Head Teacher

Lextorah Limited, specializes in enterprise learning technologies and our goal in respect of every project is to harness the internet and latest learning technologies to consolidate Learning, thereby creating unique and memorable educational experience for children of all ages.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Head Teacher
Job Location: Lagos
Job Description

• A school located in Lagos is in need of a Head Teacher.
• She must be a young lady between the ages of 30 37 years . Must reside in Yaba, Ikeja, Ogba, Magodo, or Ketu.

Objectives

• To provide professional leadership for the school which secures its success and improvement, ensuring high quality education for all its pupils and good standards of learning and achievement.

Job Descriptions

• Strategic direction and development of the school
• To ensure that all those involved in the school are committed to its aims, motivated to achieve them, and involved in meeting long, medium and short term objectives and targets which secure the educational success of the school.
• Provide inspiring and purposeful leadership for the staff and pupils.
• To work in partnership with the governing body, staff and parents generating the ethos and values which will underpin the school.
• To continue to implement a Development Plan which will secure continuous school improvement.
• To monitor and evaluate the performance of the school and respond and report to the governing body as required.

Teaching and learning:

• Continue to maintain an environment that promotes and secures good teaching, effective learning, high standards of achievement and good behaviour.
• Develop and maintain effective links with the community including business and industry, to extend the curriculum and enhance teaching and learning.
• Continue to maintain an effective partnership with parents and the wider community to support and improve pupils’ achievement and personal development.
• Determine, organize, implement and monitor the curriculum and its assessment and ensure that statutory requirements are met.
• Ensure that pupils develop study skills in order to learn more effectively and with increasing independence.
• Determine, organize and implement a policy for the personal, social and moral development of pupils.
• Monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and learning and standards of achievement of all pupils in the school through appropriate methods.
• Promote extracurricular activities in accordance with the educational aims of the school.

Leading and managing staff:

• Plan, allocate, support and evaluate work undertaken by groups, teams and individuals, ensuring clear delegation of tasks and devolution of responsibilities in a manner consistent with conditions of employment.
• Continue the development of good working relationships with governors, staff, pupils, parents/care givers and the community.
• Efficient and effective deployment of staff and resources
• Implement and sustain effective systems for the management of staff performance, incorporating performance management and target setting.
• Promote and monitor the continuing professional development of staff, including the induction of newly qualified teachers.
• Ensure that professional duties are fulfilled, as specified in the Terms and Conditions of Service of teachers, including those of head teacher.

Accountability:

• Continue to develop an organization in which all the staff recognize that they are accountable for the success of the school.
• Carry out any such duties as may be reasonably required by the Governing Body.
• Ensure that parents/carers and pupils are well informed about the curriculum, attainment and progress and about the contribution they can make in supporting their child’s learning and achieving the school’s targets for improvement.
• Provide information, objective advice and support to the Governing Body to enable it to meet its responsibilities for securing effective teaching and learning and improved standards of achievement, and for achieving efficiency and value for money.

Safeguarding Children & Safer Recruitment:

• This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people as required by the Ministry of Education and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment

The Head teacher should ensure that:

• The policies and procedures adopted by the governing body are fully implemented and followed by all staff.
• Sufficient resources and time are allocated to enable the designated person and other staff to discharge their responsibilities, including taking part in strategy discussions and other inter-agency meetings, and contributing to the assessment of children.
• All staff and volunteers feel able to raise concerns about poor or unsafe practice in regard to children, and such concerns are addressed sensitively and effectively in a timely manner in accordance with agreed whistle blowing practices.

Roles & Responsibilities
The Head teacher should ensure that:

• The policies and procedures adopted by the governing body are fully implemented and followed by all staff.
• Sufficient resources and time are allocated to enable the designated person and other staff to discharge their responsibilities, including taking part in strategy discussions and other inter-agency meetings, and contributing to the assessment of children.

Other Responsibilities:

• Staff members are able to raise concerns about poor or unsafe practice in regard to children, and such concerns should be addressed sensitively and effectively by the Head Teacher and Governing body in a timely manner in accordance with agreed whistle blowing practices.
• The Head Teacher must have a vibrant personality. Must be dedicated to teaching and must be passionate about helping children win and grow to their full potentials.
• She must be approachable by parents, have patience as a virtue.
• She must be trustworthy and a Christian.

Educational Qualification 

• B.Ed. in Education, Very vast knowledge in applying the British Curriculum and must have a background in Montessori.
• Years of Experience: 5 years as a Head Teacher. 10 – 15 years as a Teacher.

Professional Certification(s):
Montessori.
Early Education.
Microsoft Office

Skills, Attributes and Technical proficiency:

• Must have adequate knowledge and skills in Computer skills, Microsoft Office, Leadership skill, Teaching.
• Customer Service, Strategic goals oriented, good at building and sustaining relationships with parents, good at marketing, well mannered.
• Always punctual (should resume at 7:00 a.m.), diligent. Trustworthy.
• Must know how to connect and work with children very well.
• Must be friendly with children but at the same time strategic in knowing how to manage children effectively.
• Above all a Christian.
• ld resume at 7:00 a.m.), diligent. Trustworthy.
• Above all a Christian.

Application Closes on...
30th December, 2017.

Application Method 
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV's to email,and not adhering to the above instruction leads to total disqualification. 

Note: All shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview ASAP.