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head teacher

n
(Education) a teacher responsible for running a school
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Noun1.head teacher - the educator who has executive authority for a schoolhead teacher - the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
school principal, principal, head
chancellor - the honorary or titular head of a university
educator, pedagog, pedagogue - someone who educates young people
headmaster, schoolmaster, master - presiding officer of a school
headmistress - a woman headmaster
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head teacher

noun principal, head, headmaster or headmistress, dean, rector One of the photos must be signed by your head teacher.
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"We had been promised that schools will get the desks on a pro-rata formula, meaning the number of desks each school was to get would be determined by the amount it contributed," said a head teacher who requested anonymity.
Ol Kalou residents demand answers from MP on school desks
The styles of leadership of head teachers observed by the subordinates as asset or liability for the institution, it is an asset as it can help the institution to enhance the performance leading to overall productivity of school and it can be a liability when it puts a negative impact on the performance of teachers in classroom and affects the type of association which exists among the staff and head teacher.
IMPACT OF HEAD TEACHER'S LEADERSHIP STYLE ON TEACHER'S JOB SATISFACTION AND WORK MOTIVATION
'A comparative assessment indicates that there are schools/colleges where more than one post of head teacher and vice head have been parked at the cost of the institutions, especially in the rural area where no formal post of institutional head exists,' read the summary of the FDE.
All FDE schools to get heads from surplus staff in other institutions
HUDDERSFIELD Town mascot Terry the Terrier turned up to help Nields School in Slaithwaite say a fond farewell to deputy head teacher Aidan Blackburn.
Farewell to popular teacher
Parents have made a desperate last-ditch plea to get the council to hear their protests over plans to share a head teacher with another school.
FIGHT GOES ON TO KEEP HEAD; SCHOOL CHIEFS SLATED BY PARENTS The fight goes on to keep school head
Head teacher is the life-line and a line-wire in any educational institution.
Training Needs Assessment of Secondary School Head Teachers through Different Stakeholders
Severn Primary School head teacher Julie Morris, and deputy head Judith Allen, are both retiring from their roles.
Head teachers bid a final farewell
Pupils at Dunblane Primary are bidding a fond farewell to their head teacher.
SCHOOL FAREWELL AS SALLY HEADS OFF
The instructional administration considered the head teacher as a leader of the leader (Hallinger, 2008; Hallinger and Murphy, 1987).
Head Teacher as an Instructional Leader in School
Ms Nicholas is currently the head teacher of Ferndale Community School, having joined the school in May 2011.
Meet the three heads of new super schools
Moz (Monzoor) Hussain is facing a host of allegations alongside four other former senior Park View Academy staff, including executive head teacher Lindsey Clark.
'Pupils placed in stress positions as punishment' ALLEGATIONS MADE AT MISCONDUCT PANEL

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