Organisational Planning: Roles and
Responsibilities
Board of Management
It is the responsibility of the Board of Management to
support and facilitate the school approach to the teaching of science, and to
approve this approach within the context of the overall school plan.
Parents
The emphasis that the science curriculum places on the
exploration of the environment will mean that the children’s families may help
to enrich and support the programme in many ways. Parents and local people may
contribute to science activities in the following ways:
- Participating in school review and planning of the
programme
- Sharing knowledge and expertise
- Discussing the learning that takes places in the school
- Reviewing resources for specific aspects of the
programme
- Helping to organise visits to places of
interest such as farms, factories, museums and science centres
Principal
- Oversees the development of the school plan
- Consults with the Board of Management and parents with
regard to the provision of resources
- Ensures that sufficient time is made available for the
teaching of science
- Identifies a teacher with particular expertise and
interest in science to lead staff discussion and to draw up a policy
document on the place, purpose and content of science
Special Duties Teacher
- Encourages teachers to participate in the formulation
of the science plan
- Devises a written plan in consultation with the school
staff
- Organises the necessary resources to implement the plan
- Presents draft documents to the staff at meetings
- Supports colleagues as they prepare schemes of work and
implement the plan
- Informs new members of the teaching staff about the
school plan
- Provides information for parents with regard to the
implementation of the school plan in science
Other teachers
Children are more likely to gain from a curriculum when
there is consistency in the approach taken by all teachers in the school.
- Devise balanced programmes in line with the school plan
which cater for the needs of each child
- Provide information for parents about the class
programme in science
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