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A headmaster/headmistress, head teacher, head, school administrator, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility [1] for the management of the school.
The idea put forward that once the standards in those failing schools had improved, a new head teacher could take over. [1] Today however the role and idea of and executive head teacher has expanded, with many staying in place within a system leadership role rather than specific headship roles; working with a number of head teachers. [2]
The union was founded in 1897 as the National Federation of Head Teachers' Associations. [1] In 1906, it became the National Association of Head Teachers, from the initials of which its current name derives. [2] The union's membership grew from just over 1,000 in 1898 to 10,000 in 1947, and 20,000 by the 1980s.
However, in Canada, during an extended leave of absence of the principal, usually a retired principal will be assigned to a school by the school board/district to oversee the management of the school until the actual principal returns; thus, the roles and responsibilities of the Vice-Principal(s) will remain the same.
They are, in effect, the head teacher in the head's absence, or in some cases serve as the head teacher of a school being overseen by an executive head teacher. In many schools, deputy head teachers still retain some teaching responsibility, but in most, their duties are increasingly managerial and pastoral.
The National Professional Qualification for Headship (or NPQH) is a professional qualification for aspiring headteachers.The qualification was introduced in 1997 by the newly elected Labour government, following a commitment in their manifesto to introduce a mandatory qualification for head teachers. [1]
The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) is an annually-published document which forms a part of the contract of all teachers and head teachers in maintained schools in England and Wales. The document is binding on all maintained schools and local education authorities.
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