They also promote high standards of educational attainment, set targets for pupil achievement, take general responsibility for the conduct of the school and manage the school's budget, including deciding how many staff will work there and their pay. School governors make sure that the curriculum is balanced and broadly based, in particular that the National Curriculum and religious education are taught, and report on pupils' achievement in National Curriculum assessments and examination results. Senior management team. The senior management team (SMT) is usually made up of the head teacher and deputy head. Often you'll find senior teachers with particular responsibilities like leading one of the key stages or something like assessment across the school.
The teaching assistant is also the post of call for parents if the teacher requires it. Senco’s role: these hold the responsibility of being in charge of any special needs cases that arise in the school. They are responsible for maintaining a relationship in a mentoring role with the teachers/teaching assistants that deals with the case. They are also responsible to keep up to date records of anything that has taken place within this case from training to working alongside outside bodies. They are also responsible to keep training up to date within their team so they can offer the best level of
Role | Strategic purpose | School governors | They are responsible for the conduct of the school and must promote high standards of educational achievement. They provide a strategic view of the school by establishing a vision and setting the purpose/aims of the school within an agreed policy framework. The Governors also monitor and evaluates the work of the school by continually reviewing the performance of the head teacher as well as the effectiveness of the schools improvement strategy.They sign off the self-evaluation process with regards to school improvement service and Ofsted reports as needed. They ensure parents are involved and consulted within the review and hold the head to account for the performance of the school. | Senior Management team | The leadership or senior management team are often made up of the head teacher, deputy and heads of department.
School management issues and the development of school policies are also supported by the local government. These issues are normally dealt with on governor meetings, held at the school. They pass on any changes within the education policy and offer any training to key members of staff. The local government is responsible for staff DBS checks, to ensure the safety for the children. The national government is responsible for developing news ways to improve the quality of services within education.
2a.Explain the strategic purpose of: *School Governors are usually a team of 10-12 people who is responsible for working with the school to ensure that it delivers a good quality education. Together with head teacher, who is responsible for day-to-day management, they set the school’s aim and policies. The key roles of governors are: -to ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction -to hold the head teacher to account for the education performance of the school and pupils and performance management of staff -to oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure that money is well spent The also carry out a number of other important duties such as: -to monitor and set school’s aims and policies -to adopt new policies -to set targets for achieving the aims and objectives
Kerry Collier 2.6.1 Summarise the roles and responsibilities of national and local government for education policy and practice Local Government It is the role of the Local Government (Local Education Authority) to provide the schools within its region advice and support. They are responsible for providing accessible local services for: Special Education Needs The curriculum, which will include early years education Staff training and development Promoting a good community cohesion Behaviour management The Development of all school policies It is their responsibility to provide the schools with documentation which outlines their vision and any plans that they have for development. This may be through the their local Children and Young People's Partnership (CYPP) plan, which sets out ways in which children's services are integrated. Local authorities will have their own set of policies which will relate to wider issues, just like each school will have its own set of individual policies (within the local authority guidelines). Local authorities will generally employ specialist advisers, who will deal with different curriculum areas, or to advise in specific educational needs.
They will decide between them how to pass this information on to the rest of the teachers and school staff. Yet again these will have the school and pupils best interests at heart. SENCO. The SENCO are responsible for the care of children with special educational needs with in the school. The role includes, communicating with other members of staff and parents regarding the special education needs of the pupil involved.
Local Government. The LEA's duty is to ensure a high standard of education for all children, including those with SEN. One main role they have is implement the policies set by the National Government and follow the curriculum they also set. They are responsible for things such as; catchment areas, funding for trips, free school meals, hiring the staff/maintenance staff/cleaners/caterers etc. When parents and/ or carers apply for a school for their child to attend, they may not always get in if they do not fit the criteria (catchment area). Therefore, the LEA has to deal with the appeals process.
Unit 9 1.1 Teachers are primarily responsible for following and delivering the national curriculum, lesson planning and providing the necessary resources for the children; they also develop and adapt learning activities to meet the needs of each group of children who will need them. They set out a clear LO so that pupil progress can be measured, and make children aware of their learning intentions, this will then decide whether each child requires more or less in their learning and targets will be set. If pupils have not made steps towards their LO, either the learning objective needs to be modified or the teaching tactics changed. A teacher’s responsibility also involves; Maintaining an ongoing record of each child’s progress. Identifying the individual educational needs of all children.
And with good teachers come good students with good grades. And finally I said a principle, I say that because you want a responsible principal to make sure the teachers are educating the students the right way and handling all the school problems and to keep students safe. Those are the things I think make a good school