Job Description

TITLE: Department Chairperson

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum of five years of successful classroom experience in the designated subject area

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Principal

SELECTION:
The position is filled by the Board of Education upon recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools

FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:

1. Provide input from other building-level teachers in setting county curricular goals within their specific content area.


2. Encourage and coordinate the participation by teachers and pupils in contests, fairs, and projects within their subject area or that are sponsored by civic organizations and school clubs.


3. Serve with other schools’ chairpersons as members of the textbook selection committee in their academic area(s) as well as county curriculum committees.


4. Assist in evaluating and advising concerning strengths and weaknesses in curricular matters as reflected in students’ test results for his/her school and when necessary, its feeder schools. Examples of such tests are ACT, CTBS, SAT and PSAT/NMSQT.


5. Attend meeting (at least monthly) with school administration to discuss and review department directions, objectives and goals.


6. Conduct meetings with his/her department teachers to discuss problems and plan strategies in their curriculum area(s).


7. Serve on other county/statewide committees concerning curriculum in their area.


8. Attend conferences and workshops to keep abreast of recent trends and developments in their academic areas and communicates these experienced to members of the department.


9. Communicate to the principal the concerns and needs of his/her department.


10. Communicate to the members of the department the concerns and needs of the administration.


11. Works continuously to improve the curriculum and the instruction within his/her department.


12. Help to motivate the members of his/her curriculum and the instruction within his/her department.


13. Explain to members of the department state regulation concerning learning outcomes, and works with teachers to see that these are carried out.


14. Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the superintendent or immediate supervisor may, from time to time, assig