Department Heads Chatboard

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Welcome to the Department Heads Chatboard!

by Bob Reap (Teachers.Net)

Jun 13, 2011

Welcome to the Department Heads Chatboard. This chatboard is for teachers to discuss issue related to managing and developing academic departments and curricula.

Bookmark this resource and contribute often!

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disney cathy We don't have Department Heads in our school district. These positions were cut a long time ago to save the district money.

Jun 14, 2011

Terry We have department heads in our MS and we also have a team leader who meets frequently with the principal and then conveys this information to other team members. We never have faculty meetings.

On 6/14/11, disney cathy wrote: > We don't have Department Heads in our school district. These > positions were cut a long time ago to save ...See More

Jun 15, 2011

Department Head vs Lead Teacher

by Stellaluna

Jun 13, 2011

Here's a question....

In my district, the department head (only available to MS and HS teachers) comes with a healthy stipend. But in elementary, we have grade level lead teachers who have extra assignments but there is NO stipend. What exactly do Department Heads do that is different from lead teachers in elementary?

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jme No extra money or planning time for department heads in our school (high school). What and how much extra they do depends on a couple of things: 1. The size of the department; and 2. Whether and to what degree the subject is tested.

When I worked at a middle school in which we had grade-level teams. it was the same.

Jun 21, 2011

meep I have been the grade level chair (called lead teacher in some schools) and some years I have been paid a stipend and other years I have not been paid. It all depended on the principal's decision about where to spend money.

Jun 23, 2011

I'm starting a new job as the arts department head in a new school focused on foreign languages, world cultures and 21st century skills competence. I'm wondering if anyone has some exceptional resources they could direct me to that could help inform us as we launch this new program? I'm particularly interested in music, visual art projects, dance a...See More

World Arts Resources

by Sharon Watkins

Jun 14, 2011

No more dept heads

by janel

Jun 14, 2011

Due to state budget cuts our district eliminated all dept chair positions! It will be interesting to see the principal do it all next year.

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janel We have 13 in the math dept and the chair was in charge of submitting budget and materials requests, as well as helping with scheduling students, writing curriculum and scheduling math remediation. Chair was paid a $1200 stipend and had duty free planning.

On 6/14/11, muse wrote: > What size is your school? There use to be 21 in my depa...See More

Jun 15, 2011

Michelle On 6/15/11, janel wrote: > We have 13 in the math dept and the chair was in charge of > submitting budget and materials requests, as well as helping with > scheduling students, writing curriculum and scheduling math > remediation. Chair was paid a $1200 stipend and had duty free > planning. > > On 6/14/11, muse wrote: >> ...See More

Jun 19, 2011

We have department heads (HS/Middle S) and

by muse

Jun 14, 2011

lead teachers. I teach in a large hs and we have department heads. Most are excellent and are worth the tital. A few are worthless and everyone knows it and it's a joke. The elementary schools, since they are 1/6 the size of our high school, use lead teachers.