School Principal
Global Bilingual Academy
- Mahboula, Kuwait
- Permanent
- Full-time
2024 School Year*About the school:*
In the fall of 2014, Global Bilingual Academy, a private school, opened its
doors to 197 students in PreK- Grade 3; it is located in Mahboula, Kuwait. We
were accredited through AdvancEd (now Cognia) in the spring of 2017. Our
curriculum is based on the Common Core Standards from the United States, as
well as the national curriculum of the State of Kuwait.GBA is committed to providing a quality bilingual education in Arabic and
English. The community we serve includes primarily Kuwait nationals from
two-income working families living in the Al Ahmadi Governorate. We also
serve students from other Arabic nationalities and a small number of children
from our staff.Our staff is multi-national, with teachers and staff members from a mixture
of approximately 25 countries in both the North and South American continent,
Eastern Europe, Africa, Australia, and a variety of countries across the Arab
world.*About the Position:*
- The PreK-12 Principal (hereafter - the Principal) is essentially the head
- The Principal serves as the educational and community leader of learning
- The Principal ensures that all aspects of school operations are aligned
Community of Lifelong Learners. Additionally, the Principal ensures that
we work to continuously improve all aspects of leadership for learning and
adhere to the intention and spirit of the Cognia Standards.
- The Principal is a service-oriented leader who leads by example and
parents, and other staff and stakeholders.
- The Principal role is diverse and ever-changing as she/he supports the
operational issues requiring a high level of administrative engagement –
essentially, ensuring that a senior administrator is always available to
work with parents, teachers, and the greater school community.
- Working closely with your administrative team as well as other academic
leadership skills to continue the growth and advancement of the School.*Responsibilities as a Leader at GBA:*
- Work in collaboration with the Management Team to ensure outstanding
- Lead by example and be committed to high expectations.
- Maintain a high profile around the School.
- Lead on delegated areas of responsibility.
- Uphold and embed a culture that enables students and staff to excel.
- Help to improve the outcomes and progress of all students, including those
- Support teacher development and improvement to ensure highly effective
- Help to create a climate in which teachers are motivated and encouraged to
- Provide support to the School Counseling Team and their work to promote
- Promote equity, equality of opportunity, and diversity.
- Work effectively with all stakeholders and external providers to secure
- Contribute and take an active part in management meetings and other key
- Participate in and support in the organization and management of whole
- To act as an ambassador in promoting and celebrating the work and
- To ensure the vision, mission, and core beliefs of the School are shared,
- To demonstrate high expectations of students and staff, a commitment to
- To model the School’s commitment to excellence, independence, and
- Oversee the day-to-day function of all programs to fulfill the School’s
- To lead, motivate and supervise staff in the effective implementation of
- Lead and oversee the ongoing development, implementation, and management
(CCSS-Michigan), Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), AERO standards
for Art and PE; State of Kuwait Ministry of Education standards for
Arabic, Arabic Social Studies, and Islamic Studies/Quran courses.
- Supervise, oversee and analyze learning and assessment outcomes and make
every student.
- Continuous progress toward closing the gap between student grades and
- Guide and support your Administrative team; work with your team to develop
welfare of the staff, and appraise/evaluate teachers according to the
School’s Teacher Evaluation Process.
- Liaise with and support the relevant Vice principals and academic HoDs to
- Liaising with the Human Resources Department and your Vice Principals to
- Working with the Human Resources team regarding teacher and staff
- Liaise with your Administrative team to ensure cohesion and consistency in
- Sustain and develop a culture of learning, collaboration, and professional
promoting the education of the whole child.
- Develop and implement annual school departmental objectives focused on
- Working alongside the vice principals for curriculum improvements;
guide further development of action plans and pacing guide adjustments
focused on improving student learning.
- Support and implement child protection practices in the school.
- Support a wide range of co-curricular activities.
- Work with and support the school safety committee’s work to maintain
- Maintain staff professional standards and formal evaluation and
responsible for staff professional growth.
- Other duties as required.
As this is an administrative role and flexibility is needed with working
hours, some weekend or early evening work may be required for external and
Internal events/activities.GBA believes that each member of the academic staff should contribute
significantly to the school community and that these contributions should not
be limited by job descriptions. Therefore, while this document is designed to
assist in describing core responsibilities, it is still an expectation that
each employee makes a significant contribution to GBA’s success. As such,
it is an inherent understanding that the Principal will offer his/her
services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of GBA.
Attendance at Parent Information Sessions, Orientation programs, and school
major events outside normal teaching hours may be required.
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