Principal
AJ Group of Schools
Total years of experience :22 years, 7 Months
Working as Principal of Al Ain Juniors Group of Schools (British and Indian Curriculum).
Principal, AJ Group of Schools 2009 to Present
Leadership and Management
• Lead in all aspects of school operations, including instructional leadership, Policies formation and management, program planning and implementation, staff selection and evaluation, student placement and discipline, school budget, and school supervision.
• Lead on 21st Century student competency curriculum designing and implementation reform initiative through the Abu Dhabi Educational Council’s SCF Pilot project.
• Lead school administration, coordinators, Heads of faculty in the management and implementation of the ADEC standards and new pedagogies and ensuring that decisions and activity are understood and executed in a professional manner.
• Lead on School Self Evaluation and School Development Planning across the School.
• Designing, implementing and evaluating a strategy for the continuous professional development of staff that makes best use of the skills of everyone in the school.
• Lead on staff Performance development plans and teacher profiling.
• Contributing towards the delivery of professional development programmes and training.
Employer Branding & Culture
• Supporting senior management with promoting the organisation through raising standards across the P&O deliverables in the British and CBSE schools.
• Overseeing the Cluster SVP, VP’s, Brand Leaders and corporate P&O colleagues in developing an enhanced organisational culture.
• Strategising & developing an employee oriented high performance culture that emphasizes on professional behaviour & core values.
Strategic Support
• Playing key role in supporting the People and Organisation (P&O) strategy in conjunction with P&O colleagues and Education leadership within the AJ Group’s British and CBSE schools and the corporate office.
• Supporting school leaders with workforce planning strategies within individual schools assigned, across the British and CBSE schools and across the wider group (EYFS/Primary/High & Secondary schools) in conjunction with P&O Business Partner colleagues and consultant P&O Talent leadership.
• Developing plans to enhance talent within the schools working in conjunction with FPMC (Focal Point Management Consultancy) P&O Talent leadership and education management.
• Evaluating organizational policies, procedures, plans and making suitable recommendation for change to senior management.
Employee Engagement
• Coach and train colleagues to drive employee engagement initiatives.
• Delivering an action planning strategy to improve engagement levels making use of the annual Employee Engagement Survey results.
• Creating channels for employees at all levels to feedback to the organization.
. Involvement in school leadership assessments in line with talent mapping and pipelining projects.
Consulting & Training
• Providing school wide audits on school performance standards
• Leading and providing guidance on school self evaluation procedures.
Providing need based CPD Training to leadership and staff.
• Educating Principals on the Performance Management System, having conversations with staff, SMART goals etc
• Liaising with schools to coordinate a company-wide succession planning.
Worked as, Principal with Azaan International School, Hyderabad (Affiliated by Central Board Secondary Education and State Board of AP) with branches all over Hyderabad and corporate office at Banjara Hills.
Principal for 2, 200-student high school serving grades KG-10.
• Managed program development and evaluation, curriculum and instruction, teacher training, and Board and Education Department responsibilities.
• Administered a 50, 000, 000 annual operating budget and supervised 150 professional and classified staff members.
• Implemented an alternative education program; created a climate conducive to academic achievement by reducing class sizes. Program resulted in 90% success rate among at-risk youth.
• Served on a task force that was instrumental in defining the relationship between Azaan International School and local community welfare programme leaders.
• Organized and directed annual Teacher and Student Achievement (TSA) workshops for faculty.
• Achieved numerous citations from Management for improved school enrolment.
• Provide detailed appraisals reports to the Management, evaluating the application against the criteria for promotion, increments, and state the perceived level of performance.
• Working with school and advisory staff to strategically plan the priorities, goals and activities as identified to drive forward whole school improvement Developing a joint approach to resource management.
Worked as, Principal, Crescent Junior College, Nizamabad and Academic Head of Knowledge Park, the concept school (BNC Primary Curriculum) and Academic advisor of Crescent Creative Kids (EYFS curriculum).
• Primary responsibilities included student attainment, curriculum development, behaviour & discipline, attendance, instructional supervision, and staff evaluation.
• Administered a 100, 000, 000 annual operating budget and supervised 150 professionals and classified staff members.
• Instrumental in the development and implementation of the Saturday School for Underperforming Students program.
• Received accolades from management and teachers for enhancing the success of 11th grade students through the creation of alternative education program (SUCCEED) and coordination of Eleventh grade teams.
Worked as Consultant, developing & training teachers of high school, senior and senior secondary school for (CBSE) and A, A+ and O level examinations of (IGCSE syllabus) University of Cambridge, London at Parkwood School International, Hyderabad, India; an authorized centre of Cambridge International Examinations, UK.
Worked as Vice - Principal for Orchard International School (A Unit of Aravinda Educational Society), Karimanagar, Andhra Pradesh, India
Vice Principal for 1, 500-student high school serving grades KG-10.
• Primary responsibilities included developing the curriculum, including course content, methods of teaching and assessment by overseeing teaching-learning.
• Evaluating the student, parents and teachers satisfaction with the educational process of the school.
• Hiring staff, developing and administering budget, coordinating educational and clinical services, supervising student’s activities.
• Selecting and assigning staff in-service programs, and astutely observing staff performance.
Worked as Academic Director
Worked as Honorary B.Ed. lecturer in English teaching methodology for Crescent College of Education
Govt. Academic Counsellor and Lecturer appointed by Central Government of India for English Subject for Post Graduate and Degree ( B.Sc., B.Com., B.A. )
Description of Duties Performed:
• Executing Important tasks like appointing faculty members including interviews, tests and demonstrations.
• Supervision and Evaluation of staff, Mentoring and assisting new teachers.
• Coordinating ongoing teacher's training and professional development by conducting workshops.
• Enhance language skills and fluency of orientations for the staff member.
• Drafting Publicity material, prospectus, admission forms, designing reports for parents and board of directors.
• Timetabling of the Institutional courses and the allocation of assignments and courses to the teaching staff.
• Responsible for improving overall academic standards of the institution.
• Strategically planned the priorities, goals and activities as identified to drive forward whole school improvement
• Developed an efficient approach to resource management
• Coordinated, implemented and evaluated a strategy for the continuous professional development of staff that made best use of the skills of everyone in the school
• Leading and managing members of staff working across KG, Primary and Secondary schools
• Preparing and presenting regular reports on whole school improvement, teachers and student achievements to the Management & Trustees.
• Designed curriculum (academic and extra-curricular) for secondary schools
• Involved in recruitment and interview process of teaching staff for secondary school
• Worked in collaboration with the Advisory committee to strategically plan the priorities, goals and activities for school improvement.
Education Methodology English Teaching
Curriculum followed: CBSE, EYFS, British National Curriculum (K to A Levels)
Specialization in phonetics and literature in English
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