Shermin Gheesta

As the HoD enlisted are the role and responsibilities that need to be carried.

• Planning, developing, implementing and evaluating the Global Perspectives curriculum.
• Planning, organizing and supervising of Weekly tests /assessments and term end examinations.
• Helping teachers to find related resources and train teachers on ‘21st Century Pedagogical Practices.
• Lesson observations and guidance in the Adhyayan review for the teachers.
• Arranging guest speakers with external resource persons.
• Attending meetings with the management team as and when required.
• Preparing of reference material in case of new topics with the objective of total quality education.
• Checking and approval of question papers and assessment sheets.
• Moderating answers scripts after every term examination and keeping a record.
• Selection of resource books in consultation with subject teachers.
• Moderation of note books at the end of each term.
• Design and carry out research into current global issues, their causes, consequences and possible course(s) of action
• Use evidence to support claims, arguments and perspectives
• Identify and analyse issues, arguments and perspectives
• Analyse and evaluate the evidence and reasoning used to support claims, arguments and perspectives
• Develop a line of reasoning to support an argument, a perspective, course(s) of action or outcome.

In the bygone year 2021-2022, I had also been appointed the IGCSE Exam's Officer's Role for the school. My roles and responsibilities there were as follows:

• Liaise with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including students, parents, teachers and Administration
• Be aware of examination changes each academic year
• Manage invigilators. This includes training new invigilators and updating existing invigilators on rules and regulation changes on an annual basis
• Manage the examination entry process, including gathering information from teaching staff to ensure that students’ examination entries are made correctly and on time, making amendments/withdrawals etc.
• Manage the examination preparation process. This includes preparing examination timetables for students and staff; creating seating plans for each examination room; briefing candidates, staff and parents; receiving, checking and securely storing confidential examination materials; administering internal assessment etc.
• Support the process relating to access arrangements
• Manage examination days in accordance with awarding body regulations, including preparing for each exam day, starting an examination, dealing with emergencies, irregularities and malpractice, ending the examination, collecting the examination scripts and packing and dispatching examination scripts
• Manage examination results. This includes accessing results electronically/downloading results from awarding body secure sites and preparing for results to be disseminated to each student/candidate
• Dealing with requests and administering post-results services
• Issuing examination certificates.