Implementation of the philosophy and the Core Values of SEL 1. The Principal serves as the educational leader responsible for ALL school operations by managing the policies, regulations, in a safe learning environment that meets the approved curricula and builds a school culture aligned to the Vision, Mission and Core Values in all aspects both administrative and academic. 2. The Principal directs and nurtures all members of the school staff hired by the Board of Directors for optimal performance and communicates effectively with parents and the community 3. Effectively communicates to ensure that all Board of Governors decisions related to all aspects of school operations are shared with all staff and reports back to the Board on the progress and effectiveness of all school operations. 4. The Principal consolidates the annual objectives for the instructional, co-curricular, extracurricular and administrative needs and collaborates with the Board to clearly articulate the Annual Planning Cycle (APC) 5. Ensures that the school is aligned to and strives to meet all norms, standards and compliances of the DoE and affiliating board. 6. Ensuring appropriate policies and procedures to support pupils with special 7. educational needs, and to promote inclusion. Curriculum 1. Leads timely planning of the curriculum before the beginning of academic session. Reviewing to ensure that the following areas are implemented: a. Academic deadlines are met b. Curriculum is shared with the staff c. Workplans are ready on time d. Curriculum is being used correctly and effectively e. Regular assessments are happening, teaching is happening at the required pace ensuring consistency with regard to the school’s Assessment and Reporting policy. f. Mentoring curriculum transaction and development in the class, monitoring the same with the help of Vice Principal. 2. Initiates and approves changes in the curriculum once a year under the guidance of the SEL Ops team and the Promoter/Director 3. Initiates regularity in Form /subject meets and conducts periodic review of all MOMs with VP/HODs/Accors. 4. Ensuring that the report cards are completed as per plan and quality standards. 5. To review workload of staff members for best productivity & quality through staff mapping, identifying strengths, teaching levels of academic staff. 6. Follow- up on the review mechanism of HODs and AcCords to improve teacher capability and teaching learning in class rooms. 7. To conduct meetings with special educators, PRO and Admin staff once in a month to review their plan vs actual status. 8. Take regular classes (6-8) per week. Academic Excellence 1. As a pedagogical leader s/he manages people, data and processes to foster school improvement. 2. Identifies strategies for Improving student achievement a. ensures consistent and school-wide focus on student achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress of each student’s learning b. develops an annual action plan for higher student achievement c. develops a variety of testing tools to be used for a variety of reasons d. uses assessment data as a tool to inform teaching and learning which leads to improvement. e. Analyzes results across the school in different subjects to understand gaps areas. 3. encourages teachers to change strategies to meet student needs high lighting the needs w.r.t. Curriculum to the AVP – Operations, SEL 4. To research on best practices of schools and raise the bar of excellence through innovation. 5. To monitor the academic targets through the Academic Coordinators, Subject Coordinators, Form Teachers and HOD on a quarterly basis and ensure uniformity of curriculum delivery. People Management and Development 1. Planning and implementing the training calendar for all staff in terms of improvement of their potential. (One of the tools for training identification could be class room observation) 2. Ensuring fulfillment of the training needs through consultation with the Director and collaboration with SEL Team. 3. Ensuring staff confirmation reviews as per timelines. No delays to happen 4. System to put in place to ensure that class room observations are done as per schedule by self/VP/HODs and documented for tallying with SEL LOs. 5. To identify potential performers and groom them as second line leadership in consultation with the Director and Head HR SEL 6. The Principal must also conduct professional development sessions for the team. 7. To ensure that the ESS is conducted and review the POA for remediation and follow up on general grievances /suggestions. Manpower Planning 1. To lead annual planning, budgeting and the manpower requirements of the school every year 2. Timely identification of manpower requirements as per budget in collaboration with the Vice Principal. 3. To ensure recruitment of all manpower resources through effective and efficient recruitment system in working with HR. 4. To identify and implement suitable diagnostic assessment tools for gauging learning levels across school as per Minimum Learning Competency and National/International bench marking standards. Orientation of Staff and Parents 1. To align all staff to the school’s vision, mission and values through staff orientation at the beginning of each academic session. 2. To ensure feedback is taken from the new staff as a step towards staff and school development 3. To orient the teachers on report writing, reading of rough drafts of students & subject profiles to ensure that they are well worded and comprehensive. To focus on continuous development and excellence in report writing. 4. To orient new (including Nursery) and existing parents to the school policies and curriculum periodically. 5. To plan and conduct regular PTM/open days and be available for pre-appointed and emergency meetings with parents. 6. To conduct an annual PSS and collaborate with staff to create POA for remediation and follow up on general grievances /suggestions. Marketing and Branding of School 1. To increase visibility of the school 2. To coordinate with marketing team of SEL for implementing initiatives wrt to marketing and branding of the school 3. All brochures, collaterals (admission and hiring ads) where TSUS brand or logo is used, approval and inputs from SEL marketing team to be taken 4. Ensuring regular updation of school website 5. Designing and thereafter ensuring regular updation of school brochure 6. Initiating the school magazine and thereafter ensuring its timely release. Student Management 1. To coordinate student admissions in terms of designing and releasing of advertisements/bulletin of information, final selection of students and communicating the same to the parents in consultation with the Promoter/Director. 2. To guide and counsel in case of areas requiring Principal’s intervention and handling pupil/parent relationships those are delicate in nature 3. To oversee implementation of legal requirements pertaining to admissions to students into Nursery as required by Directorate of Education/MCD/State govt. 4. To ensure smooth integration of Learning Centre students with the other students – SENCO and NIOS 5. To sign off withdrawals, transfers, etc 6. To interact with the students and parents on disciplinary issues and to issue disciplinary letters accordingly with the decision of disciplinary committee keeping the Promoter/Director informed. 