Introduction
In this piece, you would be enlightened on the duties of School Improvement and Support Officer (SISO) in the Ghana Education Service (GES) across schools.
Before knowing the roles of School Improvement and Support Officer, know the meaning of SISO as popular in the Ghanaian education system.
What Does SISO Mean in Education?
Like stated earlier, SISO simply means a School Improvement and Support Officer. This officer works at the district level of the Ghana Education Service.
The School Improvement and Support Officer (SISO) works directly with school authority and the teachers on the field with the students.
SISOs have numerous duties or roles. Overall of these duties is visiting schools daily to monitor managerial, instructional progress.
Who Does SISO Report To?
The School Improvement and Support Officer (SISO) works with the District Directorate of Education. He then reports any problem or progress of any school to the office of the Director.
Who Does SISO Hold Accountable?
Whenever School Improvement and Support Officer (SISO) visits a certain school, the first person he meets for accountability is the head of the school.
After getting reports from the Headteacher, the SISO then moves to engage any teacher who has a problem with head or the district directorate asking series of questions.
If there is no issue as such, the School Improvement and Support Officer may then move around the school, go from classroom to classroom without destructing instructional period.
As mentioned before in this article, SISOs have duties or role they are assigned to undertake. In minutes, glance through the under listed duties of School Improvement and Support Officer below.
Duties of School Improvement and Support Officer
1. Manage and monitor schools within the Circuit. The SISO’s role or duty is to monitor and manage the schools in the circuit and report on progress to the district office.
2. Act as instructive pioneer and give authority direction and help with all areas connected with School Improvement.
The SISO act as the leader of schools within the circuit from the part of the district education office, who gives school authority direction on what to do as instructed by the district director.
3. Examine exact information from the schools and submit same to the District Education Office expeditiously. It is the SISO’s work to analyze the data collected from schools before submitting to the district education office for further scrutiny.
4. Support district directors with school needs and educational projects and systems, and carrying out a powerful educational plan.
The SISO is responsible for supporting district directors with the needs of schools within the circuits, eg. educational projects and strategies. As an intermediary between the district education office and the schools, he helps carry out an effective educational plans.
5. Submit quarterly reports on checking to the Metropolitan/Municipal/District Directors of Education. Another work of the SISO is to submits reports on the operations of schools to the directors of education at the local level (s).
6. Work with district directors to arrange for how they can execute positive drives. The SISO also works with the district director to strategically plan on how positive programmes can be implemented.
7. Occasional announcement of opportunities in the Circuit to the Metropolitan/Municipal/District Directors of Education for interested persons to take.
The SISO is also in charge of the informing the district director on vacancies in schools within the circuit for furthermore announcement to be made to restaff.
8. Coordinate with district administrators of education on information collection and investigation of assessment results.
The SISO also helps the district administration for education to collect data and to analyse the assessment results provided by schools after examination.
9. Guarantee the overall welfare of educators and students in the Circuit. The SISO also makes sure that Ghana Education Service employees within his jurisdiction are well. Again, the welfare of pupils/learners is part of his priorities.
10. Draw in educational program and assessment reviews as fitting and demanded. The SISO also plan educational programmes and establish assessment reviews as appropriate and requested.
11. Undertake other obligations assigned by the district administration. The SISO will also undertake other assignments given to him/her by the district director and the administration.
With this, it does not mean the SISO will be doing only duties demanded by his performance activity guide.
12. Coordinate with district administrators on proficient advancement exercises straightforwardly connected with School Improvement.
It is the SISO’s duty to work hand-in-hand with the district administration on programmes that are significant to the improvement of school.
Conclusion
Duties of School Improvement and Support Officer (SISO) are many. Even as some are known and stated, there are implied tasks which are being assigned to them on impromptu.
Again, the SISO work hand in hand with the authority of basic schools they have been assigned to fast track the improvement and progress of the schools. Some duties of SISO may have not been mentioned so kindly take note.
Source: bbcpulse.com