Senior management team: 1. Head teacher: A head teacher is the most senior teacher and leader of a school. The head teacher is responsible of running the whole school in a daily basic. The head teacher motivates and led teaching staff, evaluate their performance and set goals and expectation. She/he responsible for complying the school policies and are kept up to date.
TDA 3.2 School as Organisations Unit 2.1 Explain the strategic purposes of members of the school team It is important and helpful to understand how schools are organised in terms of the different roles and responsibility that members of the school team have. MEMBERS | DESCRIPTION/PURPOSE | School governors | Usually a team of 10-12 people or more who provide strategic leadership and accountability in schools. The team must have at least one parent governor and one staff governor in addition to the Head Teacher. There are also appointed Local Authority and Community governors within this team. Their many responsibilities include: * Setting aims and objectives for the school * Setting targets and managing policies * Finance management * Monitor and evaluate the school’s progress and adopt new ways to improve its performance * Work closely with the local community * Work closely with the Head and senior management team * Appoint staff, including Head and Deputy Head Teachers * Attend meetings to discuss personnel issues, community cohesion, the school site etc.
The Deputy Heads in primary schools are mostly teachers opposed to secondary schools, are non teaching Deputy Heads. Some are responsible for the timetables for school, some also have a pastoral role. TEACHERS. Teachers are responsible for a class of children, including the Health and Safety and the well being. Each Teacher is fully responsible for the planning of their curriculum, assessment and future planning in the classroom.
Know how schools are organised in terms of roles and responsibilities 10.2: Around school there are lots of different roles which have a variety of responsibilities, such as; Governors Senior Management team (head teacher) SENCO Teachers Support staff and plenty of outbound roles which may visit the school for a reason. Governors: The governing body is responsible for the conduct of its schools and must promote high standards of educational achievement at the school. With the head teacher they set the schools aims and policies. The key roles of a governor are: To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction To hold the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff. To oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent monitors and evaluates the work of the school by reviewing the performance of the head teacher, the effectiveness of the school improvement strategy.
In my job role, I work closely with the class teacher and full time teaching assistant. Each member of the team know and understand their own role in school, they should also know and understand the roles of others in their team and how they fit together to support the pupils. Good communication skills amongst one another are essential to enable us to provide the highest quality of learning and support to the pupils in the classes where I volunteer. In our team, we offer support to one another and discuss the developments and achievements of the individual pupils. We share information and contribute ideas for future
It: • Is accountable for the performance of the school to parents and the wider community, • Plans the school's future direction, • Selects the head teacher, • Makes decisions on the school's budget and staffing, • Makes sure the national curriculum is taught, • Decides how the school can encourage pupil's spiritual, moral and social development , • Makes sure the school provides for all its pupils, including those with special needs, • Reviews pupil exclusions and deals with any cases of staff dismissal appeals. Governors are at the heart of how a school operates. It is important they get things right. How they do their job affects the interests of pupils, staff morale and how the school is seen by parents and others in the community. Governor’s support and challenge heads by gathering views, asking questions and deciding what's best for the school.
Context Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organisation that focuses on recruitment of, management of, and providing direction for the people who work in the organisation (Heathfield, 2011). Even though in a school environment HRM would predominantly be the responsibility of the Headteacher, it can also be performed by line managers. For any school to work effectively this definitely needs to be the case. HRM deals with hiring, performance management, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication and training. Effective HRM enables employees to contribute effectively and productively to the overall direction of the school and the accomplishment of the organisations goals and
They have duties which include to maintain the conduct of the school, with the view of promoting high standards in the area of educational achievement. e.g. Setting Targets for pupils achievement Managing the school finances Making sure the curriculum is balanced and broadly based Appointing staff Reviewing staff performance and pay see Abbots Lane School Prospectus p10 (Become a school Governor) Appendix 12 Governors have a big input in the Health and Safety of the school (see appendix 1) p2 Abbots Lane Health and Safety Policy Senior Management Team This includes the following: The Head Teacher They have the overall responsibility for the school, its staff and pupils, and the overall education they receive. The Head Teacher plays a major part of the day to day aspects of Health & Safety (See appendix 1) p2 The Deputy Head Teacher They play a major role in managing the school, particular in the absence of the Head Teacher, they often are responsible for a curriculum area or specific area of school management. In larger schools there may be need for a Assistant Head Teacher, this role supports the Head and the Deputy with the management of the school.
My role is to work under the guidance of the class teacher and senior management providing support to teachers and pupils alike. The main aim of this role is to work together to give every pupil the guidance and support they need to reach their full potential and to become more independent learners. The school motto ‘Believe it! Achieve it!’ chosen by pupils and staff sums it all up. Within my role as a Teaching Assistant in the classroom, I support the class teacher by working with the pupils on a 1:1 basis and sometimes within a small group following the school based curriculum, pupil’s targets and Individual Education Plans.
School Case Study Joyce R. Brown Grand Canyon University: EDA-585 August 5, 2015 Introduction This assignment requires the collection of information on the school of choice. The school selected is viewed as a Professional Learning Community (PLC). The demographics, goals, mission, annual yearly progress (AYP), enrollment, staffing, and community background will be researched and detailed. Schools are basically a community within a community and in order for a principal to be effective in their school they have to view their school as a learning community where not only students are learning but faculty and staff grow and learn also. Red Springs Middle School was the school chosen for this assignment because it is a school that