Co-ordinators Head of the Department (HOD)
The School Coordinator plays a key leadership role in welcoming and The role of an HOD for a subject is to ensure that the subject fits into the Team Leaders at TATVA is the first level of leadership. They are likely to grow
supporting Teachers, and Team Leaders. The School Coordinator’s role overall curriculum and the delivery of content is designed and implemented into coordinators in the same campus or in a different campus. They will carry
includes to maximize the learning experiences for a student. They are solely out most of the work that a coordinator is required to do but the scale will be
responsible for the quality of content, quality of delivery, methods adopted limited to their grade or two grades.
Coordinators who have TLs reporting shall perform the following duties for improvement of student understanding and assessment process.
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1. Overall responsibility for their team performance i.e. Teachers and TLs 1. Research and Recommend content suitable for TATVA’s overall vision and
2. Solely responsible for behaviour and attitude of their team members. create the learning outcomes for their subject
3. Ensure roles and responsibilities are understood clearly by all teachers 2. Plan, Design and implement instructional programs i.e. classroom and
and TLs. interdisciplinary programs that are efficient for accomplishing outcomes. 2.
4. They will coordinate meetings and activities with cross-functional teams 3. Design and Implement test and evaluation procedures that are necessary 3.
to ensure that inter-disciplinary activities happen as planned. This means to assess the student’s understanding
they will work with HODs, Subject & Activity teachers, CCA & Club leaders 4. Schedule and/or conduct training and Micro-sessions teachers on the
5. Assist the Principal in in executing administrative activities across the content and its delivery mechanisms 4.
school, involving all departments including 5. Observe the performance of teachers in the classrooms and suggest
a) Attendance analysis of students – absenteeism, parent follow up etc improvement opportunities. They will analyse training needs based on the
b) Teacher substitutions for their segment of school – work with other improvement opportunities and report to the Principal. 5.
segment coordinators on a daily basis 6. Document the teacher performance and report to Principal and HR for
c) Schedule and Organize PTM / other parent events – meet parents to necessary Rewards, Recognition or Counselling.
address student performance and concerns, if any. 7. Work as a research expert in the curriculum area and constantly 6.
d) Document and store all plans for all grades in one storage drive for add/enhance the content in the subject and methods for teaching. 7.
easy reference and access. 8. Will work with other subject/department heads and come up with inter-
e) Document all deviations and store with the appropriate plan disciplinary teaching and learning activities 8.
f) Walk the floors of the school campus and ensure class-regularity, 9. Will approve all the Annual Plans and Session plans created by the teachers
teacher punctuality and that children are not wandering the corridors and advise improvement. 9.
g) Plan all major events alongside the CCA coordinator and ensure work 10. Will approve deviations taken (on the plans) by the teachers and ensure
is equally distributed to teachers by class or by house the quality of teaching and learning is not affected by the deviations.
h) Track teacher participation in all school events, their contribution 11. Will work with the TL and/or Coordinator and ensure that the schedules
and submit observations to the Principal. and the sequencing is followed by teachers 10.
i) Coordinators will implement the dining policy and make sure that 12. Will ensure creation of common notes across all grades and validate the
teachers are monitoring students to have lunch. quality of common notes. 11.
6. Help the HODs in compiling teachers’ observations as needed. They will 13. Will be responsible for the quality and content of Blue-Prints and Question
ensure teacher feedback is documented and copies submitted to papers for each grade.
Principal and HR. 14. As needed and if called upon by a teacher/TL – the HOD may interact with
7. Resolve conflicts as they arise for scheduling or for resources and ensure parents and explain the methods and processes or discuss learning
integration between subject teachers. difficulties of a student.
8. Ensure that the resources and infrastructure are properly shared – To summarize HOD is responsible for the overall quality of learning of every
indented, and allocated based on need for the teachers student in TATVA. They will accomplish goals through teachers.
Coordinators without TLs shall also execute the TL responsibility for their
school segment.
Team Leader
Shall be responsible for implementation of all the policies of TATVA
within their team. The policies include – Essential Agreements in class,
Behavioural policies for students, General Agreements of school, Dining
and Transport policy.
Solely responsible for behaviour and attitude of their team
Responsible for their team’s performance, work schedules and output.
They will ensure that session plans are followed on time. They will ensure
session plan deviations are documented and reported to HODs.
They will ensure all reports are filled an sent by teams. These include daily
reports, Progress reports for students, WTRs where applicable and other
reports as needed by the Principal / HOD
Attend all academic, infrastructure and support issues for their team.
Resolve these with the Principal, Coordinators and the HOD’s. These may
be gathered through weekly meetings and taken to the Principal.
Assist academic complaints of the parents through HODs as needed.
Assist in resolving administrative issues for parents – directly with
Principal’s approval.
Co-ordinate with their team and ensure they submit worksheets for
approvals and ensure HODs provide approvals in-time.
Coordinate with their individual team members to create Blue-Prints,
Question papers and Answer keys for the exam department. They will
work with the HODs for approvals of the same before the final copies go
to the exam department.
Work with multiple HODs and ensure that interdisciplinary activities are
being designed and implemented for every grade within their realm.
Check if teachers are correcting notebooks regularly. Document and
report discrepancies.