They have to be prepared to both support and challenge the head teacher and staff by gathering views asking questions and deciding what is best for the pupils. Senior Management Team This is usually the Head Teacher, Deputy Head and Heads of Departments, Special Needs Coordinators are sometimes members too. Their role is to set and manage the strategic direction of the school. They also lead any changes in the school and make sure the school is doing its best to deliver the strategic direction for the pupils attending the school. They are aware of the current state of the school and are key in launching new initiatives that can motivate the whole school and keep track of these initiatives once implemented.
2.1 School Governors School Governors work as a team and come together from volunteers from the local community, parents and teachers this is so they have a adequate diversity of views and experience. The Governing body is accountable for the performance of the school, plans the schools future direction, selects the head teacher, makes decisions on the schools budget and staffing, including the performance management policy. They makes sure the curriculum is followed and taught well. Decides how the school can encourage its aims and values. School governors are at the heart of how a school operates, how they do there job effects the interests of pupils, staff and the reputation of a school in the community.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR EDUCATION POLICY AND PRACTICE The local government gives advice and support to local schools. They also oversee any staff training and development. The local government work alongside the schools SENCO to help with any changes to special educational needs. School management issues and the development of school policies are also supported by the local government. These issues are normally dealt with on governor meetings, held at the school.
M- TDA 2.6 Unit 3.3 Describe own roles and responsibilities and those of others in the team. Roles and responsibilities as a Teaching Assistant in a Primary School. *Teaching Assistant= TA *Special Educational Needs= SEN TAs have an essential role to play in the smooth and effective running of a school. They are an extra pair of eyes, ears and hands for the teacher and gives support to the structure of the school.The main responsibilities are- Working alongside with teacher to plan work and activities. Helping to organise the learning environment and supporting the introduction of new activities.
In additionthere will be a local authority governor, appointed by the local authority (LA) and a local community served by the school governors will work closely with the Head Teacher and Senior Management Team, although you may not see them around the school often during the school day Governors wilol be based on different committeeswhich are responsible for various areas of school mamgement for example the school site, personnel issues or community cohesion. They will meet in these committeees and then report back to the full governing body. Their main duties are: to set aims and objectives for the school, to adopt new policies for achieving the aims and objectives, to set targets for achieving the aims and objectives Senior Management team. The school's Senior Mangement or Senior Leadership Team will work closely with the Head Teacher. The team will usually be made up of more experienced staff who have management positions:- in a promary school this will probably be the deputy head teacher, year group leaders (if the school has more than one form entry) SENCO(Special Education Needs Co-ordinator) and Foundation Stage leader.
Explain expectations about own work role as expressed in relevant standards As a teaching assistant I can refer to various standards which explain the expectations in regard to my job role. First of all I could refer to my job contract and job description for clear guidelines about my role. My job description outlines 4 main areas as expected as my main duties. There is support for the pupils, which would include duties such as establishing and maintaining positive relationships with our pupils. I should provide specific support to the pupils while supporting learning activities.
The professional development meetings inform the teachers of how to incorporate rigorous learning into their lessons and also explains what the district expects to see from the staff. To meet the goals of our action plan, the teachers need to align their lessons with the core curriculum. Professional development helps them stay on task with these strategies. Principals also use out-of-district professional development classes to refine any weaknesses of the teachers in our school building. For example, if a teacher has a hard time with classroom management, our principal will suggest a professional development to address classroom management skills for that particular teacher.
Worksheet 2 2.1 Describe roles and responsibilities of school governors, senior management team, other statutory roles (eg. SENCO), teachers, support staff | Roles | Responsibilities | School governors | Promote effective ways of teaching and learning, help raise pupils’ standards of achievement. | Performance of the school, planning school’s future direction, selecting the head teacher, to make decisions on the schools budget and staffing including the performance management policy. Making sure the Curriculum is well taught. Deciding how the school can encourage pupils’ spiritual, moral and cultural development | Senior management team | Work with the Headmaster which shares the responsibilities for all aspects of school leadership and management.
This spreadsheet is now used by all of the building level administrators when they share their data to the board. Another characteristic of having an Arranger strength, is the ability to create teams that will can work together. I was asked my by principal to select a few teachers to be part of our innovative planning team. This team needed members that would a discuss our school divisions goal from transitioning away from the standard memorization and test-taking model and moving towards providing our youth with skills that will help them in the 21st century workforce. I was able to select teachers with different personalities and different viewpoints on education to come together and develop STEAM lesson plans that would increase collaboration and engagement with our
As defined by the American School Counselors Association (2010), the professional school counselor has numerous roles when addressing the population of students with disabilities. These roles are identified as advocacy, transition planning, behavior modification, counseling parents, making referrals to specialists, improving self-esteem, working as part of the school multidisciplinary team, teaching social skills, and serving as consultants to parents and school staff. There are many hats the professional school counselor must wear, however it is important to note that an efficient school counselor executing an effective comprehensive school guidance program will be implementing these responsibilities in collaboration with school administration, staff, and parents. In collaboration with other school staff, school counselors must search and serve, that is, they must be capable of identifying and promptly serving students who