The benefits of appointing Department Champions can help a member of staff to develop in their current role further and add to existing responsibilities whilst assisting with managing a whole school resource or project.
Department Champions work with colleagues, sharing workloads across the subject area by setting assignments for the whole department to use and pin-pointing relevant content using the content PDF lists. They can support their departments by creating a bank of assessments for subject teachers to duplicate and set for their own classes.
We recommend you look for the following characteristics when you choose your department champion.
Organisational skills
Good communicator
An individual looking to progress their leadership skills or build on existing ones
A newly qualified teacher looking for additional responsibilities
Someone who is impact-driven
An individual wanting role development
Motivated, enthusiastic, influential and dedicated