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About Christel House: Christel House is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating
and transforming the lives of children from underserved communities through quality
education, character development, and holistic support. In India, Christel House operates
across Bengaluru, Atal Nagar (Chhattisgarh), Pune and Thane, with an additional school
commencing in Thane shortly. Visit our website for more details -
https://in.christelhouse.org/
Job Overview: The Headmistress/Headmaster is primarily responsible for driving and
overseeing the smooth running of the academic program of the school. He/she participates
in decision making process as part of the senior leadership team and plans improvements
that address the school’s academic goals. The Headmistress/Headmaster works as a team
leader supervising the planning and implementation of the academic curriculum as well as
the co-curricular activities.
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 for
different 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
Principal 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
Eligibility Criteria:
• Qualification: Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) qualifications relevant
to the candidate’s experience; UG in Regular mode is mandatory.
• Teaching Experience: 3–5 years teaching Primary or Pre-Primary grades.
• Leadership Experience: 3–5 years in a leadership role, such as Academic
Coordinator (Primary) or Vice Principal/Principal.
• Language: Strong communication skills in English and Marathi
• Leadership Skills: Ability to lead, mentor and strengthen teacher practices.
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