Job Title: Academic Head – Preschool & Daycare

Reports To: Director / Management

Job Summary

The Academic Head is responsible for ensuring high-quality curriculum delivery, teacher effectiveness, child development, safety compliance, and smooth academic operations, while delivering a consistent and positive parent experience. Key Responsibility Areas (KRAs)

1: Academic Excellence & Curriculum Delivery

Responsibilities:
- Plan and implement the curriculum of Preschool & Daycare (Play way / Montessori/ other intelligence).
- Ensure structured lesson planning (annual → monthly → weekly).
- Monitor classroom delivery through observations.
- Standard lesson plan format followed across classes
- Teaching aids & materials checklist maintained
- Daily classroom readiness checklist
- 100% lesson plan adherence
- Monthly classroom observation scores
- Activity execution quality
- Tabs on current trends into curriculums, activities and planner.

2: Teacher Performance & Training

Responsibilities:
- Train teachers on phonics, storytelling, classroom management.




- Conduct demo sessions and performance reviews.
- Mentor recent hires and ensure onboarding readiness.
- Monthly training calendar
- Teacher evaluation format (monthly/quarterly)
- Classroom observation tracker
- Training hours per teacher
- Improvement in observation scores

3: Child Development & Assessment

Responsibilities:
- Track developmental milestones.
- Ensure assessments (portfolios, reports) are updated.
- Identify and address learning gaps.
- Child assessment format
- Portfolio checklist
- Progress report timelines
- 100% assessment completion
- Milestone tracking accuracy
- Parent satisfaction on child progress

4: Parent Communication & Experience

Responsibilities:
- Conduct orientations, PTMs, and academic sessions.
- Handle parent concerns related to academics.
- PTM schedule & format
- Parent communication guidelines
- Escalation matrix
- Checking each feedback and address parents accordingly
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