Moet Principal

**The Position**:
**Responsibilities**:
**_Leadership_**:

- Uphold the mission of the school
- Support and actively contribute to the mission and philosophy of the school
- Provide leadership and vision in integrated curriculum development and enhancement.
- Direct orientation and training for new Vietnamese teachers in appropriate implementation of standards and all areas of the integrated curriculum.
- Train and mentor teachers in multiple teaching methodologies the school may employ.
- Nurture curricular integration across disciplines.
- Meet regularly with teachers and teams for conversations about issues and needs, maintaining a record of meetings and topics discussed as part of academic personnel professional growth/support/progress/background for evaluation.
- Coordinate with the Head of School and faculty in planning and conducting professional development related to teaching and curriculum including, orientations and faculty in-service programs and workshops.
- Assist the Head of School with compliance for MOET delivery in the integrated program.

**_MOET Curriculum expertise_**:

- Familiar with the MOET curriculum, authority requirements, and compliance
- Curriculum Guide and Mapping, including standards and assessment tracking
- In charge of Student/ Teacher exchange and transfer programs.

**_Learning and Teaching_**:

- Coordinate academic professional growth efforts with the Head of the School and administration team
- Supervise Vietnamese academic employees’ job performance per job descriptions.
- In concert with the Head of the School as instructional leaders, recruit, train, mentor, manage, and assess faculty
- Frame teaching and learning goals for evaluation and annual goal/ objective setting for the faculty
- Provide constructive and continual feedback to teachers
- Coordinate student evaluation and school-wide assessment systems
- Manage changes to student evaluation and reporting systems including progress reports, report cards, parent/teacher conference reports, and individual student learning plans

**_Administration - all matters relating to the MOET component of the School_**:

- Receive all requests for evaluation services (from parents or teachers) and coordinate responses and actions
- Support School events, including but not limited to school publications and communiqués; Work closely with the members of the administrative team for enrollment, admissions, advancement, public relations, and student activities and programs
- Communicate about the school’s academic and co-curricular programs by writing school articles, publications, and/or making presentations
- Oversee and assist with any accreditation and attendant school visits
- Assist with day-to-day operations, whenever called upon to assist; Supervise budgets relevant to the intergrated academic program
- Ensure maintenance of internal Calendar, schedules, and agenda
- Represent the school at OOET/MOET/DOET meetings

**_Professional attributes_**:

- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail
- Effective project manager and willingness to collaborate and work as a team player
- Ability to manage several projects simultaneously
- Maturity and professional judgment in times of stress and multiple requests by constituents
- Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills
- Strong commitment to the development of relevant professional knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Optimistic and flexible self-starter
- Outgoing and energetic personality with well-developed interpersonal skills
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Collaborative team player who can discern when to lead and/or follow
- Strong knowledge of elementary, middle and high school academic programs, teaching methodologies, and current best practices in teaching and learning
- Ability to resolve conflicts while maintaining the rights and human dignity of all parties
- Ability to make difficult decisions and manage difficult conversations and situations
- Knowledge, willingness and ability to support best practices of teaching and learning and curriculum design
- Strong understanding of governance and school leadership
- He or she must be visible in the life of the School and drive collaboration

**Credentials and Expertise**:

- Master’s Degree with specialization in curriculum or a related field, or Bachelor’s Degree with substantial work toward a Master’s Degree in progress
- Certified teacher or Experience with the Ontario Common Core Standards and integration with another national curriculum.
- Experience in bilingual K-12 schools.
- Strong teaching experience and a minimum of 5 year’s supervisory experience

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