Headmistress – CBSE School
Location: Thane, Mumbai
Apply at: [email protected]
Call/WhatsApp: 62628 88899
Job Summary
Main Roles & Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning
Develop strategy linked to [in consultation with Deputy Principals (DPs) and Instructional
Coaches ( IC):
- Whole school yearly priorities [academic and non-academic]
- Implementation plans [including milestones and monitoring and evaluation (M & E) linked to the above
- Any other changes at the school level
Reviews:
- Other Programs and Services (P&S) teams' yearly priorities and implementation plan
- Domain Experts’ (DEs) subject-level priorities and goals [with DPs and IC]
- IC's plan in terms of DE development goals and strategy [along with DPs]
Leadership Development and Training
Leadership Development of DPs through:
- One on one sessions
- Combined learning walks and observations – aimed at upskilling and creating shared understanding
- Observation of other spaces led by the DPs followed by feedback [section meetings, result analysis etc.] Leadership development of IC through:
- One on one meetings to share feedback and suggestions
Leadership development of the heads of RTI / Special Education, Library, Character
Development Program (CDP) and Career Guidance Program (CGP) [internal] through:
- One on one check-ins with heads
- Feedback on the head's lesson plans
- Observation and feedback of their classes
- Appraisal discussion of all the heads reporting to them
Teacher training and professional development
Teacher training:
- Creates whole school trainings along with the DPs and IC
- Reviews subject / DE's department level trainings along with the DPs and IC
- Teacher development [mainly through]:
- Learning walks and classroom observations of main and RTI classes as well as
CDP and internal CGP classes followed by sharing trends / observations with the heads of the respective departments
Curriculum and learning standards
- Reviews curriculums of all grades and subjects [along with DPs] and other P&S teams
- Ensures scaffolding of curriculum across section based on learning standards, board requirement and needs of the school
- Does checks with DPs and other P&S Heads to monitor implementation of curriculum
- Drives periodic review and upgradation of learning standards Assessments
- Does random checks / sample reviews of assessments across sections and fordifferent subjects [spread through the year]
- Ensures standard of assessments being consistent across primary, middle and high school
- Gets an overview of Formative and Summative Assessment data from DPs and checks with DPs to get updates on the next steps and impact School culture
- Role models and actively works on school culture rooted in organizational values
- Deals with high level escalations in terms of teacher issues / expectation,
- Deals with high level escalations in terms of student disciplinary issues
- Monitors and evaluates aspects linked to the student values (in focus) at a whole school level and supports DPs as required
Focus Areas
- Reviews implementation of focus areas [through learning walks, focus groups etc.]
- Leads monthly M& E meetings for focus areas [which will also include the DPs, IC and STM] and supports DPs wherever required
Meetings
- Leads business plan-related meetings for academics + other P&S departments [strategy + operational planning] after the initial HOA-led meeting
- Leads weekly heads meeting
- Lead whole school meetings
- Lead leadership meetings
- Leads monthly focus area M&E meetings
- Leads check-in meetings with DPs and other P&S heads
- Leads all professional development planning meetings
- Leads DE meetings [academic related aspects] which are not led by the IC and the Head Education Strategy and Learning (HESL)
- Leads performance appraisal meetings of people who report to them
- Participates in review meetings for focus areas led by HESL
- Participate in result analysis meetings and department meetings when feasible
- Participates in leadership stepbacks
- Participate in leadership training meetings
- Reviews section meetings and gives feedback [take turns in going to different section meetings]
- Participates in international professional development meetings
- Reports
- Review monthly report
- Reviews Business Plan
- Reviews budget
Other Important tasks:
- Monitors academic progress of students and strategizes (in collaboration with DPs) to enhance student learning levels
- Review implementation of the school’s focus areas along with the Deputy Principals and Instructional Coaches.
- Contributes to the development of systems and structures to improve teacher practices within the school.
- Undertakes additional tasks as assigned by the Head of Academics to support the overall functioning of the school.
- Review student admissions
- Drives the hiring process in association with HOA and DPs
- Liaises with external agencies to explore opportunities for inter-school events and teacher development
- Ensures that all Education Board-related documentation is carried out in a timely manner
- Coordinates with allied programs and services for the smooth functioning of the school
Pay: ₹60,000.00 - ₹75,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person
