School Principal

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The key responsibilities of the Principal will be:

School Plans & Budgets

 Develop annual operational plans and budgets for the school in order to realize the long-term

strategy.

 Ensure that the school is optimally staffed to deliver school objectives of revenue and profit and

improve school standards.

 Be responsible for proper utilization of the Pupils Fund.

 Takes all decisions within the ‘Power of Expenditure’.

Instructional Leadership

 Provide professional leadership in terms of curriculum development, classroom delivery and

teacher development in order to deliver consistently high standards of education.

 Be the ex-officio Secretary of the School Managing Committee.

Academic Performance Measurement

 Put in systems in place for the scrutiny of pupil’s written work and home assignment and ensure

that the assessment and corrections are carried out timely and effectively.

Culture of Care

 Create and foster a culture of care at every level with respect to teachers and students and

promote responsible stewardship in order to ensure that the education objectives are delivered

and the morale of the school community is maintained to expected standards.

School Procedure and Processes

 Share the responsibility for the proper maintenance of accounts of the school, school records,

service books of teachers, and such other registers, returns and statistics as may be specified by

the Society/Board along with the Corporate Finance Team.

 Implement Academic and Operational policies in school.

Relationship Management with Corporate Headquarters

 Maintain a close working relationship with corporate headquarters and coordinate with them for

centralized functions

 Strategize with corporate headquarters on actions related to growth and development of school

and be responsible for rolling out of strategy

Relationship Management with Other Stakeholders

 Establish and maintain good customer relationships between a) Students and teachers b) Parents

and teachers and c) the school and the community and other agencies in order to widen the

education horizons of students, build good community relations and favourably project the image

of the school.

 Handle official correspondence relating to the school and furnish, within the specified dates, the

returns and information required by the State Government/Board.

Resource Management

JOBDESCRIPTION

Lighthouse Learning is an equal opportunity employer and its recruitment and selection process does not

discriminate on gender, caste, creed, class, language, region, race etc. Candidates meeting the required

qualifications as per the job description and specification shall be provided with a fair opportunity for

employment.

RESOURCEFUL

INITIATIVE CANDOUR COLLABORATION HUMILITY

 Effectively utilize and manage all resources including staff, equipment and infrastructure in order

to run a cost–effective unit.

 Ensure the maintenance of stock registers neatly and accurately

Human Resource Development

 Ensure that school is staffed with high calibre professionals who are motivated, trained,

developed, engaged and retained to deliver the School Education objectives.

 Participate in the selection of teaching, administrative and support staff for the school and

organize appropriate induction and training to enhance the effectiveness of their outputs.

 Track the performance of teachers, administrative and support staff in order to maintain and

enhance expected achievement standards of school performance.

School Administration

 Take responsibility for School Inspections for Accreditation of the School

 Liaison and build working relationships with Corporate Teams for effective exchange of views and

alignment to Corporate Systems & Policies

 Overlook all support facilities like transport, health services, maintenance of equipment and

infrastructure in order to ensure an efficient and well-run school.

Feedback to Parents and Students

 Provide parents with timely feedback about the academic and general progress of their wards, to

ensure the student’s growth and progress in the school.

 Organize regular parent-teacher interactions

 Provide all students with feedback about their strengths and performance improvement needs so

that they can monitor their own progress. Maintain appropriate records for this purpose.

School Information System

 Ensure that all vital information about the school and academic achievements are captured and

reported to corporate office so that timely and appropriate management decisions can be taken.

Safety & Harassment

 Prevention and control of sexual or any other harassment within the school.

 Ensure health and safety of the children in the school.

Note:

The roles and responsibilities outlined above are not meant to be an exhaustive list of tasks. Flexibility is

required and the incumbent is expected to carry out any other related duties that are necessary for the

optimum functioning of the charity as a whole within the employee's skills and abilities whenever a need is

pointed out, becomes apparent or as reasonably instructed.