LEADERSHIP, ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT AND RELATED
EXPERIENCE
- Briefly refer to some of the positions of leadership you have held and indicate how they
have equipped you for the position/ post for which you applied. - What are the most important leadership skills you think a deputy principal/ principal must
possess? - What positions of control and administration have you held and suggest how they equip you
for this post? - What goals would you set for this school and how would you go about achieving them?
- How would you involve all role players in decision-making e.g. care of school equipment and
buildings, dress code, extracurricular activities? - What steps would you take to improve educator morale at your school?
- This school is a poor and under resourced school, what ideas have you to improve the
situation should you be appointed to the post? - What is the role of the Governing Body in the life of the school?
- Given the cut-backs in education, what ideas/ plans do you have to keep a poorly resourced
school operation?
B. ORGANISATIONAL ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE (7 X 1) = 7 - Outline briefly why you choose to apply for this post considering the new challenges facing
senior management in schools today. - Give details of how you planned and organised some professional activities/ community
events over the past two years and the role you played in ensuring its success. - Taking in to account your organisational experience how would you handle the problem of
lack of basic material resources in your school? - What are some of the important factors in determining the educator establishment of a
school and how would you identify an excess educator? - What do you understand by delegation and what are some of the important principles for
effective delegation? - What step would you take to improve the level of commitment of educators at your school
and develop a dedicated staff? - What part does the principal play in promoting and developing good school governance?
- There are many ways in which schools can raised funds, what are some of the important
considerations for successful fund-raising by school? - How would you plan and develop a budget for your school?
C. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND
INSIGHT (7 X 2) = 14 - Do you perceive a problem in respect of the culture of teaching and learning in our schools?
If so, what methods would you employ at this school to turn it around/ improve it should
you be appointed to the post? - Outline in general terms what you see as the main challenges facing principals’/ deputy
principals these days in respect of encouraging an ethic of teaching and learning.
