Managing Education the Purpose and Practice of Good Management in Schools - Owen, Joslyn 1928- (Routledge, 2014)
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Education, its manager and the public; Words into actions; Will education's effect change by the year 2000?; Teachers; Making use of assessment; Formativeness and the school plan; Managing the plan; Sanctions and checklists; Collective quality; National schemes and local practice; Parent awareness; Conclusion; 2 Managers of development and change: the shift from expecting to requiring; Helping teachers to expect more of themselves; Official approaches to assessment
Assessment and home influenceReducing the guesswork; Feedback from assessment into organizational change; Knowing what supports progress; Managing a consistent message; New relationships among the partners; Diplomacy; The scale of improvement; Attitudes; Sharing knowledge; Conclusion; 3 Training; The importance of the head; Regular reporting; Vision and intuition; Conclusion; 4 Corporate management; Reporting and questioning; The poor performer; Reviewing; Present day comparisons; In the picture; Separation of training; Conclusion; 5 Marshalling attitudes; From planning to implementation
Working with partnersVisible democracy; Balance; Conclusion; 6 Managing connections within education; Phase to phase; Beyond schools; Partners in the community; Appraisal and training; Vocational education; Helping to breach barriers; Managing onward connections; Conclusion; 7 Lessons from the past; Stress; Information; When is knowledge too remote?; Conclusion; 8 Managing the new; The source of value; Using the past; Sources of clarity; Managing the natural process of teaching; Governors and staff; Conclusion; 9 New training for new management; Staff development; Self-development
In-service educationAcceptable training; The late start on training; Skills of the manager as student; Conclusion; 10 Responding to alternatives; Changes of style; Time-scales; Vocational education; Specialization; Additional subjects; Additional pathways; Parents complementing schools; Distance learning; Distance education for new collaborators; National curriculum and the education of the whole person; Conclusion; 11 New demands on management; Errors; Sizes of school; Smaller schools; Primary schools; Personal positions and training; Consultancy and performance indicators; Conclusion
12 New responses from managementInadequate experience; The advantages of new requirements; Conclusion; 13 Responsibility and self-justification; Skills; Monitoring the manager; Conclusion; End note; References; Index