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Standard 4: Oversee staff, resources and facilities

Pillar: Efficiency. Model: operational leadership. Oversee personnel, resources and facilities that support the learning, development and well-being of all students.

What this standard expects

Step 1: Use recruitment, hiring, retention and succession planning to attract and keep competent, qualified staff.
Step 2: Give supportive supervision that helps people grow, rewards teaching excellence and promptly addresses areas for improvement.
Step 3: Manage people and materials well, to get the most from teaching and learning and support student well-being.
Step 4: Oversee the running, upkeep, safety and accessibility of buildings, in line with all policies, laws, regulations and Government directives.
Step 5: Develop and enforce calendars and schedules that protect teaching time and minimise disruption.
Step 6: Provide sound financial oversight, accountability and transparency, and meet all internal and external accountability requirements.
Step 7: Plan for the sustainability of finances, resources, programmes and facilities, in a way that fits Barbados.

Leadership domains

Staff recruitment, hiring, retention and succession planning; supportive supervision; resource management; facility operations; scheduling and protecting teaching time; financial oversight and accountability; sustainability.

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The law and policy behind this

Both practice guidesSection 7 in both guides · draft of 27 May 2026

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