7. To plan and offer career guidance services for students of middle school onwards 8. To ensure that the Student Council is mentored properly and attend at least one meeting per term. Parent Forums and Meetings 1. Formulating a PSA, holding regular PSA meetings 2. Organizing open house sessions and ensuring documentation of minutes of those sessions 3. As a Member Secretary of EC, ensuring timely agenda, documentation and circulation of minutes of all EC meetings 4. All correspondence/SMS to parents and external stake holders to be approved by Principal and signed by appropriate authority. Office copy to be signed by Principal 5. To go through the print run of the circulars or any other communication with the school community or parent community. Compliances 1. To be accountable for implementation of RTE and any other government norms/legal compliances pertaining to education. To ensure all staff members are aware of the same 2. To keep oneself updated on Right to Education Act and apprise staff of the same from time to time. 3. To be apprised on information relating to state/national education rules. Inform, implement and follow up the same with staff 4. To be updated on affiliating Board requirements and inform and follow up with the staff 5. To ensure compliances wrt to staff and support staff (PF, ESI etc) 6. To ensure compliance and be accountable with respect to budgets, manpower 7. To regularly send information to Director of Education (after understanding rules & implementing them) as required (school manager to be kept in the loop) 8. To ensure annual auditing of laboratories 9. The Principal shall be solely responsible to take care of all the pending Legal Cases of the school. Budget Related Responsibilities (to be implemented in collaboration with the administrative and accounts functions) 1. Creation of the annual budget according to the mission and vision of school expansion, in keeping with timelines and procedures recommended by the Board. 2. Maintenance of the budget through expenditure approvals according to DoP, review of MIS, and corrective action wherever deviations occur Responsibilities towards all stakeholders . 1. STUDENTS: Be a role model for students in all aspects of appearance, attitude and actions. Ensure a value-driven environment where students are provided the opportunity to develop in all ways and excel. Maintain an open-door policy for students and acquire, investigate and act upon feedback from students on a regular basis through designated forums that effectively represent the student voice. 2. STAFF: Be a role model for staff in all aspects of appearance, attitude and actions. Ensure a harmonious working environment for all. Maintain an open-door policy for staff and acquire, investigate and act upon feedback from staff on a regular basis, through regular staff meetings. 3. PARENTS: Reflect the values of the school in all aspects of appearance, attitude and actions. Maintain an open-door policy for parents and acquire, investigate and act upon feedback from parents on a regular basis through efficiently managed PTA groups 4. COMMUNITY: Reflect the values of the school in all community forums. nurture school and community partnership initiatives through planned activities throughout the academic year. Ensure a positive view of the school within the community, through timely interventions and appropriate information dissemination. 5. SCHOOL BOARD: Report on school activities and concerns and implement decisions taken in board meetings. Arrange school board meetings and ensure minute taking and dissemination of information. 6. SCHOOL MANAGEMENT: Regular reporting of all school operations, meeting outcomes, and issues of concern. Shri Connect 1. Ensure that Shri Connect is implemented in the school as per decided timelines 2. Quarterly review of SC along with Head IT of SEL In case of Founding Principal 1. As a member of the leadership team, taking ownership in building the brand by fulfilling the needs of all stakeholders of school and building a culture in line with mission values of The Shriram Schools 2. All activities pertaining culture building from hiring to policy deployment along with process heads from SEL 3. Keeping the promoter up to date with respect to the new implementations taking place 4. Playing a key role in marketing and branding of the new school 5. Vendor management and building relationships for a long-term perspective. Working Relationships Who do you interact with Purpose of interaction Frequency Promoter/Director For financial/budgets For various approvals on hiring For any new initiatives As and when required SEL Team For curriculum support For understanding SEL systems and process while initiating new systems across the school As and when required, almost monthly Coordinators For taking inputs on the operational part of school For various reviews, curriculum planning For implementing new policies/processes As and when required Teaching staff For discussing progress on academics For monthly staff meetings For informal feedbacks and inputs Need based at least once a month Admin Staff For all administrative related decisions, new requirements. For transport and mess related arrangements Need based at least once a month Principal of other schools For networking For building relationships and knowing what is happening in the vicinity Need based Consultants Recruitment for staff for existing and new requirements. Need Based External vendors For developing relations and fulfilling requirements for the school Need basis Educationist Board related People from the education fraternity Need basis Challenges/Complexity of Job Ensuring constant flow of good candidates applying for the vacant positions Keeping the morale of the staff high Taking HR initiatives forward in the schools can become a challenge Facilitating and ensuring timely implementation of assigned activities which sometimes requires lots of follow ups with staff as their engagement in class is high Managing communications with tough parents sometimes become a challenge Ensuring people involvement and participation in different activities of the school Decision Making Boundaries The Principal takes decision on the following: Grievance redressals of the staff within the purview of the standard policies and practices of the school The incumbent finalizes the increments and compensation proposal along with the Promoter The incumbent takes decision pertaining to new initiatives in the school Recommends selection of the staff by being a part of the interview panel Choice of consultant to be used for recruitments Implementation of HR initiatives keeping in mind the needs and concerns of the school Identification of the training programs keeping in view the cost of the training program & return on investment. Decision regarding budget for the school ensuring budgetary controls are there Position Specifications Educational Qualification (Minimal Required) B. Ed + Post Graduation in a teaching subject Duration & nature of past experience required (Minimal Required) Minimum 2 yrs of experience as Principal / Vice Principal or Minimum 8-10 yrs of experience as HOD / Academic Coordinator in a school of repute.