Worksheet 2 2.1 Describe roles and responsibilities of school governors, senior management team, and other statutory roles (e.g. SENCO), teachers, support staff | Roles | Responsibilities | School governors | The school governors must appoint a chair and a vice-chair and may wish to make a number of other specific appointments to lead on to certain aspects of the school. There are many different types of governors such as parent governors, staff governors, community governors, authority governors, foundation governors, partnership governors and sponsor governors which all play a part in making schools successful. | The school governor’s responsibilities are to set targets for pupil achievements, managing the school finances, …show more content…
* Specialist and technical staff who are on hand in schools to provide knowledge and resources that support learning and teaching. * Site staff ensures that the environment is clean, safe and tidy and make sure meals are available at lunch time. | The support staff responsibilities are to support the school so it’s running smoothly by helping pupils progress their learning and welfare, making sure the school is clean safe and tidy, have knowledge and resources to support learning and teaching. | Head teacher | The head teacher is the head administrator of the school who works with the school governors and Senior management team to make sure the school is running smoothly and taking on any problems and solves them. | The head teacher is responsible for the whole school from staff, pupil to finances. | | | | 2.2 Describe the roles of external professionals who may work with a school (e.g. educational psychologist) | Roles | Responsibilities | Educational psychologist | Educational psychologists bring a specialised perspective to children. They are concerned with children’s learning and development and bring a positive change for children by their skills in a range of psychological and educational assessment techniques and in different methods of helping children who experience difficulties in learning, behaviour and social adjustment. | Educational psychologist responsibilities are to help children who have difficulties in a
School governors- work with the school, they work in partnership with the headteacher and staff. Governors do not intervene with the day to day running of the school, unless there is a serious problem. The governing body is also responsible for making sure that the schools
Explain the roles of regulatory bodies relevant to the education sector, which exist to monitor and enforce the legislative framework, including:
Or the head teacher may send out an email explaining changes to staff and other member’s working at the business. There are many ways that the head teacher can communicate with staff member.
The ethos, mission, aims and values of a school is normally based on the beliefs and feelings of a school and can be felt in the school’s atmosphere, They should be recognizable when entering the school environment as it should be part of the school’s everyday activities and part of the daily practice of both staff and pupils. School policies are in place to ensure that children are at the centre of everything, reward systems to celebrate achievement in both academic and non-academic areas. There is a school council where pupils’ voices are heard and they can make positive changes to the school, this gives them a sense of pride in the school and enhances the positive atmosphere. Assemblies are led in a way and the school works together .The school has strong links with the local vicar and church family. Through the church, the
anybody who has anything to do with the school. These also exist so that parents, staff, governors
School Psychology is a general practice and health service provider specialty of professional psychology that is deals with the practice of psychology with children, youth, families; learners of all ages; and the schooling process. The basic education and training of school psychologists prepares them to provide a large range of diagnosis, assessment, intervention, prevention, health promotion, and program development and evaluation services with a special focus on the developmental processes of children and youth within the context of schools, families, and other systems (Ehly, 1986).
They will be made up of a variety of people who will have links with the school and local community. There should be at least one parent governor and at least one staff governor, in addition to the head teacher. There may also be a support staff governor. In addition there will be a local authority governor, appointed by the local authority (LA) and local community governor who will usually work or live in the community served by the school. Governors will work closely with the head teacher and senior management team, although you may not see them around the school often during the school day. Governors will be based on different committees which are responsible for various areas of school management – for example the school site personnel issues or community cohesion. They will meet in these committees and then report back to the full governing body. Their main duties are:
2) The Headteacher, it is the responsibility of the head to implement the policy and to ensure all members of staff (both teaching and non-teaching) are aware of the policy and how to deal with any incidents that may arise. The head also reports to the governors about the effectiveness of the policy and if it needs amending.
The governing body of a school has overall responsibility for the standards of education as well as recruitment of staff and management of premises. School Governors are a team made up of a range of people who have in most circumstances links to the school and/or local community. Such people are likely to be parents, staff, school head-teacher, support staff, local authority governors (appointed by the LA), and other local community governors. The governors ultimately have the responsibility of running the school, and have to work in co-operation and co-ordination with the school
School governors are a group of people (usually between 10 – 20) who run the school. They are made up of various people who have links with the school and the community. There should be at least one parent and one staff member as well as the Head Teacher. Usually there is a support staff member, a local authority member and a local community governor who work or live in the area. Governors work alongside the Head and are based on different committees and are responsible for different areas of school management – school site, personnel issues or community cohesion. They will usually meet in these committees and report to the full governing body. Their main duties are to set aims and objectives, adopt policies
School governors,the head teacher will report incidents to the governors as they have a responsibility of reviewing school policies and behaviours.
I am interested in being a school psychologist for a variety of reasons. First, I believe that my background in working with children and families, and my B.A. in psychology are essential combinations that will be helpful in my pursuit of the degree. Second, I would like to work with children in a variety of educational situations, such as those in need of special education classes and those in talented and gifted programs. Third, I believe it is essential to work directly with the entire family system, not just the child. The child's progress depends on the home environment and the academic environment equally. This academic environment includes all professions (i.e., teachers,
School counselors collaborate with other school personnel such as teachers who will help implement guidance lessons in the classroom. As a school counselor it is important to keep the teachers motivated to help implement these programs. Resource teachers typically work the special education students, collaborating with resource teachers ensures that all students are included in the comprehensive program. The resource teacher can help provide alternative to working with students in an inclusive manner. The principles and assistance principles of the school typically serve on the advisory committee, they provide resources to the program, and help communicate the important of the counseling program. School psychologist are there to assist with mental health services, doing assessments, and working with the school counselor during crisis situations. School nurses provide health services to the students. They monitor student medications and note changes in students behavior or effectiveness of the medication. Secretaries are equally important in the collaborative model. Secretaries are typically the first person a parent will come in contact with when entering the school. They are the ones that create that first impression (Erford, 2015). Community agencies can provide additional support to students outside of
4.) Support and monitor teachers regarding the development and maintenance of their curriculum to ensure the district is a leader in academic achievement.
The teacher is the most visible person in your child’s life at school, but it is the principal who is responsible for providing a high- quality education for all students at the school. The principal is responsible for school success, teaching and learning, hiring and retain excellent teachers. Also the principal has to build a strong school for the community and parents. One strong attribute a principal must know and understand is that they must put the school and student first and if it’s a problem it’s their job to solve it. If a student is having hard time learning then it’s the principal job to figure out if it’s a learning disability, home environment, gang involvement, or attendances. Awesome principals are also creative in their problem-solving and approach challenges with an entrepreneurial attitude. They find ways to implement good ideas, rather than accepting the status quo. One way a principal can make sure a teacher is follow her plans for the sake of the student the principal check teacher’s lesson plan and that way the principal is able to see if the teacher is planning and executing the lesson. And it helps the students, unbeknownst to them, by ensuring that they receive an actual lesson with a beginning, middle and an end that aims to help them learn some specific thing that they didn 't know at the beginning of the lesson. It is the principal job to develop and implementing policies, programs, curriculum activities and budgets in a manner