Assistant Principal - Sharjah Campus

Contract Length: ‎2 years
Number of Vacancies: ‎1
Student Level:
* Elementary
Eligible Candidates:
* Licensed Teacher
Requirements:
* Education Required: Bachelor
* Minimum Teaching Experience: ‎5 years of teaching experience
* Major: Education, Elementary Education, Primary Education
* Required Certificates:
Teaching Credential/License

Qualifications:
* Middle/Senior Leadership Qualification (desirable)
* ‎5 years of school middle/senior leadership experience (required)
* Experience working with English Language Learners (required)
* Experience in Leading Curriculum Development (required)
* Previous experience working in the UAE or the GCC region (desirable)
* Previous experience working in the US (desirable)
Job Benefits:
* Competitive tax-free salary
* Residence Visa
* Excellent housing rental allowance as per company policy
* Annual Flight allowance for self and dependents
* Incoming flight (if hired from overseas)
* Tuition fee allowance (subject to availability)
* Private medical insurance for self and dependents
* Taaleem Professional Development and Senior Leadership network
Job Description:
Taaleem has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an Assistant
Principal of a new Public-Private Partnership elementary school (K-‎5) in
Sharjah, UAE.
Start date: August ‎2023
For the Assistant Principal, this will be a career-defining leadership
challenge. The successful candidate will bring a track record of effective
leadership as either a serving or aspiring Assistant Headteacher (Elementary)
/ whole school Assistant Principal and, preferably, have experience working in
both the US and the UAE. The Assistant Principal will shape a school character
that is based on the distinctive traditions of an American approach to
education yet is firmly rooted in Emirati culture.
The successful candidate must have the desire to work as part of a team and to
build a close relationship with the school's Senior Leadership Team and
teaching faculty. The core purpose of this role is to support the Leadership
Team in fulfilling the vision to achieve outstanding results in all aspects of
school life.
Taaleem
As a leading education provider in the Middle East, Taaleem is continuing to
support the UAE Vision and National Agenda ‎2021, establishing a unique
partnership between the government and the private sectors. We currently
manage and operate several private-public partnership schools in the UAE, to
raise the quality of education; playing a significant role in shaping the
present and future lives of Emirati youth.
The Role:
The core purpose of this role is to support the Leadership Team in fulfilling
the vision to achieve outstanding results in all aspects of school life.
The Assistant Principal is responsible for working in collaboration with the
Principal and Vice Principal to implement areas of development as identified
by the School Improvement Plan and provide professional instructional
leadership in terms of curriculum development, instruction, and teacher
development to deliver consistently high standards of teaching and learning.
The Assistant Principal will work under the guidance of the School Principal
and Executive Principal for PPP Schools and will work closely with the
founding staff team, as well as colleagues across the wider Taaleem family.
The opportunity is to develop and bring into reality a compelling vision for
an elementary school that will offer a rigorous American education and aims to
develop respectful citizens who embrace UAE culture and values while having a
strong global perspective.