Head of School of Staff Engagement

CTIS Mission statement

At CTIS we want our students to be safe, happy and always doing their best. We therefore encourage our students to take responsibility for their actions, especially their learning and relationships with others and the environment. We do this by linking learning to relevant and meaningful real life situations, and encourage our students to think critically, but also respect and work with different ideas from people who come from various cultural backgrounds. This enables our students to take risks in their learning, and through inquiry, collaboration and reflection they develop the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to explore their interests and achieve personal goals

Vision for Teaching and Learning at CTIS

CTIS educators know and understand the needs, interests and talents of every learner we teach, and this informs everything we do from the design of our curriculum to the organization of events and excursions. Our school is a positive, supportive and productive place to learn where all participants develop key 21st century skills. Students use their skills, language and cultural understanding to examine and address real world issues through inquiry, collaboration and problem solving.

Purpose of the Role: The Head of School of Staff Engagement is responsible for providing leadership, management and development for the school. He/she is the liaison between the School Management Team and other stakeholders. He/she is also instrumental in strengthening the school spirit. The Head of School articulates the mission and vision of the school and the school spirit, to ensure a school culture of growth, collaboration, academic integrity, and social and emotional learning.

Qualifications and experience:
Secondary/middle school teaching license and Bachelor’s degree
Vast experience in different capacities, in the IB programmes
Leadership experience in IB schools
Experience of teaching students with English as an Additional Language
Conversational Japanese
Masters degree in education or a related field, preferred

Duties and responsibilities:

Strategic and Budgetary Planning

● Engage the staff of the School in devising and agreeing with the School’s Strategic plan plan.
● Manage and monitor implementation of resource allocation within the School, including approval of purchase requests from Programme Coordinators, allocation of professional development opportunities, etc.

Staffing
● Deal with staff recruitment matters that fall within the remit of the School. (including teachers, coordinators, and other relevant staff such as School Health Officer, Counselors, Teaching Assistants, Librarian, etc.).
● Create a supportive working environment for all staff in the School and foster their
career development.
● Perform Growth Development Plans for all academic staff, together with Programme Coordinators/Heads of Section.
● Perform appraisal reviews for Programme Coordinators/Heads of Section.
● Allocate duties to staff within the School and perform staff management in accordance with school policies and procedures.
● Approve outside earnings activities of staff members in accordance with school regulations.
● Manage relevant disciplinary procedures for staff.
● Receives, approves and processes teacher leave requests and addresses concerns regarding absences, and lateness.

Teaching, Learning, Professional Development, Community
● Ensure effective delivery of high quality teaching and maintenance of academic standards.
● Promote a culture of learning directed to student needs, and a culture of teaching that
informed by educational research.
● Promote excellence and improvement in all matters of teaching, learning, research and administration.
● Ensure regular review, evaluation, and development of all educational programmes offered by the School.
●Liaise with Programme Coordinators/Heads of Section on cross-School and Faculty-wide issues.
● Schedule Elementary and Middle School lessons, including immediate or short term cover.
● Manage data on student performance and student profiles.
● Develop annual calendars for students, parents, and teachers.
● Prepare report cards, in conjunction with Programme Coordinators/Heads of Section.
● Write, develop and review whole school policies and procedures.
● Responsible for students’ admission, in conjunction with the Admission Officer, and Programme Coordinators/Heads of Section.
● Organize regular meetings with the pedagogical leadership team.
● Coordinate Parent-Teacher Conferences and parent workshops.
● Responsible for organizing safeguarding of students and related policies and protocols (The Head of School is the Safeguarding Lead)
● Lead the integration of social and emotional learning across all IB programmes.
● Ensure CTIS behavior policy is implemented consistently.

General

General
● Manage and encourage an information flow to staff and students within the School
regarding School developments.
●Ensure effective operation of the School in accordance with approved governance
procedures.
● Responsible for ensuring that School’s arrangements comply with legal requirements and related school policies such as health and safety, data protection, data retention, and freedom of information.
●Delegating to an Acting-Head of School during any period of absence of more than three consecutive working days.
● Performs other duties as may be assigned in the contract.

Capital Tokyo International School

Job Location
Japan

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