2021 - FL Department Roles & Responsibilities:
English Department Roles and Responsibilities
FL Director FL Academic Coordinator
1. Lead and develop the
department, contribute
to strategic
development plans,
continually improve
programs.
2. Work closely with
school direction,
human resources and
administration to
ensure smooth
operations, optimal
academics; staff
development, hiring,
and continual
improvement of
academic resources
and materials.
3. Provide weekly and/or
monthly departmental
updates for school
direction, maintaining
close communication
with all actors (Spanish
director, Founders, and
Admin coordinator)
4. Work closely with
Student Services to
create teacher
schedules based on
needs of the school,
students, and teachers.
5. Maintain records and
supervise vacation
requests, subbing, and
any other personal staff
movements along with
Academic Coordinator.
6. Overall supervision for:
Planning and
facilitating orientations
and trainings for
teachers, including
monthly meetings and
workshops; delegate
and/or support
teachers with Aula
Virtual, STAR Step
Team Lead(s) - Mentors
English
16. Plan and facilitate
orientations and
trainings for teachers,
including monthly
meetings and
workshops.
17. Support teachers with
Aula Virtual, STAR
Step Program, and
Study Hall and other
school tools as
necessary.
18. Supervise a team of
teachers in their
professional growth,
personal wellbeing,
and cohesion as a
staff, while fostering a
healthy work
environment
19. Review teacher
candidate applications
and send viable
candidates along to
Director for interview
process.
20. Collaborate with
teachers during the
lesson planning
process by helping to
develop and
implement new ideas/
activities (co-
planning).
21. Be on hand to provide
answers to difficult
questions about
grammar, policies,
teaching, with a
willingness to seek
support from external
sources as needed
22. Help plan and
facilitate school-wide
& cultural events with
designated teachers
 Program, and Study 23. Lead and support
Hall and other school ongoing projects and
tools as necessary; administrative tasks as
supervise teachers in needed
their professional 24. Assist in reviewing
growth, personal payroll submission as
wellbeing, and necessary before
cohesion as a staff, approving for
while fostering a
accounting.
healthy work
25. Supervise and ensure
environment.
completion of
Overseeing correction
of problem areas, Teachers´ admin tasks.
including lesson 26. Plan, conduct and
planning process, error follow up on staff
correction, use of meetings.
virtual classrooms and 27. Conduct Class
other; assisting in observations/QA
developing and evaluation & Feedback
implementing new sessions.
ideas/ activities (co- 28. Compile student
planning). evaluation results (1:1
7. Teacher development: with teachers, action
Plan, conduct and plan).
follow up on staff 29. Refer Students´
meetings. Conduct academic complaints
Class observations/QA to the appropriate
evaluation & Feedback person.
sessions. Compile 30. Monitor and submit
student evaluation
requests for supplies
results (1:1 with
and materials.*
teachers, action plan).
31. Serve as a resource for
8. Provide ongoing
training for all emergency substitute
department areas: teachers within the
grammar, shift. *
methodology, policies, 32. Have availability to
etc, with a willingness work on Saturdays
to seek support from until 4.30 pm.
external sources as
needed.
9. Oversee cultural
activities calendar; plan
and facilitate school-
wide & cultural events
with designated
teachers
10. Lead and support
ongoing projects and
administrative tasks as
needed
11. Reviewing payroll
submission and
approve for accounting.
12. Supervise and ensure
completion of Teachers
´ admin tasks; report
non-compliance to
direction.
13. Resolve students´
academic complaints
and/or refer to the
appropriate person.
14. Monitor requests for
supplies and materials.
15. Serve as a resource for
emergency substitute
teachers within the
shift (or outside shift at
additional pay)