Head of Junior School

**North London Collegiate School (Singapore) **is looking for an enthusiastic, highly qualified and committed **Head of Junior School (Mandarin) **with an outstanding track record. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the development of a new school, drawing on the significant educational expertise and resources of NLCS International.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Overall responsibility for the assessment, examination and homework policy across the department
- In conjunction with colleagues, oversee, lead, manage and evaluate all teaching staff within the department, ensuring that they consistently maintain high levels of professionalism
- Assist in the recruitment, assessment and appointment of personnel
- Liaise with the Academic Board to guide the creation and implementation of effective, differentiated professional development opportunities
- Actively engage with colleagues in leading department self-review on a regular basis
- Ensure that all pupils are taught according to the agreed syllabuses and prepared accordingly for the relevant external examinations
- Encourage excellence ‘beyond the classroom’ for colleagues and pupils
- Coordinate links with the Junior School to ensure vertical articulation of academic provision
- Support colleagues in the appraisal, professional welfare and training and development of members of the department, especially new teachers and teachers new to the school
- Maintain a Department Handbook, which contains departmental policies and procedures regarding curriculum, assessment, marking, feedback, reporting and any other relevant information for teachers in the department.
- Support colleagues in ensuring members of the department adhere to the Department Handbook with particular regard to the setting and marking of work and reporting procedures
- To bring to the attention of the Vice Principal (Academic) any difficulties that may arise
- To hold regular minuted meetings with colleagues to discuss department matters
- Support colleagues in the drawing up of syllabuses/schemes/units of work; teaching materials within the department; display and the general appearance of the department
- Ensure colleagues effectively use resources to support teaching and learning (including use of ICT)
- Support colleagues in putting in place a programme of mutual lesson observation
- Ensure that colleagues are setting appropriate, differentiated teaching and homework tasks, and that high quality feedback is given in line with the department marking policy
- Liaise with parents as appropriate
- Cooperate with other departments in trans-disciplinary activities and in promoting the horizontal articulation of the curriculum
- Review examination results and other relevant data within the department, implementing remedial action when necessary to improve performance of the department and the pupils within it
- Present strategic analysis of examination results to the Principal and Academic Board

**Pastoral Care**:

- Support the strong pastoral emphasis within NLCS (Singapore) as a form tutor, including teaching PSHE. Manage a lively, enthusiastic, orderly and safe learning environment fulfilling the responsibilities of that position.
- Liaise with and support the Heads of House and VP (Pastoral) in all matters pertaining to pastoral well-being, responsibility and strategy
- Working alongside the Heads of House to contribute to pastoral and co-curricular activities that broaden students’ experiences and enhance the general life of the school
- Liaise with relevant colleagues and parents with regard to the monitoring, support, review and well-being of tutees
- Follow the school’s policies and procedures with regard to pastoral provision

**Safeguarding**
- Abide by the school safeguarding policy and keep abreast of any changes

**Professional Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience teaching within a school or other education environment