Secondary School Department Head
Secondary School Department Head
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Job Description
Secondary school department heads manage and supervise their assigned departments to ensure that students are instructed and supported in a safe learning environment. They work closely with the secondary school principal to lead and assist school staff and to optimise communication between school management and teachers, parents, and other districts and schools. They facilitating meetings, develop and review curriculum programmes, observe staff when the principal delegates this work, and assume shared responsibility with the principal for financial resource management..
Top 6 specific things you need to know
As a Secondary School Department Head, you will need to master following:
Top 16 general things you need to know
More generally, a secondary school department head is also versed in:
- advise on teaching methods
- assess employees' capability levels
- assessment processes
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- guarantee students' safety
- lead inspections
- liaise with educational staff
- present reports
- provide feedback to teachers
- secondary school procedures
- show an exemplary leading role in an organisation
- use office systems
- write work-related reports
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent secondary school department head
It also helps to know the following:
- create a financial report
- teach secondary education class content
- adolescent socialisation behaviour
- advise on lesson plans
- arrange parent teacher meeting
- develop course outline
- develop organisational policies
- develop professional network
- escort students on a field trip
- evaluate education programmes
- funding methods
- identify education needs
- learning difficulties
- maintain contract administration
- maintain relations with children's parents
- manage budgets
- monitor educational developments
- plan shifts of employees
- prepare youths for adulthood
- promote education programmes
- recruit employees
- work with virtual learning environments
Top employers for this job
Secondary School Department Head (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
- Keywords :
- Ui designer,
- developer
