Head of Primary- Ib World School Sydney

**Job type**:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
Open

28 February 2025

**Job overview**:
The Head of Primary is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and management of the Primary School. The Head of Primary provides strategic direction for the Primary School and promotes the aims of the school through the implementation of school policies and procedures. The Head of Primary assists the Headmaster in securing and maintaining an excellent education for all students, and in ensuring high standards of teaching, learning and achievement. The Head of Primary will ensure that all staff adhere to all policies and procedures.

**Expectations**:
As the educational leader and operational head of the Primary School, it is expected that the Head of Primary will:

- Demonstrate an explicit commitment to the philosophy, mission and vision of the school as determined by the School Board
- Exhibit a broad and deep understanding of school leadership and management in an international context
- Keep up-to-date with IB educational developments and research in the PYP
- Communicate effectively with all school constituencies
- Serve as an effective ambassador for the school both locally and internationally
- Maintain an effective working relationship with the Headmaster, Head of Secondary and other members of the School Executive Team based on mutual respect, trust and confidentiality

**General**:

- Ensuring the safety and well being of students and school employees
- Ensuring that the organizational systems throughout the Primary School are effective and appropriate
- Overseeing Primary School teaching schedules and duty rosters (PYP Coordinator)
- Overseeing appropriate relief for absent teachers (PYP Coordinator)
- Work with the PYP Coordinator to develop comprehensive calendar of key dates and event for school community and PYP specifically
- The scheduling, planning and managing of parent-teacher conferences, information sessions, and other such routine and special events
- The review and organisation of PYP written reports to parents according to the school’s Reporting and Assessment Policy
- Manage disciplinary issues in the Primary School
- Cooperating with the Head of Secondary to ensure that the school offers a coherent and consistent approach to all academic programms at the College
- Working with School Executive Team, to ensure that all necessary measures are taken to maintain the school’s accreditation status with AIS
- Representing the school at educational and other appropriate events Implement an effective assessment framework.
- Monitoring, evaluating and reviewing classroom practice and promoting improvement strategies.
- Challenging underperformance at all levels and ensuring effective corrective action and follow-up.
- Taking a strategic role in the development of new and emerging technologies to enhance and extend the learning experience of students and staff.

**Enrollment**:
Working with the Enrollment officer to ensure that students entering the Primary School are tested prior to admission and appropriately placed Conducting interviews with families wishing to enroll in the Primary school and submitting recommendations to the Enrollment Officer.

**Curriculum**:

- Overseeing the effective delivery of the PYP curriculum
- Ensuring that the PYP curriculum is delivered in line with school policies and aligned with NESA outcomes
- Ensuring that students are allocated to appropriate teaching groups
- Ensuring that the Primary School appropriately integrates the use of ICT within the curriculum
- Promoting the use of learning opportunities outside the classroom by Primary teachers
- Supporting cross-phase Curriculum (Primary / Secondary)

**Management of Learning & Teaching**:

- Managing and monitoring the quality of learning, teaching and assessment within the Primary
- School, in line with school policy, and constantly striving to improve it
- Managing the Primary Leadership Team to ensure that the curriculum in the PYP meets the educational and developmental needs of all students

**Management of Staff**:

- Ensure effective planning, allocation, support and evaluation of work undertaken by teams and individuals, including clear delegation of tasks and devolution of responsibilities.
- Teacher Accreditation Authority (TAA) Authorised Delegate for all teaching staff. Managing accreditation decisions about whether teachers have achieved and maintained the standards
- Ensuring that all teaching staff are meeting accreditation requirements
- Managing the appraisal and performance management of staff including conducting regular

**Management of Resources**:

- In partnership with the Financial Administrator, and the Primary executive team, managing the financial and human resources effectively and efficiently to achieve the school’s educational goals and priorities.
- Overseeing resources requirements for the Primary School
- Developing, implementing and evaluating the Primary School