RECRUTEMENT

Nous sommes à la recherche d’une Directrice/Directeur pour notre petite école FLAM (Français Langue Maternelle) située dans le Sud Est de Londres (Dartford). Poste à pourvoir immédiatement ou pour la rentrée de septembre au plus tard. Cette opportunité vous permettra de rejoindre une équipe dynamique et de mettre vos compétences au service de la communauté française.

You will be expected to be present at the premises every Saturday that the school is open.
You will work in collaboration with your Co-Headteacher and the Trustees. You will be reporting to the Board of Trustees.
Note: The requirements of the role are to be shared between the 2 co-headteachers.

Role Description

You will be required to:

Trustees:

• Meet regularly with the Board of Trustees

The School:

• Help organise fundraising events
• Promote the school via social media

New Enrolments:

• Evaluate level of new pupils based on information received from parents
• Answer request, allocate places and communicate with families
• Build and maintain waiting list
• Collect registration and medical forms and Code of conduct from parents
• Process registration on Jackrabbit
• Give Pupil’s info sheet to teachers

Re-enrolments for the following year

• Collect enrolment forms from parents
• Process information on Jackrabbit
• Collect information from teachers about pupils’ return and level
• Establish next year classes
• Give registers and pupils’ info sheets to teachers

The Parents:

• Welcome parents to the premises
• Answer administrative queries
• Contact parents to update contact details & pupils’ info
• Answer educational queries
• Contact parents regarding educational matters, such as absences, behaviour and any other issues
• Write and send newsletter when relevant

The Pupils

• Monitor pupils’ register on Jackrabbit
• Read, amend and validate the reports produced by the teachers
• Organise parent-teacher meetings
• Manage mis-behaved pupils
• Record accidents

The Staff

• Recruit new teachers, teaching assistants and supervising staff
• Collect required paperwork, such as copies of DBS, qualifications, personal info sheet, Safeguarding training
• Line-manage supervising staff
• Allocate classes to teachers & teaching assistants
• Provide La Marelle’s policies (kit staff)
• Organise cover for absences
• Organise general meetings when relevant (3 minimum)
• Liaise with School Bursar to monitor school finances

The Teachers

• Observe each class at least once a year
• Provide feedback after observation
• Provide help & support to the teachers, especially to the new teachers
• Organise regular meetings/trainings on various educational matters
• Promote exchange of teaching experience

The Teaching Assistants

• Liaise with teachers to ensure adequate assistance is given

The Curriculum

• Update the curriculum for the whole school
• Break the yearly curriculum into terms
• Select all the manuals required (within budget)
• Find out cost of manuals and other classroom supplies and inform the relevant people
• Give a skeleton programme to the teachers
• Help the teachers with the selection of additional activities and materials (within budget)
• Decide what classroom supplies will be needed (within budget)

This role description may be amended at any time following consultation between the co-Headteachers and the Trustees and will be reviewed annually.

Person specifications:

• Qualification and/or Experience in teaching – Desirable
• Excellent literacy skills, in both French and English – Essential
• Good knowledge of all MS Office applications and general computer literacy – Essential
• Qualification and/or Experience in secretarial / office administration – Desirable
• Good skills in team management, organisation and logistics – Essential
• Good numeracy skills and ability to understand financial budgets – Desirable
• First Aid – Desirable

Application deadline – 15th May 2021 – Please send your CV and covering letter to admin@lamarelle.org.uk