2. I worked as a headmistress in Pollina-San Mauro Castelverde
from Sept 2007 to August 2013
It is a comprehensive school divided into :
Pre-primary school (3-5 years ) ;Primary school (6-10 years)
Secondary school -first level (11-13).
Schools are placed in 3 different buildings
in 3 different nice villages
LEARNING BY PLAYING
IN CHILDHOOD AND
PRIMARY SCHOOL
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4. MY JOB
provide students with the appropriate learning
strategies in order to achieve educational success.
I try to
FIRST AIM:
ensure the learning process
exploit the instruments to enhance professional skills and
provide school teaching equipment
COORDINATE teachers’ meetings monthly
PLAN the overall management of the educational establishment:
school time and classes, adaptation of curricula to the local conditions on
the basis of the national guidelines and resources.
organize, authorize , control the school activities according to the criteria
of efficiency and effectiveness as concerns services and administration.
<< >>COLLABORATION: STAFF /School Council
( representatives of teachers, administration staff, parents and students)
HOW: DIALOGUE, EMPATHY, FORMAL /informal COMMUNICATION
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6. Specific tasks of the head teacher
Targets – I HAVE TO
I Check that:
-School staff plays its role and is involved
• ensure the achievement of
in educational process
institutional goals
-people are welcomed
• ensure the unified school
management through a clear formal - collaborative communication in classes
takes place between the staff and the
and informal communication .
teachers;
• organize school activities in a
• I Record data related to:
functional way
- Attendance of the students and their
•ensure the interaction between
participation in interdisciplinary activities
school members in order to promote - Collaboration between school and home
-Increase the educational success of
high quality service
students
• optimize the use of professional
and financial resources and facilities • I Determine degree of :
- collaboration with the persons
• strengthen the relationship with
responsible for specific tasks, through
the Province and the local
careful documentation of the activities;
associations
- periodic meetings of plan and
verification of the school services
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7. MAIN EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVES AT
SECONDARY SCHOOL
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develop cognitive skills :
critical thinking, creativity
and analytic ability.
cultivate: ethycs,
responsability, honor,
tolerance, respect for others
develop effective skills in
all the subjects.
To foster a broad
intellectual and cultural
experience in order to
promote a sense of
European identity.
Classical Lyceum
o offers a programme focusing on humanity
studies and classical languages
o The five years of study are divided into
two cycles: ginnasio and liceo
o Subjects : Italian, Latin, Greek,Maths,
English, French, Philosophy, History,
Geography,P.E., Science, Art,Chemistry
and Physics
o WORKSHOPS: poetry, movie, theater…
o There are about 800 students (22
disabled) 80 teachers (1 French teacher ESABAC), 8 ATA, 10 school employees.
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