Principal

Job Purpose:

• The school Principal serves as the educational leader, responsible for managing the policies, regulations, and procedures to ensure that all students are supervised in a safe learning environment that meets the approved curricula and mission of the school. Achieving academic excellence requires that the school Principal work collaboratively to direct and nurture all members of the school staff hired by the Board of Directors and to communicate effectively with parents. Inherent in the position are the responsibilities for scheduling, curriculum development, extracurricular activities, personnel management, emergency procedures, and facility operations.

Duties & Responsibilities

• To give directions to the school to offer a suitable approved and diversified curriculum in accordance to circularized guidelines from the Ministry of Education and supporting organizations.
• To formulate overall aims and objectives for the school and policies for their implementation.
• To create an ethos and provide educational vision and direction which secures effective teaching, successful learning and achievement by students and sustained improvement in their spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development and prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
• To secure the commitment of parents and the wider community to the vision and direction of the school, to create and implement a strategic plan, underpinned by sound financial planning which identifies priorities and targets for ensuring that students achieve high standards and make progress, increasing teacher’s effectiveness and securing school improvement.
• To ensure that all those involved in the school are committed to its aims, motivated to achieve them and involved in meeting long, medium and short term objectives and targets which secure the educational success of the school.
• To monitor, evaluate and review the effects of policies, priorities and targets of the school in practice and take action if necessary.
• To work with the management to secure and sustain effective teaching and learning throughout the school and to monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching standards of students ‘achievement using benchmarks and setting targets for improvement.
• To ensure that all students receive a good quality education through a programme designed to promote a stimulating style of learning in a safe and healthy school environment.
• To ensure a consistent and continuous school-wide focus on students’ achievement using data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every student’s learning.
• To establish creative, responsive and effective approaches to learning and teaching
• To demonstrate and articulate high expectations and set stretching targets for the whole community.
• To take a strategic role in the development of the new and emerging technologies to enhance and extend the learning experience of students.
• To Monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice, promote improvement strategies to ensure that underperformance is challenged at all levels, ensure effective corrective action and follow up is undertaken in line with every student matter.
• To Coordinate internal and external assessments and examinations in line with Makini standards and KNEC policy.
• To ensure that teachers prepare comprehensive schemes of work and teaching aids in line with Makini policies.
• To organize regular staff and management academic meetings to monitor performance after
• To maintain accurate and complete student performance records and share this with parents, guardians and management.
• To coordinate parents’ meetings, open days and other activities involving the participation of parents to enhance partnership.

Student learning & character formation

• To lead and supervise Makini high school students’ guidance and counselling programs that will enhance individual learning and positive character formation.
• To facilitate high level consultative communication flow with the students, parents, teaching and non-teaching staff and the wider community.
• To ensure sound spiritual beliefs and core values are integrated in the learning process and way of life in the school.
• To maintain a culture of high level of self-discipline and work ethics among students.
• To ensure students are properly guided and mentored to be able to objectively choose their future careers.
• To ensure students receive, understand and embrace school rules and regulations.
• To manage students’ behaviour in the classroom and within the school premises and apply appropriate and effective measures in cases of misbehaviour.

Administration

• To Oversee interviews and admissions of students to maintain optimum levels in accordance with set standards and guidelines that ensure quality and optimum enrolment.
• To Initiate, design and implement innovative programs to meet specific needs of the school in consultation with the Directors.
• To Maintain adequate inventory, security and accountability for school properties.
• To act as a liaison between the school, Ministry of Education and the school community.
• To ensure the school health, safety and occupational regulations are observed in order to make the school a safe learning environment.
• To prepare and approve the preparation of reports, records, lists and other paperwork appropriate for the effective administration of the school.
• To Liaise with the Transport Department and ensure that the school transport services are efficient and cost effective.
• Participation in budgetary formulation and cost management for the school.
• To ensure effective utilization of the company resources in line with set budget.
• To ensure that students’ medical cases are handled according to Makini policy and guideline.
• To liaise with the Senior Administrator to ensure the school amenities are maintained to Makini standards.
• To identify staffing needs and participate effec