letter (in English only)
2. CV (in English only) + Copies of passport/ID + Copies of degrees/transcripts + Reference letters
Email the documents to [email protected] with the subject line “Preschool Principal”.
1. Cover letter (in English only)
2. CV (in English only) + Copies of passport/ID + Copies of degrees/transcripts + Reference letters
Email the documents to [email protected] with the subject line “Preschool Principal”.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
STEP 1: Submission of application
Applications received and filtered based on the applicants’ academic and professional background.
STEP 2: Resume Screening Shortlisting applicants based on job qualifications and requirements.
STEP 3: In-Person Interview 1 + English Proficiency Test Applicants’ oral and written communication skills in English are formally assessed.
STEP 4: Reference Checks
Three references and recommendation letter are requested and checked out for reliability.
STEP 5: Offer Disclose the job’s benefits and salary.
STEP 6: Contract/Probationary Period
STEP 6: Contract/Probationary Period
Applicants must undergo a three-month paid probationary period upon signing the contract.
Please clearly mention that you have heard of this job opportunity through Repat Armenia.
