EDU 4203 – Managing Change and innovation

Assessment 1

Prepared by: Aaesha Jummah (H00298034)

Prepared for: Ms. Fatema Al Awadi

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Table of Content:
• School Overview
• Principal Profile
• School Organizational Structure Model
• Principal’s Duties
• Principal’s Leadership Style
• Administrative Process
• School’s relationship with the MOE
• Decision-Making Process
• Recommendations
• References

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School Overview
Name: Zainab School for Basic And Secondary Education

Location: Al Jazeerah Al Hamra

Number of teachers: 47

Administrative staff: 13

Gender: Girls

Number of students: 435

Age levels: 5 – 18

Grades: 1 – 12

Phone Number: 07 244 5663

https://www.google.ae/maps/place/Zainab+School+for+Basic+And+Secondary+Education/@25.70
14271,55.810386,16.66z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ef60af059236f4b:0x3816ead360978e5a!8m2!3d25.
700295!4d55.810863
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School Overview (School’s Vision and Mission):

Ministry of Education. (2016). Vision and Mission. Retrieved February 23, 2018, from

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https://www.moe.gov.ae/en/abouttheministry/pages/visionmission.aspx
Principal Profile
Principal’s name: Maryam Ebrahem Al Yaaqoubi

Years of experience: 7 years

Previous job(s): Vice-Principal - Biology Teacher

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 School Organizational Structure Model:
Principal

It differs from a school Vice-Principal

to another depending
on the number of the
Head of Student Affairs Unit
students in school.
Head of Services Affairs Unit
Head of Academic Affairs Unit
Academic Guides
Social workers - Security and Safety
Teachers
Vacancies are available
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School Organizational Structure Model:

Bureaucratic: Hierarchical structure

Rational approaches to management
Formal chains of command
(Bush, 2011)

Authority: lines of authority are clear

Defines the different
MOE – Cluster and Sector Managers competences of the
work and their specific
– Planning Team – School Principal
roles to guaranty
(Al Awadi, 2018)

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Principal’s Duties

1. Observing every process happens inside the school

2. Observing the process of teaching and learning

3. Raising the level of the students’ achievements

4. Finding a safe environment for the students and staff

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Principal’s Leadership Style

Bureaucratic: Top of the school’s hierarchical structure

Very strict with the rules from the MOE

Change is not accepted

(Al Awadi, 2018)

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Administrative Process

Communication
Internal: with staff and teachers

Chatting groups – phone calls – Emails

External: with patents and MOE

Parents: chatting groups – letters with the students – phone calls – Emails

MOE: Email – Cluster Manager

Inquiries: general and specialized meetings

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Administrative Process

Record Keeping
SIS: Student’s information and grades – Teacher’s information

Easy to use for teachers and parent

Saves up lots of data for many years

Provides detailed information

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Administrative Process

Resources and Finance

Resources: electronics and furniture are all from the MOE

Finance (MOE): spent on students and activities inside the school

Stationeries – inks – activities supplies (Sports and Art Classes) – School building

Curriculum
From the MOE: Bridge to success (English)

The principal observes all the teachers

Teachers observes other teachers

Students takes exams at the end of the semester 12

Administrative Process
Discipline
Rules and regulations: same rules for all students

Guidance
Social workers – Teachers

Human Resources
Staffing: Based on statistics provided for the MOE

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School’s relationship with the MOE

Bureaucratic:

Rules comes from the MOE

Changes aren’t accepted

Followed in school with no further discussions

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Decision-Making Process

Group Meetings: (inside the school) with students – with teachers – with parents

Planning Team

Educators

Subject Coordinators

Students Council

Parents Council

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Recommendations

- Discuss with teachers about rules from the MOE before applying them.

- Changes in rules must be accepted

- Any concerns from teachers must be reported to the MOE.

- Teachers must be part of decision-making.

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References

1. Al Awadi, F. (2018). Leadership and Leadership Styles [PowerPoint Presentation]. Ras Al

Khaimah: HCT Ras Al Khaimah Women’s College.

2. Al Awadi, F. (2018). Understanding schools as organizations [Class Handout]. Ras Al

Khaimah: HCT Ras Al Khaimah Women’s College.

3. Al Yaaqoubi, M. (2018, February 22). Personal Interview.

4. Bush, T. (2011). Theories of educational leadership and management (4th ed). London;Los

Angeles;: SAGE

5. Ministry of Education. (2016). Vision and Mission. Retrieved February 23, 2018, from

https://www.moe.gov.ae/en/abouttheministry/pages/visionmission.aspx

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