School Principal

Roles and responsibilities

School principals need to have previous experience as a senior teacher and as a deputy principal.

School principals:

• manage and coordinate the educational, administrative and financial affairs of a school
• develop approaches to management and policy within broad governmental guidelines in conjunction with the school council
• liaise with other schools, parents and the wider community building positive relationships
• identify student and staff needs now and in the future, and develop ways of addressing those needs
• implement systems and procedures to check school performance and student enrolments, the receipt of fees and the collection and storage of information required for reporting purposes
• collect, analyse and use data to lead decision-making in the solving of complex problems
• supervise the maintenance of school facilities to provide a safe working environment for staff and students
• promote the school through publicity, the development of promotional material, and contact with other organisations including school councils
• manage arrangements for internal examinations
• enforce discipline within the school
• represent the school at community and administrative meetings
• organise and implement methods of raising additional funds in conjunction with parent groups
• manage human resources including staff recruitment, professional development and training
• perform teaching tasks

Source: myFuture