ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS

  ROLES OF THE HEAD OF SCHOOL TOWARDS STAFF.

Mwl.Zakayo

 As the HEAD OF SCHOOL, you can maintain and retain your teachers through

• Ø  recognising and where possible, rewarding outstanding performers and sanctioning poor performers
• Ø  respecting colleagues, their rights including their right to privacy especially when handling  private and personal information.
• Ø  ensuring that subordinates set realistic work targets, monitor performance regularly and encourage them to enhance their competence and skills;
• Ø  giving due weight and consideration to official views submitted by fellow teachers and  subordinates. for example, improvement of living condition and salary status together with their claims.
• Ø  being creative, innovative and continuously strive to improve performance by enhancing knowledge and skills to teachers in different fields of administration.
• Ø  implement policies and lawful instructions given by their Ministers and other Government leaders to your teachers accordingly and not for personal interests.
• Ø  disengage from any conduct which might impart teachers in their work performance and let your administration biased.
• Ø  Do not show you teachers any propagation of religious beliefs when performing official duties.
• Ø  When you will be requested by fellow teachers of your school to clarify or to provide direction on issues arising from laws, regulations and procedures, you’re ought do so promptly, with clarity and without bias.

IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL RECORDS

Ø  Tells the history of the school and are useful historical sources.

Ø  Facilitate continuity in the administration of a school

Ø  Facilitate and enhance the provision of effective guidance and counseling services for pupils in the social, academic career domains.

Ø  Provide information needed on ex-students by higher and other related institutions and employers of labour for admission or placement.

Ø  Facilitate the supply of information to parents and guardians for the effective monitoring of the progress of their children/wards in schooling or performance

Ø  Provide data needed for planning and decision making by school heads, ministries of education and related educational authorities

Ø  Provide a basis for the objective assessment of the state of teaching and learning in a school, including staff and student performance by supervisors and inspectors.

Ø  Provide information for the school community, the general public employers as well as educational and social science researchers for the advancement of knowledge

                         

                                     categories of teachers

 Teachers serve as the guiding force in a student’s life. They are responsible for molding a student’s personality and shaping his/her mental orientation. Teachers deeply impact our lives and direct the course of our future. One cannot deny the influence of teachers in one’s life. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that, till a certain age, out life revolves around our teachers. They are our constant companions, until we grow old enough to come out of their shadow and move ahead on our own. 

Right from the time we embark on our education trip, we come across different types of teachers. Some are friendly, some are strict, and some are the ones we idolize. We also dislike a few, who fail to impress us positively. Students begin to like teachers, according to their own individual preferences. They even classify their teachers into different categories, such as Friendly Teachers, Lenient Teachers, Perfectionist Teachers, Strict Teachers and Funny Teachers. All these classifications for teachers are based on some typical personality traits of the teachers. For ex - some teachers constantly criticize the students, some act like friends, some are fun to be with and so on. Let us explore them in detail.

Friendly Teacher
A friendly teacher, as the very term suggests, acts like a friend for his/her students. A teacher-friend, in fact, combines both the guidance of a teacher and the understanding of a friend. We all, at some point of time, aspire for an understanding teacher. Such a teacher acts like our friend, philosopher and guide.

Funny Teacher
A funny teacher is like a God-sent to the students. Such a teacher always wants to see his/her students smile and make learning a pleasurable experience. They are not clumsy, as most people think them to be. Rather, they are witty and bring in humor in the most subtle form.

Ideal Teacher 
An ideal teacher is the one we respect from our heart. He/she acts as a guide to the students, while not pushing them too much. Such a perfect motivates them and boosts their morale. He/she tries to encourage the students and refrains from criticizing them.

Lenient Teacher
A lenient teacher is easygoing and takes things as they come. He/she is not overly finicky about things, such as doing homework on time or not sitting quietly in the class, etc. Such teachers very well realize that being strict with a child can only make him/her withdrawn. However, this does not mean that one can do anything in the class of a pampering teacher.

Strict Teacher
A strict teacher is very tough on students. He/she always insists on adhering to the deadlines. Such a teacher dislikes any mistakes or carelessness on the part of the students. Students have to be extra cautious under such a teacher. He/she is like a disciplinarian, always keeping students on their toes.

                                 Mwl. Zakayo Mong’ateko