2.2 Teacher and School Leader: The Jobs

In this section:
- What tasks are teachers and school leaders responsible for.
- What are competencies, skills and experience required to be a teacher or school leader.
- Jobs descriptions for teachers and school leaders and how to use them.

A Career in the Teaching Service

A teacher’s maximum career-span is normally expected to start as a new primary school teacher, ri...

Rules: Teacher & School leader jobs

Includes: Understanding of the context of the job of teacher and school leader and General rules ...

Positions, Salary Grades and Experience

Salary grades and required qualifications and experience for teaching positions.    POSITIO...

Teacher Job Description

Full job description for a position as a teacher including: purpose, tasks and competencies Po...

School Leader Job Description

Full job description for a position as a school leader including: tasks, competencies and quali...

Further Reading: The jobs of teacher and school leader

Teaching is a meaningful and valuable profession. In Sierra Leone, teachers and school leaders ha...

Further Reading: Job Description

Job descriptions guide the work of teachers and school leaders and are at the heart of many Per...

Further reading: Job Enrichment

The teaching profession has considerable potential for innovation, inventiveness, play, and artis...

Best Practice: Contents of a Job Description

A teacher Job Description may contain the following information. Compulsory entries are marked wi...

Best Practice: How to use a Job Description

The Job Description is an agreement between the teacher and the teacher's direct employer, i.e. t...

Best Practice: How school leaders may enrich a teacher's job

Provide leadership that encourages and motivates teachers. Facilitate the teacher’s job by ensu...