secondary school department head
Secondary school department heads manage and supervise their assigned departments to ensure that students are instructed and supported in a safe learning environment. They work closely with the secondary school principal to lead and assist school staff and to optimise communication between school management and teachers, parents, and other districts and schools. They facilitating meetings, develop and review curriculum programmes, observe staff when the principal delegates this work, and assume shared responsibility with the principal for financial resource management.
Also called: secondary school head of department, high school head of department, school department head, head of department in high school, head of department in secondary school
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- essential skills
- 22
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- university department headWhat changes?16 skills in common
- nursery school head teacherWhat changes?11 skills in common
- secondary school head teacher11 skills in common
- special educational needs head teacherWhat changes?11 skills in common
- deputy head teacher10 skills in common
- primary school head teacher10 skills in common
- further education principal9 skills in common
- special educational needs coordinator9 skills in common
Essential skills
22- advise on teaching methods
- assess employees' capability levels
- assess the development of youth
- assessment processes
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
- curriculum standards
- guarantee students' safety
- identify process improvements
- instructional strategies
- lead inspections
- learning technologies
- liaise with educational staff
- manage secondary school department
- present reports
- project management
- provide education management support
- provide feedback to teachers
- secondary school procedures
- use office systems
- write work-related reports
Optional skills
22- adolescent socialisation behaviour
- advise on lesson plans
- arrange parent teacher meeting
- create a financial report
- develop course outline
- develop organisational policies
- develop professional network
- escort students on a field trip
- evaluate education programmes
- funding methods
- identify education needs
- learning difficulties
- maintain contract administration
- maintain relations with children's parents
- manage budgets
- monitor educational developments
- plan shifts of employees
- prepare youths for adulthood
- promote education programmes
- recruit employees
- teach secondary education class content
- work with virtual learning environments
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