Assistant Principal (Secondary)
SINGAPORE
Start Date: August 2024
Region: Far East and South East Asia
School Curriculum: IB from 2-18yrs (option for IGCSE)
Minimum Experience: 10 years
THE SCHOOL
This is a family-orientated international school in Singapore for students aged 2 to 18, offering a rigorous and well-rounded education comprising all four International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes that stretches beyond traditional academic subjects to embrace the arts, music, drama, design, innovative technologies and sport. In addition to the MYP, middle school students can opt to sit IGCSE exams.
The school has the capacity for 1,600 students and is a truly international school with a cohort representing over 60 nationalities. The state-of-the-art campus has a 750 seat auditorium, visual art and music rooms, contemporary design centre, an innovations suite, Olympic-sized swimming pool, separate Early Years swimming pool, all-weather sports field, 2 basketball courts and 2 libraries containing over 27,000 books.
A career at this school offers all the opportunities associated with a dynamic, forward-thinking organisation, including international prospects, professional development, career progression and the chance to work with some of the foremost educational professionals from around the world.
LIVING AND WORKING IN SINGAPORE
The campus is located just 20 minutes away from downtown Singapore, in a residential neighbourhood surrounded by lush greenery and nature. Mixing together a mass of different cultures, cuisines and architectural styles, Singapore is studded with vast showpiece constructions to complement its colonial-era hotels and buildings. Cutting-edge tourist developments continue to spring up. Shopping avenues and underground malls throb with life, as do the food courts, the riverside bars and the temple-dotted outlying neighbourhoods. Singapore is a very safe, clean, friendly place and ideal for a first time expat and being so close to other countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia means it's cheap and easy to travel overseas.
THE ROLE
The school is looking for a dynamic and passionate, Assistant Principal for the Secondary Years Division, who will be aligned with the school-wide mission, vision and philosophy. The successful incumbent will work in close collaboration with other members of the Secondary Years (G6-12) Leadership Team and oversee day-to-day operations of the Secondary Years, including but not limited to, raising academic standards, curriculum development, timetable and pastoral care for Secondary Years students and staff.
Main Responsibilities
- School Culture
- Drive and support both divisional and school-wide strategic planning.
- Facilitate and contribute to discussions and decision making as part of the pedagogical leadership team.
- Facilitate shared responsibility for the effective functioning of the grade level teams and departments.
- Assists team in the development of learning targets for students.
- Contributes positively to team building.
- Models appropriate dress, demeanour, and actively contributes positive work ethics as defined by school standards.
- Models and encourages a culture of kindness in support of the core values.
- Reports to the school two days prior to the arrival of returning teachers to assist new staff, plan curriculum, and help organise in-service.
Leadership
- Has an appropriate understanding of effective teaching and learning
- Implements strategies for improving teaching and learning, including putting programs and improvement efforts into curriculum development and refinement
- Encourages others to contribute to goal achievement
- Provides direction in achieving stated goals
- Secures commitment to a course of action from individuals and groups
- Promotes high quality professional learning within the team
- Works in collaboration with the Curriculum Coordinators
Management / Operation System
- Provides clear and timely guidance to staff
- Ensures that processes and procedures function effectively
- Ensures open communication among the staff
Curriculum
- To provide academic curriculum leadership in the Secondary Years - ensuring a written curriculum is implemented and reviewed annually
- To liaise with the key stakeholders responsible for implementing the program
- To work with Secondary Years leadership and Middle Leaders to analyse and assess results to improve the program
Professional Development
- To evaluate the professional performance of staff, in particular, Curriculum Coordinators and Middle Leaders (Heads of Department)
- To promote continuing professional development of faculty and staff in accordance with their personal, professional and school goals
- To professionally self-evaluate and reflect soliciting feedback from key stakeholders
Communication
- Clearly communicates when speaking to individuals, small groups, and large groups, and varies delivery based on audience
- Makes oral presentations that are clear and easy to understand
- Expresses ideas clearly in writing
- Writes appropriately for different audiences
- Communicates important decisions appropriately
- Successfully promotes the achievements of the school in public forums
- Successfully promotes the achievements of the staff in public forums
Resolving complex problems and decision-making
- Reaches logical conclusions and makes high quality decisions based on available information
- Assigns appropriate priority to significant issues
- Exercises appropriate caution in making decisions in taking action
- Seeks out relevant data, facts and impressions
- Analyses and interprets complex information
- Assumes responsibility when things don't go according to plan
- Recognizes when a decision is required
- Follows through on tough decisions with sensitivity and respect
- Maintains trust and confidentiality in decision-making
- Takes prompt action as issues emerge and communicate in a timely manner with the Principal
- Resolves short-term issues while balancing them against long-term objectives
- Establishes procedures to monitor projects
- Practices time and task management
Developing self and others
- Provides and engages in professional learning opportunities
- Teaches, coaches, and helps others
- Provides specific feedback based on observations and data
- Understands personal strengths and weaknesses
- Takes responsibility for improvement by actively pursuing developmental activities
- Strives for continuous learning
- Is responsive to parent and student feedback
Change Management
- Champions the school's vision and strategy for change
- Takes responsibility for leading the school's change agenda
- Uses data to inform educational improvement
- Involves their staff in the change process
REQUIREMENTS
- Master's degree/Bachelor's Degree in Educational Administration, Educational Leadership, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years experience in a secondary school, preferably in an international school setting
- Minimum 2 years experience as an Assistant Principal and/or similar leadership role is desirable
- Demonstrates positive influence and highly effective communication skills
- Demonstrates care for and genuine interest in our students and their challenges
- Understands and adapts to the diverse cultural backgrounds of our staff, students and parents
- Excels in constantly changing environments and adapts flexibly in shifting projects or priorities to meet the needs of our growing school, comfortable with ambiguity and non-routine situations.
- Models appropriate dress, demeanour, and actively contributes positive work ethics as defined by school standards
- Models and encourages a culture of kindness in support of the schools core value
- Goes beyond expectations in supporting student ambitions and goals.
- Is available for students, parents/guardians and is an advocate for students.
- Organised, proactive and solution focused and has demonstrated the ability to work well in teams. Has demonstrated a positive relationship with all members of the school community.
- Individual's must be comfortable to share their vaccination reports and should meet the vaccination requirement in Singapore. Refer to https://www.mom.gov.sg/covid-19/vaccination-requirements-as-a-condition-for-mom-passes for the latest requirements.
SALARY AND BENEFITS PACKAGE
- Competitive Salary: teaching salaries are between SGD $6,000 to $7,606 per month before tax, plus stipend for any leadership roles
- Housing Allowance: Between SGD $2,400 to $3,200 per month before tax (based on family status)
- Global Health Insurance for Teacher and up to 2 eligible Dependents (spouse/children)
- Flight Allowance (relocation flight before contract starts and repatriation flight after contract complete, subject to claimable limit as per school policy)
- Shipping allowance -between SGD $ 2,400 to $4,800 (based on family status)
- 100% tuition fee discount for 1st child, 50% for 2nd child; 100% for 2 children for teaching couples.
- 2 year Contract