The Skills of Primary School Management

by Rhodes; Chris

• ISBN13: 9780415097574
• ISBN10: 0415097576
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-02-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book is for all teachers who have curriculum and management responsibilities in primary schools or who aspire to those positions. It provides an analysis of those responsibilities and of how they may best be exercised in the changing climate of primary education. It takes account of the many radical policy changes that have influenced the management of primary schools in th e UK since 1988. Above all it offers practical guidelines on which effective strategies for managing primary schools may be based while recognizing that good managment is not an end in itself.

Author Biography

Chris Rhodes is the Director of Educational Services in Warwickshire and a registered OFSTED inspector.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Managing Primary Schools in a New Era	p. 1
Quality and the Inspection of Primary Schools	p. 22
The Central Position of the School Development Plan	p. 43
Managing the Curriculum	p. 67
Professional Development and Teacher Appraisal	p. 93
The Management of Professional Development	p. 108
Selecting and Appointing Staff	p. 126
Managing Human Resources	p. 152
Managing the Financial and Physical Resources	p. 174
Appendix	p. 193
Bibliography	p. 198
Index	p. 201
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