Publisher's Synopsis
The NAHT Guide to School Management is your guide on what to do and how to do it. It answers all your questions, providing you with the essential information needed to manage your school. So whether it's appointing new members of staff, preparing for your OFSTED inspection or compiling the School Development Plan, The NAHT Guide to School Management has all the answers.
AREAS COVERED
- Management of Staff
- Management of Finance
- Curriculum Management
- Special Educational Needs (SEN)
- The Management of Pastoral Care
- Self Management
- Marketing
- School Development Planning
- Governance and Management
- School Inspection
UPDATED THREE TIMES A YEAR
To keep you up-to-date with the developments in the world of education, we have now increased the number of updates you will receive from two to three a year - ensuring you always have the latest management information to hand.
If you decide to purchase The NAHT Guide to School Management you will receive 3 free updates in the first year.
MORE ACCESSIBLE AND USER-FRIENDLY
Our continuing aim is to make The NAHT Guide to School Management as easy-to-use as possible. We have therefore implemented a number of changes designed to improve the way you retrieve the information contained in the guide:
- Major restructuring of each section - presents facts, case studies and illustrations more clearly
- More user friendly page designs - enables you to access the information you need both quickly and effectively
- Clear and concise contents for each chapter - aids navigation around the guide.
FREE DISK CONTAINING THE WHOLE GUIDE
When you purchase The NAHT Guide to School Management you will receive a FREE copy of the entire guide on disk in an easy-to-use format. The free disk is compatible with Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT and will enable you to access the data quickly and efficiently, allowing you to print specific information from the guide.
WRITTEN BY EXPERTS IN EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
Endorsed by the NAHT and written by experts in the field of school management, The NAHT Guide to School Management is an invaluable reference guide. It saves you time by instantly giving you the information you need to make informed decisions about your school.
Contents include:
The Management of Staff
- Legal framework and responsibilities
- School ethos
- Professional duties
- Management of change
- Management structures
- Leadership and leadership styles
- Administration
- Management by objectives
- Roles
- Target setting
- Job descriptions including guidelines & examples
- Appraisal, interviews & references
- Disciplinary and grievance procedures
- Team building and management
- Redundancy and redeployment
- Negotiation
- Managing teacher performance
- Management training and INSET
- Organisation theory
- Using a consultant
The Management of Finance
- The Local Education Authority
- Budgets, budgeting & the School Development Plan
- The Governing Body
- Budgeting in schools
- The Headteacher - both delegated & non-delegated
- Monitoring and control - a monthly profile
- The Staff
- Preparing and presenting the budget
- Pupils and the community
- References
Curriculum Management
- Legal framework and requirements
- Interpretation of the National Curriculum
- Managing the curriculum
- Assessment arrangement
- School organisation
- Record-keeping
- The National Curriculum
- Recent publications for reference
Special Educational Needs (SEN)
- Legal framework and requirements
- The annual review
- Roles and responsibilities
- Special schools
- Schools' SEN policies
- The SEN tribunal
- Referral to the LEA for statutory assessment
- Special Educational Needs and OFSTED
- School-based stages of assessment & provision for SEN
The Management of Pastoral Care
- The changing management role
- Special educational needs
- Pupil participation
- Educational visits
- Discipline
- Information to parents
- Supervision
- Parental involvement
- Counselling and children in trouble
- The Children Act 1989
Self Management
- The stress myth and stress prevention
- Improving thinking and reasoning
Marketing
- Key issues
- The premises
- The new educational market
- What do customers have to pay?
- Legal responsibilities: information & admissions
- Promotion and public relations
- The marketing plan
- Organising for marketing
- The curriculum
School Development Planning
- Strategic planning in the educational context
- The school development planning framework
- Compiling the School Development Plan
Governance and Management
- Agreeing the strategy
- Governance issues
- Relationships
- Conduct of meetings
- Unity of purpose
- Working together
- Managing the board of governors
School Inspection
- Preparation for inspection
- Additional matters
- Preliminaries to the inspection
- After the inspection
- During the inspection
Glossary of Educational Terms
