Creating the Effective Primary School

by Smith; Roger

• ISBN13: 9780749435387
• ISBN10: 0749435380
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

A key role for primary school leaders is to develop strategies to promote and ensure high quality learning. This practical and accessible handbook has been written by an experienced primary education leader, and will offer anyone seeking guidance on creating or maintaining a more effective primary school a valuable and friendly resource. Topics covered include: Using organization and leadership to create a positive ethos; Developing good relationships and creating teams; Managing the curriculum and raising pupil achievement; The role of targets and planning in raising achievement; Fostering successful teaching, and good classroom management and relationships; Working with the inspection process; Performance management; Dealing effectively with stress and time management.

Author Biography

Roger Smith has taught in a College of Further Education, at the University of Warwick and the Open University.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Organisation of the School: Creating a Positive Ethos	p. 4
Relationships in the School	p. 33
The Curriculum and Raising Pupil Achievement	p. 62
Target Setting and Raising Achievement	p. 85
Successful Teaching and Effective Classroom Management	p. 108
Accountability and the Inspection Process	p. 132
Performance Management and the Successful School	p. 155
Stress Management and Time Management	p. 178
References	p. 195
Index	p. 197
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