✨ AI Summary
The Head of Department (IGCSE - English Teacher) role is responsible for guiding the instructional team, monitoring and improving curriculum instruction, and raising subject/language expertise among staff. This includes preparing students for board exams, analyzing student and teacher performance, and developing departmental objectives and goals. The role also involves planning and executing departmental programs, fostering professional development, and integrating ICT and UAE culture into the curriculum. Secondary functions include team collaboration, creating departmental publications, recording activities, and managing departmental resources and budget.
The purpose of the job of a ‘Head of the Department ’ is for providing guidance and support to the instructional team with specific responsibility for monitoring and raising the standards of curriculum instruction of the department, improving the standards of subject/language level expertise among the staff, all the relevant activities related to the board exam preparations for the subject/language, focusing on the board exam results and paving the way to develop excellence in the subject/langua
Requirements
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Post Graduate degree and a teaching degree
EXPERIENCE: 5-8 years in teaching leadership position
EQUIVALENCY: Required from the Ministry of Education
TESTING & LICENSING: As per the Ministry of Education/ADEC
CONTINUING EDUCATION/TRAINING REQUIRED
Description
The purpose of the job of a ‘Head of the Department ’ is for providing guidance and support to the instructional team with specific responsibility for monitoring and raising the standards of curriculum instruction of the department, improving the standards of subject/language level expertise among the staff, all the relevant activities related to the board exam preparations for the subject/language, focusing on the board exam results and paving the way to develop excellence in the subject/language; support the staff in their performance development; plan, create and execute programmes to achieve the departmental goals.PRIMARY FUNCTIONSFollowing the ethical code of professionalismTeaching – Curriculum Instruction managementDepartment Developmental Plan synchronous with the SDPDevelop departmental objectives and goalsDevelop Department Events Calendar involving all grades and all aspects of the subject learningEvaluation & Analysis of Performance of Students in the subject/languageTracking the performance of students for board examsEvaluation & Analysis of Performance of Department TeachersCurriculum construction for the subject throughout the grades for whole schoolSecuring accountability of department staffContinuous professional development of self and the teamSECONDARY FUNCTIONSEffective team work with colleaguesIntegration of ICT and learning/experiencing of UAE culture in the curriculum and facilitationDeveloping Department Publications – Newsletters, handbook, etc.Recording & Reporting of all the activities/events/visits held by the departmentCareer Prospects for the students choosing the SubjectInnovation and initiatives– 1 per monthAccountability to all the resources and facilities of the Department ensuring optimum utilizationBudget Preparation and Requisition of resources for the DepartmentAccountable for all the Departmental/Subject Displays across the SchoolUndertake such other duties that may be required from time to time or whenever necessary for the smooth running of the school, as may be reasonably assigned. (e.g. emergency cover/substitution etc.)