Centre Principal

Key Areas of Responsibility

Daily Operations

. Establish and set up process for all enquiries are addressed appropriately and in a positive manner, providing relevant information to promote theschool.

. Analyseandreviewallschoolinformationanddevelopprocessesthatrecordsystemsareuptodate,inaccordance with regulatory compliance, easily accessible to management and inaccessible to others such as parents and visitors.

. Statutory and organisational requirements are met and current including, but not limited to, Attendance Sheets, Children and Employee Particulars Files, GSII Subsidies Reports, Receipts and EnrolmentInformation.

. Establish procedures including weekly conversion reports, monthly enrolment reports and salary lists, fees collection, debt management and school purchasing are maintained and provided in the requiredtimeframes.

. All government subsidies, financial aids and other funding must be kept up to date and submitted on time for promptpayments.

. Guide principals on maintaining and monitoring use of equipment with an up to date inventory of furniture, fittings, resources and equipment documented and filed at alltimes.

. Design and review school environment in accordance to HQrequirements.

. Report repairs and maintenance issues and monitor on follow upactions.

. Establish processes for smooth operations of school and resolve any feedbacksreceived.

. Plan and conduct Centre Monthly meetings and Monthly Cluster meetings with minutes documented and follow up actionsplanned.

Compliance

. Establish and develop policies and procedures, implemented, evaluated and reviewed in conjunction with employees and management on a regularbasis.

. Monitor policy development and plan for futurereviews.

. Keep up to date with changes in regulations and industry trends and communicate this information to theteam.

. Review Teachers and Parent Handbooks are reviewed in conjunction with managementregularly.

. GuidePrincipalstoensureschoolcomplianceandcommitmenttorelevantECDAChildCareRegulationsandthe Quality Improvement and AccreditationSystem.

. Guide Principals on Regulatory Standards and ensure that it is evident during all licensing inspections conducted byECDA.

Quality Programmes

. Set direction for principals in achieving curriculum objectives aligned to Vision, Mission and Core Values of school.

. Establish programs which reflects the school philosophy and employees are given adequate planning time on a weeklybasis.

. Strengthen culture of learning among centres and teammembers.

. Use observational tools to conduct classroom observations to review teaching practices with follow upactions.

. Design observational processes and use observations to guideothers.

. Establishanddevelopappropriatemethodsofbehaviourmanagementtoencouragepositivebehaviourinchildren.

. Review the monthly peer Teaching and Learning sessions with proper documentationfiled.

. Review quality programmes by evaluating suggestions and feedbacks from allstakeholders.

. Share good practices with principals on how to keep up to date records of curriculum documents, teaching resources and booksinventories.

. Guide principals with quality curriculum deliverance strategies and monitor individual staff Continuing Professional Development(CPD).

. Involve parent support group in evaluating effectiveness of home learningsupport.

. Review and enhance its collaboration with community partners and to guidecentres.

Staff Management

. Establish effective work practices for all employees in theschool.

. Employee personnel files are complete, current andconfidential.

. Manage employee recruitment and placement according to MOM regulations and Company'spolicies.

. Implement principal/staff induction and review Mentorship/Internship Programme inschool.

. Ensure principals plan and maintain relevant teacher to child ratio at all times, in accordance to ECDAstandard.

. Design processes to strengthen staff morale through effective leadershipguidance.

. Review its approaches to meet staff needs annually and place staff engagement processes to motivate staff and develop staffcommitment.

. Plan and review annually staff deployment for planned and unplanned absence of teachers, ensuring that classes and all programmes activities should beconducted.

. Gather feedback from staff and principal to improve staff well-being in thecentres.

. Review the effectiveness of processes for employee development through appraisals and trainingneeds.

. Plan and analyse reports and other required documents by theHQ.