Job Details
Skills And Tools:
Job Description
Have expert knowledge of the subject area.
Know and establish school’s objectives, priorities, and action plans.
Receive and systematically file official documentation.
Ensure that teachers are aware of statutory requirements.
Organize curriculum meetings for teachers, parents, and school
management.
Identify needs in one’s own subject in relation to the overall needs of the
school.
Understand how the subject contributes to school priorities and to the overall
education and achievement of all students.
Be a role model to colleagues in the department in terms of punctuality,
reliability, diligence, effectiveness, and professionalism.
Review the curriculum adaptation in consultation with teachers as per school
action plan
Develop long term and short term curriculum plans/scope and sequence for
all stages.
Ensure these plans cater for SEND and challenge the more able students.
Keep updated departmental Handbook that include all information,
orientation, and guidelines that teachers should have by the beginning of the
academic year.
Job Requirements
Develop effective links with the local community, such as businesses and
industries to extend the subject and enhance students’ understanding through
real life applications.
Communicate effectively with parents and the school community and
share/recommend any necessary interventions, modifications, or adaptations.
Manage time effectively by balancing teaching demands, subject
management, and involvement in school improvement.
Help teachers achieve good working relationships with students.
Establish a healthy working environment among teachers through
improvement of team work, and mutual support, delegation of tasks, and
developing an acceptance of accountability.
Periodically appraise teachers following school’s policy and standards.
Good communication with other departments and other members of school
management to ensure consistency across all subjects.
Be available to answer parent and school management questions and keep
records of all meetings that take place.
Check the presence/absence of teachers and ensure that the proper material is
being given to the substitute teacher in conjunction with the supervisor.
Prepare weekly schedules of classroom observation and post-observation
feedback sessions.
Ensure the appropriateness of homework assignments before they are shared
with students and parents on a weekly basis.
Meet weekly with the School Academic Counselor to report and discuss all
matters concerning the department (students’ progress, assessments, teachers,
class observations, resources, use and analysis of data, recommendations, etc.)
