Head of Secondary

Head of Secondary - Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur - UCSI Schools Group

The Head of Secondary role is regarded as an integral position in the School Leadership Team. This role combines leadership responsibilities, with some teaching.

The Head of Secondary has responsibility for communicating information to all members of the school community, administering all internal and external assessment, and acting as the primary point of contact between the school and external programme bodies.

1. Administration

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the respective section of school
• Responsible for the deployment of teachers and the assignment of their responsibilities, in consultation with the Principal
• Responsible for disciplinary matters through the Principal, involving students, which originate in or out of school. In the absence of a Principal, to assume direct responsibility.
• Maintain and develop link between school and parents
• Responsible for daily matters such as studentsâ attendance, staff attendance, registers and covers
• To lead regular meetings with respective section of school
• Annual 'Teaching and Learning' audit, including horizontal and vertical alignment of curricula (IEYC/IPC/Cambridge Primary/Cambridge Lower Secondary/IGCSE)
• Schoolwide leadership of external authorization, accreditation, and qualitative processes (for example, IPC accreditation, CIA/NEASC Accreditation)
• Schoolwide strategic communications with parents (for example, platforms such as Seesaw, newsletters, webinars, parental 'education' relating to curriculum)

2. Leadership and Management

• Develop, motivate and lead all staff to achieve the highest professional standards
• Build collaborative learning culture within the school and actively engage with other schools and agencies to build effective learning communities
• Develop links with the community
• Manage school finances effectively in conjunction with the Principal
• Contribute to the development of whole school strategic planning
• Lead the development of school goals and targets that support school goals
• Communicate goals and targets to all relevant staff and students
• Ensure jobs descriptions and performance management/appraisal for all staff are based on clear roles and responsibilities, reviewed at least annually and consistent with current conditions of employment
• Ensure that all policies are kept up to date, working closely with teaching staff and the Principal
• Maintaining sound procedure for security, supervision and maintenance of the school environment ensuring that all health and safety regulations are met
• Manage oneâs own personal professional development while ensuring the well-being of and a good work/life balance for all teachers
• Ensure all responsibilities delegated by the Principal are carried out
• Develop, and where appropriate manage, high quality extended services
• Undertake other such duties as may be reasonably expected
• Devise curriculum policy documents, an overall curriculum plan and schemes of work for the implementation of curriculum to meet the individual and collective learning needs of students in association with the Principal
• Lead in the design and implementation of curriculum, which inspires and engages all students
• Ensure a consistent and continuous school-wide focus on student assessment and achievement, using appropriate data and benchmark to set, monitor, track and evaluate individual student progress
• Use the assessment results to inform overall curriculum planning, termly and weekly plans as well as day-to-day teaching so that classroom practice in the school meets the known needs of the students
• Maintain accurate and proper student records and use data to help inform on student progress
• To monitor staff performance and curriculum delivery, undertaking disciplinary measures where appropriate; in association with the Principal/School Leadership
• Monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice and promote improvement strategies; aim for outstanding standards of learning and teaching at all times
• Meet with each school staff member within the respective section to monitor their performance and development plan
• Prepare and monitor with the Principal, a Personal Performance and Development Plan
• Plan for staff Professional Development

4. Communication

• Build effective relationship with all stakeholders through excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and taking and providing appropriate advice
• Ensure that all lines of communication within the school are respected and they are well known by all parents and staff

5. Marketing

• Contribute to the schoolâs overall marketing plan and participate in school marketing events.
• Take every opportunity to promote the schoolâs values and purpose
• Ensure that others associated with the school also promote the schoolâs values and purpose

6. Health, Safety and Student Welfare

• Participate in devising and implementing a health and safety policy in accordance with the national laws and the schoolâs policies and good practice
• Participate in establishing and maintaining an environment in which all users â student, staff and others â are safe
• Promote, through professional development and other activities, staff awareness of health and safety issues
• Promote, through the curriculum, teaching and other means, student awareness of issues affecting their own health and safety and those of others
• Participate in establishing and maintaining structures, procedures and a general environment in which students are supported academically, socially, emotionally and physically and in which they can develop in all these areas

Requirements

• Deep practical and philosophical understanding of Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary Cambridge programmes and assessments, including IGCSE.
• Ability to create a professional learning community
• Leading teacher-training for pedagogical transformation
• Effective collaboration and communication skills
• The impact of leadership on student achievement

Qualification:

• Bachelor of Education is a must
• 5 - 10 years of teaching and senior leadership experience in international school

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