The Teachers Service Commission has also outlined the roles to be performed by each of the TSC field officers:
1. TSC County Directors
- Change teachers’ designations to teacher, DHOI (Deputy Head of Institution) and HOI (Head of Institution).
- Transfer teachers from one station to the other.
- View all sub-counties and zones in the county Add and change an ICT officer.
- Countersigning for heads of secondary schools.
- Scheduling and undertaking appointments M&E, lesson observation.
- Change a teacher’s institution.
- View a teacher’s appraisal.
- Change a teacher to be a deputy head of institution or head of institution.
- Cancelling appraisal.
- Can assign a teacher to be an appraiser
- Can also revoke those rights.
- Generate various County reports.
2. Sub County Directors
- Switch from one sub county to another for those with more than one (alternate)
- Countersign and cancel appraisals
- Arbitration.
- Undertaking lesson observations.
- Create and check schedules.
- Generate various reports
3. County ICT Officers.
- Search and map a teacher to the current station
- Change teachers’ designations i.e. from teacher, DHOI and HO
- View all institutions and teachers
- View teachers’ appraisals
- Generate various County reports
4. Curriculum Support Officers (CS0s)
- Scheduling and undertaking appointments M&E, lesson observation.
- Change a teacher’s institution
- View a teacher’s appraisal
- Change a teacher to be a deputy head of institution or head of institution
- Cancelling appraisal
- Countersigning deputy heads of institution primary schools
- Appraising heads of institution.
- Generate various reports
5. Head of Institution (HOI)
- The head of institution can assign a teacher to be an appraiser and can also revoke those rights.
- Appraising the deputy head of institution and teachers
- View a teacher’s appraisal
- Change a teacher to be a deputy head of institution or head of institution
- Cancelling appraisal
- Countersigning deputy heads of institution of primary schools
- Remove teachers from an institution-those who have exited
- Can add incoming teachers
- Undertake weekly lesson attendance
- Generate various reports
6. Deputy Head of Institution (DHOI)
- Appraising teachers
- Undertaking weekly lesson attendance
- Lesson observation
- Generate various reports
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