Director of Music: Haileybury Almaty

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The Person
• Be a role model for pupils at Haileybury Almaty.
• Be highly motivated, ambitious and collaborative.
• Have high levels of honesty and integrity in all aspects of their role.
• Demonstrate empathy, humility and care, taking the time to listen and motivate the pupils.
• Committed to safeguarding and to promoting the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure a secure, stimulating and well managed learning environment that promotes a sense of safety, support and wellbeing.
• Demonstrate strong teaching skills, which leads to improvement of attainment and success within the school.
• Have excellent organisational skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage change and work under pressure within those changing circumstances.
• Has excellent communication skills along with the ability to listen and understand.
• Has the ability to contribute to the positive management of student behavior.

Working to the Deputy Head Academic and the Head of Junior School in promoting, evaluating, coordinating and
developing the aims and standards of Haileybury Almaty within Faculty of Music and cross-departments when
required. They are responsible for ensuring that pupils are supported in their learning journey, setting the highest
aspirations for pupil achievement in the Department and maintaining outstanding academic standards throughout.
They are accountable for leading the development of the curriculum and improving Learning and Teaching within
the department, and to contribute to the CPD of their teachers. They are to oversee the teaching, learning and
curriculum of Music in the School. They are responsible to the Deputy Head Academic for ensuring that music plays
a full role in both the curriculum and co-curriculum of the school and in the wider community.
Team Responsibilities:
All Heads of Department and faculty are expected to work collegiately in order to share good practice, ideas and
resources. They will meet regularly as a team, and as individuals, with the Deputy Head Academic .