School Turnaround Foundation Ongoing Recruitment – Share & Apply

School Turnaround Foundation is not about ‘improving schools’, but rather to develop “excellent school by design”, where all learners are stretched and supported to be successful, in order to realise their ‘dreams’ beyond schooling.  It means that the organisation does things differently so that the organisation moves beyond the high dropout rate, the mediocre learner outcomes, high unemployment and despair. This is achieved by facilitating deep change on an individual level and system change on an organisational level.

Job Title: Principal
Job Location: Welethembe High School, Cape Town
Salary: The SGB offers a competitive salary and benefits package to the successful candidate.
Start date: 1 January 2019

Welethemba is a no fee public high school under the authority of the WCED and has partnered with the School Turnaround Foundation (STF), as its operating partner as part of Collaboration Schools Pilot Programme.  The operating partner acts as a direct support structure at leadership, curriculum and subject level to ensure that the school operates at a high academic, psycho-social and affective level to benefit all the learners in the school.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the Vision and Mission of the school
• Culture, ethos and school discipline
• Quality of leadership and management
• Pupil well-being and safety
• Establish, implement and achieve high academic performances for all learners and to hold those responsible to account

Requirements:

• Strong leadership qualities to drive a school culture conducive to learning
• A proven record of excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Thorough knowledge of all relevant education policies and legislation
• Understanding and implementation of the CAPS documents
• Sound human relations and conflict management skills;
• Proven competence and experience in financial management, asset management and budgets
• Computer literate in most of the Microsoft windows and open-source applications including the use of data to identify and solve problem areas at the school
• Ability to design intervention strategies for under-performing as well as talented and gifted learners through IEPs
• Be committed to the development of teachers as the key lever for improving the quality of learner outcomes
• Ability and willingness to lead by example, modelling professional excellence both as a leader and a classroom practitioner

To apply, submit a motivational letter, your CV and two recent work references to [email protected]

All Shortlisted candidates will be subjected to:

• Case Study
• Computer Based Evaluation
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Competency Test

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Only EE candidates will be considered.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a credit check.

Should you not receive a response within two weeks of the closing date, accept that your application was unsuccessful.

The position will entail about 75% instructional and 25% non-instructional responsibilities.

Application Deadline: 2nd November, 2018