Hiring for Head of Early Years at Dubai Full Time

Job Summary

A well established British curriculum school, is looking for a creative, passionate and outstanding Head of Early Years.

We are looking for exceptionally talented education leaders who through their own evidence and impact of their leadership can demonstrate and ensure that our students achieve outstanding outcomes in their academic and personal/social development.

Leadership Management:

• Develop, motivate and lead all staff to achieve the highest professional standards.
• Build a collaborative learning culture within the Phase and actively engage to build an effective learning community.
• Maintain and develop our existing community links.
• Lead and manage change effectively with the help of Deputy Phase Heads/Faculty Heads to prepare the budget for the respective Phases/Departments bearing in mind feasibility, relevance and significance.
• Deploy the School budget effectively working closely with relevant Governors and proactively seek further funding opportunities as required.
• Ensure job descriptions and performance management for all staff are based on clear roles and responsibilities, reviewed at least annually and consistent with current conditions and employment,
• Ensure all policies are kept up todate, working closely with the teaching staff, Deputy Phase Heads, Faculty Heads and Coordinators.
• To embrace and promote cultural diversity.
• Maintain sound procedures for the security, supervision and maintenance of the Phase ensuring that all health and safety regulations are met.
• Manage own personal professional development whilst ensuring the well-being of and a good work/life balance of all personnel.
• Liaise and advise the Full Governing Body as required, forming a pro-active and effective working partnership with them.
• Ensure that all responsibilities delegated by the Head of School are carried out.
• Ensure the school premises are fit for purpose for current and future needs including site development.
• Develop, and where appropriate manage, high quality, affordable extended services

Teaching, Learning, Curriculum and Standards:

• To ensure that the Curriculum provides opportunities that are challenging, enjoyable, relevant, coherent, meaningful and have scope for personalization and choice in learning for all students in the respective phases.
• To lead in the design and implementation of a curriculum, which inspires and engages all students.
• To ensure, that the curriculum has breadth and balance and is effectively linked with all other subjects within the school’s programme.
• To ensure that the curriculum is localised to the UAE.
• To lead the development of appropriate syllabi, resources, schemes of work to ensure that all key subjects are given the appropriate amount of time in the respective Phases.
• To ensure that the work in the curriculum area fully reflects the School’s distinctive ethos and mission.
• To ensure the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective curriculum programme which complements the School Improvement Plan/School Evaluation.
• To review and update the curriculum regularly as part of the school’s self-evaluation process taking into account the views of students and parents in the respective phases.
• To formulate aims, objectives and strategic plans for the Phase which have coherence and relevance to the needs of students and to the aims, objectives and strategic plans of the respective phases.
• To lead in the monitoring and enhancing of teaching and learning in respective phases so that student’s individual needs and strengths are catered to and that students are entirely involved in their self-assessment.
• To ensure that teachers plan lessons imaginativity and provide inspiring learning and environments, using time and resources creativity and enable students to learn through faculty and Deputy Phase Heads.
• To ensure through the Faculty and Deputy Phase Head that teachers have high expectations of all groups of students.
• To ensure through the Faculty Heads and Deputy Phase Heads that assessment information is used effectively by teachers.
• To ensure a consistent and continuous Phase- wide focus on student assessment and achievement, using appropriate data and benchmarks to set, monitor, track and evaluate individual student progress.
• To challenge and remedy under-performance.
• To provide nurturing and attentive pastoral care for all students.
• To ensure exemplary standards of behaviour and attendance.
• To monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice and promote improvement strategies; aim for outstanding standards of learning and teaching at all times.
• To conduct professional development workshops and seminars.

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.
• Rigorous in promoting excellence and developing commitment to high standards of care and opportunities for all.
• Able to demonstrate successful experience of leading and managing staff and promoting and developing innovative approaches to learning
• Experienced in developing teacher’s skills and competencies through a sustained school improvement model such as coaching.
• Able to demonstrate a comprehensive and confident knowledge of best practice pedagogy.

The successful applicant will be:

• A fully certified teacher, holding a B.Ed, PGCE, PGDE or equivalent
• Passionate about providing outstanding teaching and learning
• Highly experienced in National Curriculum for England
• Efficient in people development and have proven leadership and communication abilities

Please send a cover letter and CV to careers@clarionschool.com In the subject line, please include the position you are applying for.