Assistant Principal - Mubarak Bin Mohammed Cycle 2&3 Charter School - January 2027 Start

Role Overview

Aldar Education is seeking an outstanding Assistant Principal for Mubarak Bin Mohammed (Cycle 2 & 3) Charter School, an American curriculum mixed-gender primary school in Abu Dhabi, with a start date of January 2027.

Company Overview

Mubarak Bin Mohammed (Cycle 2 & 3) Charter School is located in a state-of-the-art building in the heart of Abu Dhabi. The school strives for excellence through high expectations and commitment to providing high-quality learning opportunities. The vision is to create "A sustainable and innovative learning community, where we nurture our learners through Collaboration, Leadership and Creativity," supported by the MBMC2&3 Learner and Teacher DNA at the heart of the school community. Aldar Education operates a family of highly successful schools and is a leading school group in Abu Dhabi.

Role Purpose

The Assistant Principal will direct school operations and quality assure the activities of staff and students, ensuring a safe, orderly, and smooth functioning environment conducive to learning. The role will implement student achievement improvement efforts in alignment with the school development plan and ADEK regulations, while providing leadership in assessment, supervision, and professional development.

Key Responsibilities

Operations & Environment

• Direct and quality assure the activities of the staff and students and ensure a safe, orderly, and smooth functioning environment conducive to learning.

Assessment & Achievement

• Support and administer the annual school assessment and monitoring master schedule in conjunction with the school SLT and department leaders.
• Implement student achievement improvement efforts as mapped out in the school development plan and ADEK regulations and as directed by Aldar Education, including school improvement plans, standardized testing, remediation, collection and reporting of data, and development of special schedules and testing procedures.
• Implement student achievement improvement efforts including directing the MAP/Exact Path student achievement plan, developing a progress-based testing schedule in coordination with assessment coordination, establishing and overseeing assessment and reporting processes related to student attainment and progress, data collection, students' records, and archiving.
• Ability to work with data and be effective in using data to diagnose, intervene and evaluate impact upon learning.

Supervision & Evaluation

• Collaborate with Principal and Vice Principal to supervise and evaluate teachers, supervisors, and curriculum support staff as assigned.

Recruitment & Selection

• Provide leadership in screening and interviewing applicants including non-teaching positions, and/or recommending applicants to be interviewed.

Instruction & Professional Development

• Collaborate with the SLT team regarding new or changing instructional methods, materials, strategies, and programs.
• Assist, determine, develop and implement plans for staff CPD development for the building that facilitates professional growth and enhances the quality and efficiency of teaching.

Reporting & Compliance

• Assist in the completion and submission of all required reports, forms, and data requests on time to the designated sources.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work and meet with other administrators and staff to foster and participate in team collaboration and effectiveness.

General

• Perform other duties as assigned by the School Principal.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Education or B.Sc degree with PGCE is essential; Master's degree is desirable.
• At least 6 years' experience, including 4 consecutive years where teaching performance exceeds standards and expectations as evidenced by performance appraisal.
• At least 2 years' experience in a middle leadership role.
• Experience of leading school initiatives that have led to improvement in standards and achievement.
• Experience working with parents and external agencies.

Skills & Competencies

• Secure knowledge of teaching and learning and a track record of implementing effective strategies to raise standards and plug gaps in learning.
• Ability to work with data and be effective in using data to diagnose, intervene, and evaluate impact upon learning.
• Ability to organize tasks and handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to exercise good judgment.
• Leadership skills.
• Ability to appropriately handle confidential information.
• Genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.

Additional Information

• Successful candidates will be closely aligned with school core values and ethos.