Vice Principal/ Principal

**22** yrs**:
Experience

**N/A**:
Class

**ICSE**:
Curriculum

**1** -** **2**:
Salary Offered

**N/A**:
Qualification Required

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- Assist the management in developing a school environment that is supportive of learning and high achievement among the students.
- Develop and provide appropriate learning and curriculum programs and methods of instruction that meet the needs of all students in the school and timetabling to support them.
- Promote effective teaching and learning practices across the school.
- Assist in the development of the school curriculum and assessment policies.
- Develop and implement systems for recording individual pupils’ progress and ensure that parents are informed regularly of the progress of their children at the school.
- Assist the management in supporting the monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning across the school and contribute to school self-evaluation and the development of improvement plans.
- Assist the management in the re-evaluation of the purpose, objectives, and activities of the school in line with School self-Evaluation Guidelines from the Department of Education and Skills Inspectorate.
- Assist the management in developing the educational aims and objectives of the school and devising strategies to achieve.
- Assist the management in co-ordinating the school plan and policies for approval by the Board of Management.
- Develop a good working relationship with the Principal, the other Deputy Principal, teaching staff and ancillary staff.
- Treat all staff with respect and develop positive relationships.
- Assist the management in promoting ongoing staff development and in-service and in the identification of the staffing needs of the school - i.e. teaching and support staff.
- Co-ordinate Staff Development and organize Staff Days.
- Assist the management in advising the Board of Management as to a probationary teacher’s suitability for continued employment in the school.
- Develop effective communication systems with pupils, staff, parents and the wider community.
- Maintain effective relationships with the stakeholders involved (ETB, CE, BOM, staff, students, parents, Parents Association, Student Council and the wider school community).
- Communicate with students, staff, and parents in a positive, friendly and professional manner.
- Implement the Code of Behaviour and all school policies with an understanding of their rationale.
- Liaising with the school union representatives on matters relating to the school.
- Organizational Management and Administrative Skills.
- Assist the management in the day to day management of the school, including the planning and overseeing of the daily timetabling of classes.
- Assist the management in matters of student discipline, in the promotion of good order and general supervision between classes.
- Be responsible for the roster of absent teachers and the implementation of and monitoring of the Supervision and Substitution Scheme.
- Establish and maintain effective data management systems such as student records, teacher records, attendance, purchasing procedures, and timetables.
- Assist the management with break time and lunchtime supervision.
- Assist the management with morning supervision prior to school opening.
- Prepare a summary of the results of the State Exams for the Board of Management.
- Assist in ensuring the security of the school building and safekeeping of property.
- Conduct the ordinary activities of correspondence, making reports and returns of information as required by the Department of Education and the Board of Management and ensuring that arrangements are made for dealing with such administrative matters during vacation periods.

**Qualifications**:
Master's Degree + B.ED

Benefits: Transportation.

**Handling**: Whole school.

**Female Only