Staff Selection
The school works on staff selection including teachers, educational
supervisors and administration staff through an educational committee
that applies concrete procedures. These procedures afford the
school the opportunity to select staff appropriate to the required
posts. The school advertises the vacancies and selects appropriate
candidates for interview and testing from the applicants, based
on their academic qualifications, personality and experience in
the field. The school conducts intensive training for the new
staff who later join the existing staff in the ongoing training
programme conducted on Thursdays. The staff comprise Saudi, Arabic
and European nationals; 80% of whom are academic and 20% administration
and support staff.
Structure of the Teaching Staff
To facilitate work and appraise it, the school organises the
teaching staff into homogeneous groups based on the differing
specialisations, whereby the teachers are allocated to a specialist
supervisor for each subject. The school comprises the following
groups: Islamic Education, Arabic Language, Social Studies, Mathematics,
Science, Physical Education, Art Education, Counselling, English
Language, French Language, Maths and Science in English, Computer
Studies, and a special Lower Elementary programme. These groups
are supervised by an academic supervisory body comprising the
Principal, Director of Training and Development, and two Assistant
Principals.
In-Service Training and Development
SNS adopted an in-service training programme from the outset
to provide all of its staff, especially teachers, educational
supervisors and administrators with a comprehensive training programme.
These are organised for, on average, three weeks in the summer
vacation and on Thursdays throughout the academic year. The programme
incorporates basic educational and psychological principles needed
to help staff in evaluating behaviour and promoting a positive
attitude towards the teaching profession. The programme fosters
the development of teaching skills and special methods of instruction
in each of the separate subjects. The school staff are also provided
with current educational trends that the school acquires from
Arabic and International resources. The in-service courses are
not only for the academic staff but for all its personnel.
SNS comprises a special department for training and development
that runs in-service training seminars for all the staff. The
Department recruits highly qualifies personnel who conduct courses
in education, educational psychology and methods of teaching the
special subjects i.e. English, Arabic, Math, Science etc.Training
and Development activities are conducted in Saad Schools, to the
parents and Ministry of Education key personnel.
Special Needs
