Deputy Vice Principal – Senior School

2 months ago

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Bloom World Academy Full time

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an outstanding Deputy Vice Principal (Senior School) to join our team. This person will be responsible for working with and supporting the Vice Principal and leadership team in key school leadership and management areas, with a particular focus on raising the standard of learning and teaching and the quality of assessment and reporting in Senior School.

WHO WE ARE

Bloom World Academy was launched in August 2022 and educates children from 18 months to 18 years. The school has been hugely successful, so far, in challenging convention and doing things differently in Dubai for the benefit of learners, families and teachers.

After a very successful 18 months of operation, we are looking to expand our offerings next academic year including expansion into our Pre-University Centre (Grade and continued growth across other areas of the school including our Primo (nursery - KG2) and Junior School (Grade 1-5).

Every aspect of learning and teaching at Bloom World Academy has been considered - how we do it, why we do it and the impact it is having. This has directly led to many firsts for the UAE. BWA is the first school in UAE to start at 9am; the first school where each student and their family can choose their own timetable (learning pathways), and a school where each student has a Learning Achievement Passport (LAP) – where the performance and progress is shared with the student and family several times a year.

BWA is a family-first school – we encourage parents to be an integral part of our community with many working from school in our community café, attending regular workshops, joining our weekly, celebratory community forums and accessing our school gym.

Strategic direction and development of the school

· To assist the Senior Leadership Team in driving the mission and vision of the school, setting very high expectations for all students, and creating an environment where every one of them can be 'First, Best and Different'.

· To play a role in setting aims and objectives for the school and in formulating the School Improvement Plan, in collaboration with the Senior Leadership Team, governors and other senior staff.

· To assist the Senior Leadership Team in the school self-review and evaluation process, as well as effective planning and management of resources to drive school improvements.

Learning and Teaching

· Be an 'outstanding' role model and act as a leading classroom practitioner, helping to develop the quality of learning and teaching across the Senior School.

· Supporting in the evaluation and development of learning and teaching across the Senior School.

· Leading the approach to assessment and reporting across the Senior School.

· Coordinate and lead all standardised testing across the Senior School.

· Work in partnership with parents to educate them about our school's approach to assessment including key standardised assessments (NGRT, CAT4 and PASS) and understanding our reporting system.

· Lead the analysis of data in Senior School, supporting teachers to triangulate internal and external data sources, as well as triangulating with other key sources such as the Learning Achievement Passport.

· To lead the coordination and implementation of our Personal Pathways approach across the Senior School.

Leading and managing staff

· Work with the leadership team to lead, motivate, support, challenge and develop all staff to secure continual improvement including their own continual professional development.

· To contribute to the monitoring and development of learning and teaching and our commitment to academic improvement.

· Share in whole school data analysis to determine how well the school is performing and assist with target setting as appropriate.

· To support the Senior Leadership Team to lead Performance Management of teaching staff in the Senior School.

· Work with the Senior Leadership Team to deliver an appropriate programme of professional development for all staff including quality coaching and mentoring, in line with the school improvement plan and performance management.

Deploying staff and resources

· In consultation with, and by the direction of the Vice Principal – Senior School, deploy people and resources efficiently and effectively i.e. timetables, deployment of assistants and supply staff.

· To participate in recruitment and selection of new staff in the Senior School.

Specific responsibilities

· Deputise for the Vice Principal – Senior School in his absence.

· Take a major role in the day-to-day running of the school, attending daily and weekly meetings and leading them as required.

· Contribute to a positive ethos for learning.

· Promote the values and achievements of the school to the community.

· Take a lead in the efficient organisation, management, and supervision of school routines.

· Implement policies on equality issues for all staff and students.

· Support the Senior Leadership Team and Governors in annual budget planning and monitoring.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

To be considered for this role, candidates must be:

· An effective and dynamic leader with a proven track record in sustained school improvement that can be demonstrated through hard data.

· Knowledge of, and experience in, the leading assessment across a section of the school.

· Rigorous in promoting excellence and developing commitment to high standards of care and opportunities for all.

· Knowledge of, and experience in, the deployment and timetabling of staff.

· Able to demonstrate success in leading and managing staff, including promoting and developing innovative approaches to learning.

· Experienced in developing teachers' skills and competencies through a sustained school improvement model such as coaching.

· Able to demonstrate a comprehensive and confident knowledge of best practice pedagogy from G6 to G12.

· Able to demonstrate a desire to be innovative and creative in the provision offered for BWA learners to ensure all can succeed.

· Able to demonstrate a commitment to inclusion.

· Able to guide and support students onto appropriate pathways or courses which lead to suitable and aspirational tertiary education opportunities or careers.

· Able to demonstrate genuine passion towards the wider co-curricular life of a school.

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