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The American Academy for Girls Salwa, Kuwait License required
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Female Middle School Principal
The American Academy for Girls
Salwa, Kuwait
Free 2 bedroom/2 bath apartment (single accommodations) with phone, utilities, and cable TV
School provides a roundtrip airfare to point of origin every summer
Ongoing
2 years
1
- University
- Director/Principal
- Master
- 3 years of teaching experience
- Education
- Teaching Credential/License
- United States (USA), Canada
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education preferred;
- Master’s degree in Education or Educational Leadership required;
- Teaching Certification required;
- Minimum 2-years of experience as an Assistant Principal or Principal required;
- Evidence of interpersonal relation skills dealing with parents, students, and staff;
- Ability to read and write English with clarity and conviction;
- Principal Certification: K-12 preferred but not required;
End of service indemnity: Half a month's salary for each year taught at AAG for the first 5 years of service and full month salary starting with the 6th year and onward; received upon completion of service.
Relocation allowance: 120 KD, payable upon arrival
Personal days: 3 per academic year (10 KD paid for each day not used at the end of the year)
Sick leave: 6 per academic year
Contract: Paid over 12 months including school holidays with pay
Emergency leave: Handled case by case
Bereavement leave: Five days with pay/five days without pay for immediate family members
Airline ticket: Provided to and from your point of origin every summer
Extra baggage allowance: 65 KD
Housing: Furnished apartment (2 bedrooms) with phone, free utilities, and cable TV
Transportation: Provided to and from school
Medical care: Subsidized private (90% paid by Board) health insurance
Professional Dev: Provided by the school
Dependents: 40% discounted tuition for dependents
An AAG Principal is the educational leader of the respective departments. She assumes responsibility for the quality of the educational program and supervision of faculty and staff in alignment with the Superintendent and Management.
Procedures:
- Continue to support the goals and philosophy of AAG and how it is reflected in the AAG Early Childhood program.
- Supervise the daily operations of the respective school.
- Organize and administer the educational program in accordance with the goals and visions of the American Academy for Girls;
- Develop and implement curriculum that meets Common Core standards their school;
- Observe and evaluate all faculty and staff.
- Develop a system of assessment to show individual student growth and development.
- Implement an orientation process for parents.
- Monitor and review plan for regular communication with the parents.
- Attend all administrative meetings.
- Meet regularly with grade level leaders.
- Meet regularly with faculty and staff to discuss implementations of program as well as curriculum and training in cooperation with the Curriculum Coordinator.
- Create master schedule for the school in cooperation with the Assistant Principal.
- Develop a yearly calendar of special events.
- Maintain a regular daily bulletin to staff and students.
- Maintain a safe and orderly environment in the school;
- Communicate with parents concerning the academic progress of their daughter.
- Coordinate screening of incoming students.
- Liaison the advancement and class placement of transition students into the next school/department.
- Assist in the hiring of new staff.
- Maintain student enrollment procedures and criteria.
- Provide the Superintendent input of the fiscal needs of the Department.
- And other duties not listed.
AAG has been in existence since 1996 providing educational programs to Kuwaiti girls. AAG is a single-gender school for girls that uses an American curriculum that is aligned with Common Core Standards to prepare all students for success in Early Childhood, elementary, middle, and high school levels, university, careers, and community leadership.
Our school has four divisions:
We have 975 total students enrolled in our school. All our core subjects: English, Math, Science, and Social Studies are taught in English as the primary language except for Arabic, Religion, and Koran classes which are taught in Arabic and the curriculum comes from the Ministry of Education. Our school offers an array of opportunities academically including AP courses and extra-curriculum activities such as Athletics, M.U.N., Academic Games, After-school clubs, etc.
In addition, we offer Arabic as a Foreign Language for those students who have permission from the Ministry of Education. AAG consists of a staff that is diverse and dedicated to ensuring our students are successful.
Licensed teachers can teach in Kuwait's private international schools for the chance to experience life in the Middle East while earning an excellent salary and benefits. Hot and sunny year-round, Kuwait's welcoming residents and beautiful weather make for an incredible experience teaching overseas.
Kuwait City
Arabic, English
4.35 million (140th)
Islam, Christianity
Hot/Humid
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