iTeach Schools Hiring For School Principal at Pune, Maharashtra Full Time

iTeach Schools is a fast-growing community of transformational schools focused on providing a free, foundational and, excellent education to secondary students. We operate nine schools from Grades VIII to X across Pune, collaborating with the Pune Municipal Corporation. (Breeze through our five-year journey here, or get a peek into a typical school day here!)

Our students belong to Pune’s most under-resourced households, and by the time they reach secondary school, they are already between three to five academic years behind their high-income peers. Our schools exist to give them a fighting chance at college, career, and citizenship, through which they can lift themselves and their families out of poverty. In our seventh year, we serve 2000 students and 1350 student alumni through a strong team of nearly 170 staff members. In the academic year 2022-2023, we are looking to expand our community of schools and are looking for exceptional individuals to lead these efforts!

Role

At iTeach, the School Principal is the CEO of the school. Along with the vice-principal and/or lead teachers, they are responsible for the management and development of their team (typically comprising twenty staff members), the holistic learning for each student, and the rapid progress of the entire school towards its vision. The School Principal also leverages donors, government officials, program partners, and community leaders towards achieving their school goals. Lastly, the School Principal is a part of the iTeach Leadership Team and consequently plays a vital role in shaping the entire organization’s strategy and growth.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities broadly fall into three categories: School Design, Team Management, and Stakeholder Investment.

School Design

Develop a three-year vision and strategy for your school

Design the student week, unit, and year, keeping your school context and resources in mind

Manage the school’s operations, including systems for facility management, data recording and submission, and government permissions (in collaboration with our Network Team)

Create and sustain a nurturing and high performing staff and student culture

Monitor all aspects of the school’s day to day functioning and make progress towards the school vision, achieving better results with every passing year

Systematize the documentation of best practices and resources to assist other schools

Collaborate with the Finance Team and optimize the school budgets to best equip the team

Team Management

Get to know each staff member deeply, and co-create ambitious end of the year goals

Coach staff members in various aspects of their work (design, execution, and reflection)

Review progress of each staff member quarterly, and assist in identifying critical levers for improvement in the next quarter

Define and build a healthy and high performing staff culture, lead regular culture norming meetings to ensure alignment and refinement of your culture

Collaborate with HR to ensure win-win career paths for staff members and their retention

Stakeholder Investment

Cultivate deep partnerships with local elected leaders and education officers to reach your school goals

Work closely with the School Management Committee and parent body to leverage their support

Leverage our funding and volunteering partners to provide your staff and students the resources they need to succeed

Requirements

Experience and Education Requirements

Exceptional performance as a teacher for 3-4 years

Overall work experience of 7+ years, with success in leading 10+ member teams

Proficient in project management

Ability to lead a team independently and deliver strong results

Preferred: Experience in coaching and development of teachers

Benefits

All our School Principal roles are in Pune.

The compensation is highly competitive w.r.t. the education sector and varies with the size of the school and the candidate’s fit. An indicative CTC band for a full-sized Grade 8-10 school is Rs. 9 lakh to Rs. 12 lakh per annum.