Head of House

Head of House is the title for the Professors at Walytja Academy who are responsible for one of the five Houses:Amphibian, Bird, Fish, Mammal or Reptile. They may serve concurrently as Assistant Director or Chair of a Department, but not as Director.

Selection
Provided they were in the House while a student at Walytja, teachers at Walytja may apply for the role. They are selected by the Director of the school.

Duties
A Head of House is charged with monitoring and maintaining the welfare, safety, and discipline of all members of their designated house. They correspond with the parents of said students whenever necessary and ensure the students in their House are tended to for emergency situations.

The Head of House collects the various signed permission slips, varying from school trips, exchange programs and various school activities. They hold counselling meetings with third year students regarding their electives, fourth and fifth year students regarding their OWLs and future career and sixth years for what subjects they want to take and whether they have obtained the requirements to continue. They will advise them on what to do when they haven't.

When the weekend Apparition Course takes place at the school, the Heads of House attend and help oversee the participating students from their House.

Most magical careers consider a personal reference from a Walytja Head of House to be very prestigious.