Home Room Teachers' Duties

The duties of the Home Room Teacher will be


 * To work towards building a positive and solid relationship with pupils in his/her care, showing concern, encouraging and supporting them both academically and in other extra mural areas.
 * To counsel pupils on various issues. Home Room Teachers must meet with each pupil in their class at least once a week and discuss relevant issues and make notes on this meeting.
 * To become aware of patterns and trends in pupil behaviour which should be reported to the Grade Tutor
 * To be available to and keep in contact with parents. Records of all interviews with them should be kept – especially when repeated discipline problems occur.
 * To communicate, with other staff members, issues pertaining to pupils in his/her homeroom class, whether this is positive or negative information.
 * To monitor pupils' attendance
 * To work closely with the Grade Tutors and pass any concerns about the pupils in their home room to the Grade Tutor
 * The home room teacher will write a comment on each pupil at the end of each term which will appear on the pupil's report.
 * To issue and collect Personal Details Forms, Code of Conduct Agreements and Co Curricula choices for the year.
 * To control the issue and return of various other administrative forms during the course of the year
 * To collect and record monies brought in for various Fundraisers and to hand this money over to the person responsible for the Fundraiser by second break on the day of collection.
 * To check the uniform and general appearance of the pupils in their Home Room and to punish pupils for infringements in accordance with the disciplinary procedure.