Head of Department - Math
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About the Role
Oversee curriculum development, assessment processes, and professional development while ensuring resource management and supporting student achievement in mathematics.
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Responsibilities
- Provide oversight for curriculum review and development in designated subjects
- Lead weekly curriculum and assessment planning meetings based on teachers' and students' needs
- Develop assessment processes compatible with national and school policy
- Ensure standards are achieved in every classroom and prepare classroom data each semester
- Prepare teachers to support students achieving high standards on external tests
- Conduct lesson observation and performance management feedback
- Facilitate sharing of good practice in teaching and learning throughout the Department
- Plan for induction of newly appointed teachers within the Department
- Ensure teachers have access to curriculum resources and tools
- Actively participate in hiring teachers in collaboration with principal and vice principal
- Support principal and vice principal to prepare and implement school development plan
- Lead school's gifted and talented programs as related to subject
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mathematics or related field (Master's preferred)
- Experience in educational leadership or department head role
- Strong knowledge of curriculum design and assessment practices
- Ability to lead professional development and coach teachers
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
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A. Curriculum
- Providing oversight for curriculum review and development, and curriculum documentation in designated subjects.
- Providing leadership and modeling for teachers in curriculum and lesson planning, including intervention and enrichment materials; backwards designed unit and lesson planning processes.
- Developing academic support programs as needed to meet students needs.
- Leading weekly curriculum and assessment planning meetings based on teachers' and students' needs.
- Establishing and making explicit aims and objectives for the teaching of departmental subjects and to review, evaluate and develop the curriculum to meet these objectives.
- Ensuring that syllabuses and schemes of work are produced, monitored, and reviewed.
- Developing structures to ensure progression and continuity in terms of cross curricular work.
- Contributing, as necessary, to the planning of the school timetable.
- Planning and leading department PLT s
- Providing individualized cognitive coaching as needed to department members.
B. Assessment & Students' Achievement Data
- Developing assessment processes which are compatible with national and school policy.
- Ensuring that standards / learning goals are being achieved in every classroom, classroom data is prepared each semester and assessment of student work is based on evidence against the standard and an agreed rubric.
- Preparing teachers in the department to be able to support students achieving high standards on external tests, meeting set targets, and making significant progress from one round to another.
- Preparing the common exams across schools according to their subject responsibility ensuring alignments with external exam expectations
- Providing leadership and modeling for teachers in analyzing students' attainment and progress data to inform their teaching practices to meet students' varied needs.
- Ensure that students work is regularly assessed that feedback to facilitate progress is given and acted upon, and that adequate homework is set.
- Organize the setting and marking of internal tests and examinations.
C. Professional Development
- Promoting teaching and learning styles which are consistent with the Riyadh Schools High Quality Teaching and Learning Policy.
- Ensuring that wall displays within teaching and resource areas assist learning and reflect the high quality of work expected of students.
- Attending training sessions with school development team and other professional development programs identified by the school.
- Support teachers in training students to be prepared for national tests like Mawhiba, Qurdat and Tahsili when needed.
- Coordinating and monitoring the quality of work of departmental teaching staff.
- Conducting lesson observation and performance management feedback in tandem with the school SLT
- Facilitating the sharing of good practice in teaching and learning throughout the Department and across schools to proactively nurture the development of individual practitioners to establish outstanding teaching and learning.
- Plan for the induction of newly appointed teachers within the Department and to provide a full program of guidance and support for these teachers.
- Promote the professional development of all teachers within the Department, and to assist in performance management procedures within the agreed framework.
- Ensure that appropriate work is set when subject teachers are absent.
- Establish an effective structure for professional learning teams including the chairing of meetings, minutes and working groups.
D. Resource Management
- Ensure that teachers have access to the curriculum they teach, the resources that are related to that curriculum, and the tools and equipment needed to do their job.
- Actively participate in hiring teachers in collaboration with the principal and vice principal
- Ensure that all students have access to all required digital and physical resources.
- Monitor teachers' and students' utilization of resources and ensure that they adhere to optimal utilization principles.
- Ensure that teachers and students are using the learning management system appropriately
E. School Leadership Team
- The Head of Department is key member of the leadership team of the school and works with the Principal & Vice Principals to implement the vision and strategies for school improvement and will be responsible for his/her department.
- Support the principal and vice principal to prepare and implement the school development plan.
- Lead the school s gifted and talented programs as related to their subject, ensure the needs of all learners are met.
- Coordinate with the school adviser and school principal on decisions and information related to teaching and learning practices.
- Accept the general leadership role associated with posts in middle management in schools.
Additional Duties
- Having no assigned regular classes the Head of Department will have additional duties when required, as follows:
- First on call for all daily covers when teachers are absent for any reason.
- Responsible for covering full time, missing teachers such as late arrivals / early departures / resignations until the teacher arrives or is replaced.
- Responsible for providing supportive teaching lessons to individuals / groups of kids as needed be they pull out or push in sessions.
- Responsible for all lesson plan checks, curriculum delivery and standards coverage in each of their subject areas.
- Responsible for the CPD of the teachers in their subject areas whether individual coaching, subject level PLCs or group training workshop delivery
- If there is a left over teaching period that cannot be assigned to a regular teacher, it must be assigned to the subject HoD
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