American Baccalaureate School of Kuwait: Elementary Principal (Position Requires Relocation To Kuwait)

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL (Position Requires Relocation to Kuwait)Relocation Assistance ProvidedStart Date of Position: August 10th, 2022REPORTS TO: DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSPrimary Functions:The Elementary Principal is responsible for management of all grade level students in the department, staff members, and curriculum.

Responsibilities include core subjects program management (English, Math, and Science), discipline of staff and students, staff evaluations, and professional development on classroom management; supervise the Learning Support Program, and the Elementary A-Team.Key Responsibilities of Elementary Principal include:A.

CURRICULUM AND TEACHER SUPERVISIONCommon Core Curriculum compliance for all grades in Elementary for Core subjects: English, Math, Science.

This includes ensuring that teachers are working towards, and meeting end-of-year grade level standards for each core subject.

Weekly meetings with each teacher are required, as well as brief weekly written status reports.Teachers required to use rubrics for grading; as well as disclosing grade level expectations to parents.Teachers required to create binders with yearlong plans, curriculum standards, rubrics, exemplars, weekly overviews, samples of student assessments.Teachers required to give regular assessment of Grade level standards.Providing supervision, support, and performance evaluations of teachers of all grades in Elementary (non-Arabic) in regards to curriculum implementation and classroom management procedures, providing follow-up and evaluation, and maintaining appropriate documentationWeekly monitoring of teachers’ grades (each Sunday), ensuring grades are posted for previous week on Gradequick and exported to Edline.Weekly monitoring of teachers’ weekly overviews, ensuring commensurate scope and breadth of coverage of curriculum components.Supervising verification of grades and comments at report card time.Meeting with parents of students who have concerns about programs or teachers.
· To keep Principal and Director of Operations informed of all relevant and pertinent issues.
· Organization and co-ordination of student bi-annual assessments (Stanford 10).

B.

STUDENT CONTROL AND SUPERVISION
· Discipline for students.

Managing all follow-thru with parent contact and documentation.
· Monitor students’ arrival and leaving times from school paying special attention that no Grade 2/3 student is allowed to leave the school grounds for any reason unless being picked up by parent or driver.

Prior permission must be given, following office procedures.
· Daily lunch duty in the cafeteria to manage student behavior.C.

SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES WITH DEPARTMENT VP’SMorning assembliesStudent SafetyTeacher Evaluations for shared teachersBirthdaysCertificates/AwardsCreating of letter to parents on Stanford resultsSending home Stanford resultsFaculty meeting dates, meeting agendas, presentationField trips, Assemblies, and ActivitiesSupervision of Reading Improvement Program – For Students in Grades KG2 and Grade 1Campus cleanliness and tidinessD.

REPORTING1.

To include “watch” list of students who are not meeting grade level expectations and who are recommended for repeating the grade level.a.

Documentation needs to be kept, letters need to go home to parents, parent meetings held, and report cards reviewed carefully before being approved.2.

Monthly curriculum standards status report, by Core Subject area and teacher.3.

Professional Development for your teachers.Other duties assigned by the management.Benefits:1.

Competitive, tax-free salary2.

Fully Furnished and equipped housing3.

Annual flight allowance for travel and point to point reimbursement for relocation to Kuwait4.

Private Health insurance, for within the country of Kuwait5.

Annual flight allowance6.

Paid time off 30 calendar days’ paid vacation in addition to time off for University Winter and Spring Breaks7.

End of Service Bonus equivalent to half-month salary for every year worked, which becomes one month salary for every year worked at the five year mark