Head of Mandarin

Responsibilities

• Leadership & Curriculum
• Lead the day-to-day management, operation, and development of the subject area, including delegated responsibilities.
• Develop, review, and annually update schemes of work to ensure consistency and progression across year groups.
• Maintain and annually review a comprehensive departmental handbook, ensuring accessibility for all team members.
• Lead curriculum development and regularly evaluate curriculum effectiveness.
• Produce and monitor a departmental development plan aligned with whole-school priorities.
• Complete and review the departmental self-evaluation and subject improvement plan annually.
• Monitoring & Achievement
• Establish effective systems to monitor student progress (e.g., markbooks, tracking data, Students of Concern documentation).
• Analyse examination and assessment data regularly to inform planning, intervention, and professional development.
• Set appropriate attainment and progress targets, ensuring equity across groups (including Academic English Development students).
• Identify underachievement and implement appropriate intervention strategies.
• Monitor the overall progress and development of students, ensuring mentoring where required.
• Ensure appropriate academic stretch, challenge, and scholarship opportunities.
• Quality Assurance & Professional Standards
• Implement impact cycle monitoring through:
• Lesson observations
• Work scrutiny and assessment review
• Planning and marking evaluations
• Conduct formal appraisal reviews in line with school policy.
• Address performance management issues appropriately.
• Ensure quality assurance processes meet self-evaluation and development planning requirements.
• Model excellent teaching practice and promote evidence-based teaching and learning approaches.
• Team Leadership & Development
• Promote effective teamwork and positive professional relationships within the department.
• Lead regular departmental meetings (with teaching and learning and Students of Concern as standing agenda items).
• Share agendas and minutes with staff and linked Senior Leaders.
• Support recruitment processes when required.
• Ensure effective induction, mentoring, and coaching of new and graduate teachers.
• Establish effective working practices that strengthen teaching and learning.
• Operational Responsibilities
• Ensure teaching commitments are effectively timetabled and roomed.
• Oversee appropriate cover arrangements for absent staff.
• Maintain effective communication with staff, students, and parents.
• Represent the department at Curriculum Committees, HoD meetings, and line management meetings.
• Ensure adherence to all school policies, particularly teaching and learning, marking and feedback, and behaviour management policies.
• Other Responsibilities
• Act as a positive professional role model for students.
• Treat students with dignity and respect, maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
• Serve as a Form Tutor (or cover tutor) where assigned.
• Undertake supervision duties as required.
• Support university applications, particularly for competitive institutions, in collaboration with the University Guidance team.
• Engage actively in appraisal and professional development processes.
• Contribute to whole-school professional development and lecture programmes.
• Support enrichment activities, societies, clubs, and academic events.
• Participate fully in school life, including events, trips, fixtures, performances, and community activities.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with parents, using translators where appropriate.
• Desirable Skills and Personal Attributes:
• Familiarity with concept-based,

Additional Information

At The Perse School (Singapore), we cultivate a happy and nurturing environment, inspiring students to develop a lifelong love of learning and prepare for a fulfilling and successful future. To deliver on our mission of inspiring students to love learning, we embrace The Perse Way - a unique educational approach that places our values at the heart of everything we do. Developed over 400 years, The Perse Way guides us as we continually look forward, shaping an exceptional education for the future. We are seeking a dedicated Head of Mandarin who will provide strategic leadership and oversight of the Mandarin Department across the school. The role involves ensuring high standards of teaching and learning aligned with the Cambridge Assessment International Education curriculum framework, including programmes such as Cambridge IGCSE from 2025 and Cambridge International A Level from 2027. Students are taught as First Language, Second Language and Foreign Language. In Pelicans Nursery to Year 2 we also have a bilingual programme of English and Mandarin stream of one class in each year cohort. The successful candidate will lead curriculum development, drive academic excellence, mentor teaching staff, and promote Mandarin language and Chinese cultural understanding within a diverse international school environment.

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