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Overview
Jaigopal Garodia Vivekananda Vidyalaya, 7th Street in Chennai, Tamilnadu is on the lookout for a Head of School. The school values educators who care about classroom culture as much as curriculum delivery. Jaigopal Garodia Vivekananda Vidyalaya, 7th Street in Chennai, Tamilnadu operates as a senior secondary school, established 2022, — a CBSE-affiliated school. A settled, professional environment with clear academic systems, structured staff meetings, and steady infrastructure investment. Role: as Head of School, you work closely with the Principal on academic and operational decisions — leading a section/team, driving teacher development, overseeing assessments, and holding the line on standards. Day to day, you will:
- Run faculty meetings, academic reviews, and section-level planning.
- Observe classes, give actionable feedback, follow up on teacher development.
- Approve calendars, assessment papers, and major parent communication.
- Engage with leadership on hiring, budgets, and infrastructure needs.
- Spend time on the floor — corridors, classrooms, labs — to read the school accurately. Ideal candidate — you have:
- 8+ years in school education with leadership exposure.
- Direct experience running a section, department, or full school.
- A point of view on good teaching, good assessments, and good schools.
- Patience to coach and firmness to enforce standards.
- Strong personal organisation across multiple workstreams. Perks and culture:
- Fair compensation with annual review (₹12.6 LPA – ₹18.2 LPA).
- Stable, full-time engagement with a clear academic calendar.
- Regular PD through internal and external programmes.
- A working culture that takes faculty wellbeing seriously.
- A school that genuinely cares about student outcomes. Click Apply at the top of this page to share your profile with Jaigopal Garodia Vivekananda Vidyalaya, 7th Street. Suitable applicants are contacted directly to schedule the next round of conversations.