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Official QNSA standard
2.2.4

Organizational structure and job descriptions.

Educational Leadership · Planning & Administrative Organization

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Official standard2.2.4

Organizational structure and job descriptions.

Focus areas
  • The organizational structure is appropriate to the size and nature of the school.
  • The organizational structure is clear, comprehensive and considers all jobs.
  • Preparing and communicating job descriptions to define the tasks and responsibilities for all staff.
Suggested evidence
  • School’s organizational structure.
  • Job descriptions
  • Documents reflecting employee awareness of the organizational structure and job description.
  • School Administration Guide.
  • Interviews
Self-reflection
  • How were employees informed of the organizational structure and job descriptions?
  • Does the school's organizational structure and job descriptions contribute to clarity and task distribution and responsibilities and facilitate work? How?
Official rubric
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Highly Effective

The school has a comprehensive, announced, and accurate organizational structure for the jobs in the school, clarifying the roles and sequence of the upper and middle management, that is commensurate with their size and nature, and determines the sequence of tasks and responsibilities, which contributes to the smooth running of all of the work with no overlap or conflict of authority/roles.

The school has clear, detailed and announced job descriptions for all staff and specifies the duties, responsibilities, and roles of each staff member in the school.

3
Effective

The school has a comprehensive and announced organizational structure for almost all jobs in the school, clarifying the roles of the upper and middle management, commensurate with their size and nature, and determining the sequence of tasks and responsibilities, which contributed to the smooth running of most of the work with no overlap or conflict of authority/roles.

The school has clear and announced job descriptions for all staff and specifies the duties, responsibilities and roles of almost all staff members in the school.

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Somewhat Effective

The school has an organizational structure that is not inclusive of all jobs in the school, resulting in smooth running of some school operations.

The school has undocumented job descriptions for some jobs, and is generally made known to some staff.

1
Ineffective

The school has an unclear organizational structure for some jobs which minimally contributed to the limited running of school work and achievement of objectives.

The school has job descriptions for limited jobs within the school.

Focus source: 63Rubric source: 68, 69
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