Job in the UAE at GEMS Education: Assistant Headteacher - Primary

As a member of the Extended Leadership Team, you will be expected to be responsible for:

• Lead, manage, coordinate, maintain, develop, monitor, and evaluate the progress made for children within their Key Stage.
• Make a full contribution to the processes of planning, resource management, policy development, and implementation across the school through the effective leadership and management of your specific Key Stage.
• Make a full contribution to ensuring high expectations and standards in all aspects of school life.
• Work flexibly in supporting the day-to-day organization and management of the school.
• Aspects of the Role of Assistant Head Teacher, will include:
• Promoting and Ensuring High-Performance Learning at GFM
  • The promotion of a HPL.
  • Promoting and Ensuring Student Development, Progress, and Well-Being.
  • Appropriate progress targets are set for the Key Stage in liaison with the Head of School.
  • A positive ethos which reflects a commitment by all teaching staff to high achievement, excellent behavior, an effective climate for learning, good relationships, and equality of opportunity for all.
  • Active observation of / participation in the activities of the Key Stage.
• Leading and Managing People and Teams
  • Developing a positive ethos that reflects a commitment by all class teachers/tutors to high achievement, excellent behavior, an effective climate for learning, good relationships, and equality of opportunity for all.
  • Keeping abreast of current local, national, and international developments in tracking progress and the dissemination of such information to the Key Stage thus encouraging team members to keep up to date with new educational developments and to incorporate such developments into their practice as appropriate.
  • Coaching and delivering training to staff on a range of topics relevant to the work of the Key Stage.
  • Identifying, developing, and reviewing opportunities for individuals to gain broad experience and develop their skills, including through the Performance Development Programme and other planned opportunities.
• Leading teaching and learning and managing policy
  • Effective liaison with Class and Form Tutors regarding the use of baseline data to inform teaching.
  • In liaison with Heads of Subject Areas a commitment to consistency and opportunities for innovation within the curriculum and an overarching monitoring role to ensure schemes of work-appropriate.
  • Contribution to published materials.
  • Awareness of the dimensions of the wider curriculum and the opportunities for developing students in external and in-school activities.
• The promotion and representation of the Key Stage to both the whole school and the wider community by:
  • Working closely with other Heads of Key Stage to ensure high-quality provision for tracking progress with students and ensuring that transitions between year groups are managed appropriately.
  • Promoting a planned program to enrich the learning objectives of the school.
  • Developing effective links with the local community including parents/carers, businesses, and industry.
  • Liaising with external agencies as appropriate.
• Manage Finance and Resources
  • Any expenditure is efficiently planned, implemented, and monitored.
  • Costs are controlled and value for money maximized.
  • Accurate inventories are maintained.

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