Head of Early Years

Job description / Role

The role of Deputy Head of Early Years is to provide support to the Head of Early Years and contribute to the strategic planning of the Early Years department as well as excellence in all areas relating to academic and pastoral care for students.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
• To deputise for the Head of Early Years as and when required.
• To support the Head of Early Years in SISD’s self-review procedures, including the strategic use of analysis of performance data, and the formulation of Early Years improvement and development plans.
• To keep up to date with current issues in teaching and learning and share this with Early Years staff.
• To monitor and evaluate the impact of the policies, practices, targets and priorities in the Early Years department, identifying developments needed with the Head of Early Years and work with Early Years grade coordinators to achieve them.
• To teach students (part teaching load).
• To assist the Head of Early Years in the delivery of a creative and stimulating curriculum; including the giving of feedback, advice and assistance, and supporting the Early Years team with the planning and delivery of the Early Years curriculum.
• To support the Head of Early Years in the performance management of Early Years staff.
• To act as a mentor to staff where appropriate and to assist in organization of induction for new Early Years staff.
• To communicate school policies and expectations of staff as directed by the Head of Early Years.
• To assist in the organization of relevant events.
• To assist in the monitoring and reporting to parents on the progress of students.
• To assist the Head of Early Years in ensuring high standards of work and behavior are maintained.
• To organize cover for absent teachers and teaching assistants within the Early Years department.
• To develop the supervision duty rota outside of class time for Early Years.
• To assist the Head of Early Years with planning for staffing needs and making recommendations for staff placement, retention, promotion or dismissal.
• To support SISD’s commitment to safeguarding its students.
• To follow the requirements of the Equal Opportunities Policy of SISD to ensure an environment that is inclusive.
• To demonstrate a commitment to your own continuing professional development.
• To keep up to date with current educational practices in Early Years.
• To undertake other reasonable duties at the request of the Head of Early Years.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Education, preferably Early Childhood credentials
• Experienced and outstanding Early Years Teacher, preferable leadership experience as a grade coordinator, Assistant Head or Deputy Head of Early Years
• Successful international experience in teaching and/or leadership

Must have skills
• Native English, French or German speaker
• Proficiency in a second language such as English, French, German and/or
• Arabic preferred
• IB PYP experience

Competencies
• Demonstrate professionalism, commitment, integrity, strength of character and perseverance
• A positive leader with enthusiasm to motivate staff and encourage teamwork
• Innovative, highly motivated, resourceful, flexible, independent and entrepreneurial self-starter able to work alone and with colleagues across a range of backgrounds
• Excellent organisational skills and a proven track record of implementing and managing quality teaching and learning programmes
• Outgoing and enthusiastic about working in an international environment
• Committed to ensuring high standards of teaching and learning

Additional Requirements Any additional language a plus, preferably French, German and/or Arabic

About the Company

At Alderwood, we pride ourselves on best practice recruitment, tailored for the Work Based Learning, Welfare to Work and Education sectors. Our core values and attributes are important to use and underline our proven ability to deliver results