A headteacher must be prepared to face a wide range of challenges and responsibilities daily. They should be able to communicate in public and spend time on their own completing administrative assignments.
Their main duties and responsibilities include:
Creating an academic program for students that meets national standards
Develop agendas, meetings and arrange for speakers and meeting minutes with parents.
Working closely and communicating with students’ parents
Helping assess students’ needs and development
Selecting, training, supporting, and assessing staff
Providing guidance to staff to help resolve issues with students
Using data to track student performance and produce reports
Working with external advisors and school governors
Controlling school finances
Ensuring the safety of all children in the institution/program
Manage staff attendance, submit timesheets and enter time into the timesheet system.
Handle authorized emergency and safety procedures
Design school’s aims and objectives and implement policies
Ensure policies and practices consider national, local, and school inspection research findings
Supervise and evaluate school policy effects and take action where necessary
Develop creative and responsive approaches to teaching and learning
Engage self-learning by ensuring culture and ethos of support and challenge
Exhibit and express high expectations and establish community targets
Assess, organize and execute flexible curriculum and effective assessment framework
Strategize development of emerging technologies to extend the learning experience
Plan, support and assess individuals and teams’ work to ensure task delegation
Ensure a reasonable teacher-staff schoolwork balance
Sustain staff performance management effective systems and incorporate teachers’ appraisals and targets for School’s achievement
Minimum Requirements
Must have served as a Deputy Headteacher
Must have teaching experience of 3 years with 2 years in CBC System
Must have a TSC number
Must be in possession of a relevant Degree in Education (Primary) Diploma certificate or a P1 Certificate
A Certificate or Diploma in Montessori will be an added advantage
Must have a Certificate of good conduct
Ability to lead, organize and manage a school
Apply via :
www.accurex.co.ke
