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Discuss the roles of the deputy Head teacher and the Head teacher.

The Head teacher is the most senior teacher and leader of school, responsible for education of all pupils,
management of staff and for school policy making, they’re trained equiped persons in management of
the school curriculum, ensuring that human and material resources are provided for and effectively used
for teaching.

The head teacher performs the best to provide better education to learners; tries to meet
stakeholders “expectations in terms of improving teaching learning, improving school infrastructures, k
keep the teachers motivating and satisfying parents.Headteachers lead,motivate and manage staff by
delegating responsibility, setting expectations, target and evaluating staff performance against them.On
the other hand he supervises and provides for academic professionals guidance to the teachers.The
Head teacher’s main roles is formulating overall aims and objectives for the school and policies for their
implementation, working with gorvernors and senior colleagues to deploy staff and recruit New staff
effectively, meeting with other education professional and representing the school at conferences and
other Events outside the school as well as monitoring the training and disciplining staff.By doing this
planning has to be done.

The head teacher has to plan a number of things in a school.He will chalk out the policies and
rules of admission.Date of admission are to be publicized.He should convene the meeting of the staff
and discuss with the teachers their activities and programs for the whole.The head teacher must check
that the plant is in proper shape and equipment is adequate,he also see that various registers needed
for different purposes are there in the school.At the beginning of the week it’s the head teacher’s role to
set the school machinery into motion, work allotment to the teachers it an important role to the head
teacher.He should urge the teachers to balance class-sizes and classify students into suitable groups or
sections.Preparation of the timetable general, teacher wise and class.Wise is another important to be
done, unless the timetable is prepared, school work cannot be started.The general assembly of the
students May be convened and instructions to be given to them by the head teacher of the school.As
the school starts, the head teacher starts attending to each activity to be done.The head teacher’s role is
to prepare the budget of the year keeping in view the estimated expenditure in the session.Therefore,
the head teacher will ask the teachers to prepare reports of activities done during the year.Various
records have to be completed, holding of valedictory and annual function to be done.

Organising instructional work

The head teacher of the school organise the instructional work.He will ask the teachers to divide the
year’s work into smaller units, this also involve the formulation of objectives,selection of methods of
teachers, classification of pupils and framing of timetable.He must organise the activities of the school
with co-operation of staff and students like sports.A the head teacher of the school who is responsible
for all the that is being done , he’s to issue necessary orders and get their compliance.He must see that
the teachers and pupils attend their duties punctuary and regularly.Effectively management of the
school is squarely on the headteacher,whose main task is to implement education policies, supposed to
encourage and provide for professional growth of his/her teachers through planned seminars ,
workshops and service education programs as well as ensuring that the the school is up to date with
innovations from teaching practices to new technologies.

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