Vice Principal/Head Mistress - School

Vice Principal/ Headmistress

Job Descriptions Of The Vice Principal/ Headmistress :

Roles & Responsibilities :

- Assist the Principal in organizing various meetings and school activities.

- Supervise, guide and control the work of the teaching staff.

- Plan the annual academic work and intra-school competitions in advance in consultation with the Principal and teachers.

- Ensure teachers and children adhere to the school timings i.e 8.00am t0 3.00pm.

- Guide & train teachers with the Levelled bookroom resources according to the curriculum plan.

- Ensure that special value adds programs on sustainability, Self-reliance and entrepreneurship etc. are aligned with the curriculum keeping social emotional learning at the helm.

- Check the lesson plans, micro plans and annual plans of teachers.

- Supervise classroom teaching at-least twice a year and check students' written work randomly to see if corrections are up-to the mark. Give feedback to teachers immediately and enter remarks in the Teacher Appraisal Performa.

- Organize and coordinate various co-curricular activities Intra-class wise and Inter-house wise.

- Arrange for transport, snacks and teachers to accompany students' competitions for off campus events.

- Meet parents and address their concerns. Give a daily report to the Principal on the action taken before leaving and all work is done. However, timings may extend during special occasions.

- Supervise discipline on campus.

- Follow up with the concerned departments for the general maintenance of the building.

- Monitor the implementation of various Formative (FA) and Summative Assessments (SA).

- Ensure the same is notified in the student diaries and through circulars to parents.

- Ensure all communication to parents by teachers are reviewed, proofread and approved by the Principal before sending.

- Monitor revision planners and worksheets before Summative Assessment and check the implementation of the same.

- To check question papers before exams, ensure printing, seating arrangements, invigilation duties of teachers and smooth conduct of examinations. Inform transport department, mess in charge, and security regarding any deviation in the school timings during exams.

- Before any cultural or sports meet in the school, screen the program and make all necessary logistics.

- Allocate duties to teachers, non-teaching staff, and student office bearers for the conduct of the event. Inform the transport department, admin, and the mess in charge regarding their duties for the school event.

- Ensure floor wise dispersal at the end of the day.

- To ensure that all fees collected for competitions /examinations are collected from the teachers and submitted to the office with the copy of the rules and regulations sheet that also has the details of the fee component to the school within a week after collection.

- Daily Report in the prescribed format to be mailed to the Principal

Roles & Responsibilities Of The Academic Coordinators :

- Duties & responsibilities of the Academic coordinators are deemed to be the same as that of the Vice Principal/ Headmistress, except that his/her jurisdiction is restricted to the level assigned.

- In addition to the duties mentioned above, a few teaching periods are to be taken up.

Roles & Responsibilities Of Academics Coordinators Of Pre-Primary :

- Duties & responsibilities of Academic Coordinator of Pre-Primary School are deemed to be the same as that of the Vice Principal except that her jurisdiction is restricted to Preprimary School, ie. Nursery, PP 1, PP 2,Grade 1 & 2.

- Conduct age appropriate events which will foster holistic growth of students.

- At all times ensure the safety and well being of the young children.

- Monitor all teaching activities and encourage professional growth.

Roles & Responsibilities Of Heads Of The Department :

- Conduct weekly meetings with the staff members of the departments.

- Conduct micro-teaching, review work done and plan future programs.

- Maintain minutes of the meetings.

- Allocate responsibilities to members of the department for maintaining bulletin boards in the classroom and on different floors.

- Allocate responsibilities regarding making worksheets and question papers for all Formative and Summative Assessment.

- Scrutinize all worksheets and question papers.

- Compile FA and SA papers.