Head Teacher/ Educational Administrator at Jennda Forte Academy

Details

• Manage and effectively prepare terminal class pupils
• Formulating overall aims and objectives for the school and policies for their implementation
• Working with directors and senior colleagues to deploy staff effectively and recruit new staff
• Meeting with other education professionals, and representing the school at conferences and other events outside the school in the local community and nationwide
• Motivating, training and disciplining staff
• Ensuring the motivation of the pupils
• Ensuring an infrastructure is in place in which all members of staff and pupils feel they can register their opinions on serious matters, and have a route via which they can communicate problems to senior members of staff
• Ensuring the good financial management of the school
• Ensuring the school is up-to-date with innovations, from teaching practices to new technologies
• Reporting on the school’s performance to a range of audiences, including directors, parents, the Local Education Authority, the local community, and others
• Managing accommodation (e.g. classrooms) effectively to meet the needs of the curriculum and Health & Safety requirements
• Assuming responsibility for other legal matters in the day-to-day running of the school
• Assuming responsibility for pastoral care of pupils where necessary
• Resolving major disciplinary issues with pupils, including working in partnership with the police and social services.

QUALIFICATION:

• NCE/B.Ed Certificate
• Minimum of 5 years teaching experience and two years of heading a school
• Must live within Festac Town, Lagos and its environs
• Montessori training would be an added advantage