Principal - Landhead Primary School

Professional Duties of a Principal

This a teaching Principal post and the school currently has a financial allocation to allow for Principal Release of 2 days per week.

• A Principal shall be required to carry out his/her professional duties in accordance with the school’s policy and objectives as determined by the employing authority and, in the case of a controlled school, the Board of Governors and shall obey the reasonable directions of the employing authority and, in the case of a controlled school, the Board of Governors.
• Subject to paragraph 1 the Principal shall be responsible for the internal organisation, management and control of the school.
• In carrying out his/her duties the Principal shall consult, where this is appropriate, with the employing authority, the staff of the school and, in the case of a controlled school, the Board of Governors.

• Formulating the overall aims and objectives of the school and policies for their implementation;
• Participating in the selection and appointment of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the school;
• Deploying and managing all teaching and non- teaching staff of the school and allocating particular duties to them (including such duties of the principal as may properly be delegated to the Vice-Principal or other members of the staff), in a manner consistent with their terms and conditions of employment, maintaining a reasonable balance for each employee;
• Ensuring that the duty of providing cover for absent teachers, as set out in paragraph 3(9) of Schedule 3 of the Teachers’ Terms and Conditions of Employment Regulations (NI) 1987 is shared equitably among all teachers in the school, taking account of their teaching and other duties;
• Maintaining relationships, as appropriate, with organisations representing teachers and other persons on the staff of the school ;
• Determining, organising and implementing an appropriate curriculum for the school, having regard to the needs, experience, interests, aptitudes and stage of development of the pupils and the resources available to the school;
• Keeping under review the work and organisation of the school;
• Evaluating the standards of teaching and learning in the school, and ensuring that proper standards of professional performance are established and maintained ;
• Providing information about the work and performance of the staff employed at the school where this is relevant to their future employment;
• Participating in any scheme of staff development and performance review of teachers who teach in the school;
• Ensuring that all staff in the school have access to advice and training appropriate to their needs, in accordance with the policies of the employing authority for the development of staff;
• Ensuring that the progress of the pupils of the school is monitored and recorded;
• Determining and ensuring the implementation of a policy for the pastoral care of the pupils;
• Determining, in accordance with any written statement of general principles provided for him/her by the employing authority and, in the case of a controlled school, the Board of Governors, measures to be taken with a view to promoting, among the pupils, self-discipline and proper regard for authority, encouraging good behaviour on the part of the pupils, securing that the standard of behaviour of the pupils is acceptable, and otherwise regulating the conduct of the pupils;
  
  making such measures generally known within the school, and ensuring that they are implemented;
• In accordance with the policy of the employing authority having responsibility for good order and discipline on the school premises whenever pupils are present, including the mid-day break;
• Making arrangements for parents to be given regular information about the school curriculum, the progress of their children and other matters affecting the school, so as to promote common understanding of its aim;
• Promoting effective relationships with persons and bodies outside the school as may be approved by the employing authority;
• Advising and assisting the Board of Governors in the exercise of their functions, including attending meetings of the Board of Governors and making…