Vice Principal/ Principal

**Overview**:
Founded in 2010, Ekya Schools is a chain of progressive K-12 schools in Bangalore, India offering Kindergarten & Montessori and Grades 1-12 affiliated to CBSE, ICSE and Cambridge IGCSE. With our in-house curriculum, students experience a rich learning journey designed to challenge, engage and excite.

Drawing on the legacy of the CMR Group of Institutions and the innovative, immersive methods of school systems around the world, the Ekya Schools were instituted with one aim - to teach children not just what to learn, but how to learn. Here, knowing how to learn is a skill in itself, and the key to creating lifelong learners with the means to adapt and thrive in a constantly changing world.

**Role Purpose**:
The Head of school/ Principal embodies the mission of the school and articulates the mission for all aspects of the school’s program. In keeping with the school’s mission, the Head of School/ Principal serves as the educational leader, responsible for managing the policies, regulations, and procedures to ensure that all students are supervised in a safe learning environment that meets the approved curricula and fosters the traditions, relationships, and practices that determine the school’s climate and culture.

The Principal is the spokesperson for the school with all its internal and external constituencies including students, parents, staff, alumni, the business community, governmental agencies, and local, state, regional and national educational organizations and accrediting agencies.

The Principal reports to the Founder of Ekya Schools and needs to keep her updated at all activities. Additional monitoring of quality, adherence to timelines, measurement of outcomes and documentation will be monitored from the HO.

**Roles & Responsibilities**

The Principal along with the Head of school has the ultimate responsibility for overall school leadership, curriculum and instruction, student life, parent and community, admissions, finance, and school operations.

**Leadership**
- Shares the strategic vision of the school and guides the school leadership team in the translation and execution of this vision of the School.
- Ensure levels of performance necessary to achieve the agreed aims and objectives of the school.
- Proactively plans teacher schedules before the commencement of each academic year.
- Lead, motivate, encourage, support, monitor and evaluate to ensure continuous school improvement.
- Ensure that all staff have access to regular advice and ensure the training and development plans are in place, appropriate to the needs of the school and to their stage of development.
- To ensure all staff are valued as individuals and receive courtesy and respect at all times.

**Curriculum and Instruction**
- Upholds the academic and ethical standards of the school.
- Assigns, supervises and evaluates the duties performed by the school leadership team, school administration staff, teachers and other staff members.
- Fosters professionalism, collegiality, and ethical conduct in the school.
- Maintains and conducts regular audits of attendance registers and other records maintained by school leadership and administration team.
- Provides for professional development through regular teacher observations
- Stimulates and participates in the dialog about teaching and learning at the school.
- Oversees the curricula, class schedules, assessments and all aspects of the school’s academic program.
- Optimizes the physical learning environment and technology in all instructional areas.

**Student Life**
- Involved in planning and overseeing student activities and extracurricular opportunities in conjunction with co-curricular coordinator.
- Administers the school’s discipline policies and standards of conduct.
- Supervises the school’s support systems, such as counseling, academic support, before
- and
- after-school programs, health, and wellness, etc..
- Oversees the school safety programs including building security, emergency procedures and
- transportation.
- Promotes a healthy student culture in and out of school.
- Optimizes, plans and implements all-school gatherings including assemblies, annual days, showcases, orientations, sporting events, performances, and other such events.
- Provides for character education and ethical teachings in keeping with the mission of the school.
- Reports student progress to parents on a timely and helpful basis.

**Parents and Community**
- Encourage and develop positive cooperation between the school, home, and the wider community.
- Ensure that parents have timely access to appropriate information about the school and the curriculum.
- To maintain accessibility to parents, particularly at the end of the school day, where possible.
- Meets parents regularly with grievances and complaints to resolve issues.
- Oversees the school’s relations with its alumni including development and maintenance of the alumni database, communications programs, and special events.

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