Principal at an Educational Institution at Brilliant Performance Solutions Limited

Job Summary

• We urgently require the services of a principal who has a minimum of 7 years’ experience in the management of School to manage one of the branches located at Akute in Ogun State.

Job Description
Daily Tasks:

• Oversight of the educational process: The school principal monitors the educational and administrative process daily to ensure its effective operation. Follows up on the daily schedule and ensures that teachers are committed to delivering lessons according to established plans.
• Review attendance and absence: The Principal is keen to review classroom statistics related to absence and attendance. This helps in identifying behavioral or academic problems in students.
• Orienting teachers and staff: The Principal supervises the guidance and leadership of teachers and the work team in their various specializations, to provide the necessary support and to solve the problems they may face.
• Ensure safety factors: The principal ensures daily that classrooms and school facilities are safe, ensuring that the educational environment is safe for all students.
• Communication with parents: The Principal is keen to constantly communicate with parents to listen to their complaints and suggestions, which strengthens the partnership between the school and the community.
• Monitoring order and cleanliness: The Principal monitors the level of cleanliness and order in the school, and supervises the readiness of educational tools to ensure the provision of an appropriate learning environment.
• Review security logs: He makes sure to review the security book to ensure that all visitors are accurately registered, signed, and visit dates are set.

Weekly Tasks:

• Evaluating teachers' performance: The principal evaluates teachers' performance periodically, to ensure the quality of education provided, and to identify professional development opportunities.
• Setting educational goals: The principal sets the school's learning objectives for the week and shares these objectives with staff to ensure they are met.
• Strengthening the cultural role: The Principal is interested in promoting cultural and awareness activities within the school, to support students’ intellectual and social development.
• Regular meetings: The principal holds periodic meetings with teachers and parents to promote cooperation between the school and the community, and to discuss important educational issues.
• Ensure safety equipment is in place: The Principal ensures that fire extinguishers are in their correct places, and performs regular maintenance on them to ensure everyone's safety.
• Preparing for official visits: The principal prepares to receive inspectors and VIP visitors, and ensures that the school is in its best condition.

General Duties

• Recruitment and supervision: The Principal supervises the recruitment of teachers, specialists, and workers in accordance with the school plan, and distributes tasks to ensure compatibility between the skills of individuals and the needs of the school.
• Strategic Planning: The principal works to develop short- and long-term plans to ensure the improvement of the educational process in line with the state’s vision.
• Resource Management: The Principal monitors the distribution of educational media, such as books and school supplies, to ensure that all students receive their needs.
• Systems application: The principal supervises the implementation of laws and regulations within the school, and imposes penalties on violators to deter negative behaviors.

Personal Traits:

• Leadership and ability to communicate: The successful principal is distinguished by distinguished leadership abilities, which enable him to effectively direct the work team and achieve good communication with teachers, students, and parents.
• Analytical thinking: The Principal has the ability to analyze and deduce, which helps him make decisions based on accurate data and reliable information.
• Flexibility and quick wit: The Principal must be flexible in dealing with daily problems, and able to make appropriate decisions at critical times.

The role of the school principal in developing the educational environment:

• Encouraging cooperation: The Principal works to create an atmosphere of cooperation among all members of the school community, which enhances the quality of the educational process.
• Activating educational councils: The Principal encourages the holding of periodic meetings of educational councils to discuss challenges and search for innovative solutions.
• Facilities development: The principal always strives to improve the school's facilities, to provide an appropriate educational environment that supports creativity and learning.

The most important Responsibilities

• Preparing the school schedule and distributing it to the staff: Preparing the school schedule is one of the main daily tasks of the school principal, as he determines the dates of classes and distributes them to teachers in a way that ensures that the educational process runs smoothly and efficiently.
• Distributing students to classrooms: The principal distributes students to classrooms fairly, taking into account the balance of numbers in each class to ensure a suitable learning environment for all students.
• Distributing work to school workers and employees: The principal supervises the distribution of work and tasks to school workers, ensuring that the daily work runs efficiently and that teachers and students have everything they need.
• Supervising the work of teachers in the classroom: The principal follows up on the performance of teachers in classrooms, supervises the implementation of educational plans and verifies the achievement of specific educational goals.
• Meeting with parents: The principal communicates on a daily basis with parents to listen to their complaints and suggestions, and works to solve the issues facing students in cooperation with their families.
• Supervising school activities (cultural, sports, and social): The principal supervises the organization of various types of school activities, which enhances the development of students' skills and contributes to building their personalities in an integrated manner.
• Monitoring absences of teachers and students: The principal follows up on the daily absences of teachers and students, and takes the necessary measures to ensure everyone's attendance and commitment to school attendance.
• Submitting reports to the educational administration: The principal prepares daily reports on the progress of the educational and administrative process in the school, and submits them to the educational administration to follow up performance and take appropriate decisions.
• Ordering the necessary tools and equipment for the school: The principal makes sure that all tools and equipment necessary for the educational process are available, and requests them from the competent authorities when needed.
• Bringing textbooks and scientific tools: The principal is keen to provide the necessary textbooks and scientific tools for students at the beginning of each academic year, and makes sure that they are distributed appropriately.
• Discipline students according to the disciplinary regulations; The principal is responsible for disciplining students according to the approved disciplinary regulations, to ensure that order and discipline are maintained within the school.
• Implementing all laws and regulations issued by the Ministry of Education: The principal works to implement all laws and regulations issued by the Ministry of Education, and ensures that they are adhered to by all staff and students in the school.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess an HND / B.Ed qualification with a minimum of 7 years experience in the management of School