Headmistress for School (Job Vacancy)

The Headmistress is responsible for overall governance, leadership, and direction of the school. She is also expected to oversee the development, organization, and implementation of the curriculum across designated domain; ensure that the learning and teaching provided by different teaching teams form a coordinated, coherent curriculum entitlement for individual students.

EDUCATION PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Preparation of the School timetable, allocation of duties and teaching load of the teachers in her section.

Providing necessary facilities to the teachers in her section in the discharge of their duties.

Conducting School and Board examinations.

Promotion and detention of students in her section, in consultation with the Principal.

Discipline in her particular section of the school, in consultation with the Principal.

Plan the year’s academic work in consultation with the staff and hold staff meetings at least once a month to (inter alia) review the work done during the month and assess the progress of the pupils.

Be responsible for curriculum implementation, assessment of syllabi, textbooks and prescribe changes in the above with the approval of the Governing Body.

Supervise classroom teaching and secure co-operation and coordination amongst teachers of the same subject areas as well as inter subject co-ordination.

Monitor and track the progress of educationally weak students and report these findings to the Principal through the Governing Body and thus ensure growth and educational excellence through equal opportunities. For example, arranging for special remedial teaching of the students.

Plan and specify a regular timetable for the scrutiny of student’s written work and home assignments and ensure that the assessment and corrections are carried out effectively and on time.

Organize and co-ordinate various non-academic activities through the House system or in such other ways as she may think fit in consultation with the Governing Body.

Develop and organize the library resources and reading facilities in her section of the school and ensure that the students and teachers have access to books and journals of established value and usefulness.

Ensure that a growing social awareness (concern and compassion for others in need) is developed in the students, through on-going, planned outreach programs.

Send the progress reports of the students regularly to the parents or guardians.

Send an Annual Report of her section to the Principal to appraise him/her of achievements and challenges, and areas of needed support in her section of the school.

HUMAN RELATIONS DEVELOPMENT

Help and guide teachers to promote their professional growth, and towards this end actively encourage their participation in courses designed for in-service training and development. This should be done in consultation with the Principal and the Governing Body.

Work together with the Governing Body in promoting team spirit and staff morale through programs and systems for clearly determined two-way line of communication.

Opportunities for communication between and among staff, students and parents through regular meetings.

Be responsible for her own professional and personal development by availing of relevant resource opportunities which will expose her to the new trends in education, school management, communication and personal skill development.

Motivate, guide and supervise the work of the teaching staff of the school.