Head of curriculum

WHOLE SCHOOL- HEAD OF DEPARTMENT (HOD)

WHOLE SCHOOL HOD’s are responsible for regular review of teacher and student work of

their teams, with their own work serving as benchmarks. They are also responsible for

building and maintaining collegiality and commitment of team members without asserting

rank. For this work they will hold teaching load less than teachers for independently

managing teams. HOD’s are not responsible for performance appraisal of teachers but can

be delegated some tasks by the section head for regular follow up of some or all team

members.

Support for teaching and learning

• Supporting with course outlines, unit plans and lesson planning.
• Supporting technology integration for teaching and learning.
• Suggesting activities and experiences that extend beyond the physical classroom to

Team Development and performance

• Tracking overall performance, engagement, commitment and capacity of the team.
• Planning professional growth through department PD.
• Observing lessons when necessary and providing constructive and confidential

feedback using a template for post observation meetings.

Collaboration and Facilitation

• Facilitating the development and use of a department learning continuum with

content and pacing, in alignment with school and programme expectations.

• Creating a platform for collaboration (shared agenda) with the team members

through department meetings.

• Discussing upcoming changes in syllabus and plan for new resources as required.
• Facilitating sharing of pedagogical practices

• Assessments
• Learning activities
• Links to TOK / Interdisciplinary links with other subjects, DOL, etc
• Execution of classes

• Strategizing team engagements with IB and NEASC
• Coordinating & reviewing dept slides for subject selection and orientation

Assessment and reporting

• Ensuring that questions in tests and exams, or assessments have a balance of

appropriate skill set and are of appropriate difficulty level

• Checking reporting entries to ensure relevant and actionable feedback and other

information is provided

• Reviewing teams assessment data, to identify individual progression recognising that

every child is unique; look for anomalies

• Document findings and discuss with team and leaders for reflective improvement
• Understand student abilities for generation of PG
• Managing assessment and grading moderation

• Ensuring accuracy of records for school data for both student and teacher

performance.

Supervision and Resource Management

• Communicating with the Programme Coordinator and Section head for matters

related to further intervention or support as deemed necessary.

• Working with school heads to ensure curricular continuity with a focus on curricular

transitions between sections/programs.

• Alerting the coordinator if syllabus coverage or assessment tasks have fallen behind.
• Managing a bank of resources inclusive of readings, videos and other materials