1. Presented by: Bev West Head of Senior School Kinross Wolaroi School Monday 10 September 2012

2.  the HOD is placed between the executive and his/her faculty  relating too well to one can be perceived as neglecting the other  the HOD can also be caught between parents and staff

3.  big city inter-school competition  regional and remote schools  older staff whose skills and experience are hard to replace  older staff who are rusted on and won’t go and/or make life difficult for younger staff

4.  newer staff who are under-skilled but don’t know or won’t admit it  newer staff who are so timid and lacking in confidence that kids walk all over them

5.  a luxury  élitist  a nuisance  unimportant  uneconomical  hard to staff  taught by crazies or people who are hard to get along with

6.  languages are difficult  they compete with very groovy subjects  parity of electives  quantity vs quality of students  boys  staff sometimes shoot themselves in the foot  syllabus  BOS 100 hours  HSC exam and its components

7.  difficult conversations  dealing with management  long hours  being seen as not understanding what it’s like to be on a full load  tendency to be a control freak  how to stop doing it all yourself  running faculty meetings so they are not dominated by one powerful voice

8.  GOYA

9.  Speak directly to the Principal – and often  Have a solution-focus  Look the part  Be seen to be onside  Build alliances with members of the executive

10.  Try to see the big picture but…  Don’t be shy about the value of your subject and its intellectual and PR worth  Take and accept responsibility for your faculty  Be professional about deadlines, exams, marking, attendance at meetings  Go the extra mile

11.  Be proactive with the students you want – challenge them  Institute a peer observation regime  Be part of a network or team beyond your school  Nothing succeeds like success