Complete description
'The book has a wide appeal to existing heads, aspiring heads, lecturers and writers about headship. The contributors to this book have lifted the curtain on the realities of headships and, in the process, have added to our understanding of what school leadership is all about these days' - Managing Schools Today Practitioners and trainers understand how vitally important school leadership is to the practice of headship. Living Headship presents the experiences of successful heads working in primary and secondary schools. We hear in their accounts the authentic voices of heads determined to ensure that their leadership enhances the performance of their schools. Some have been in post for many years, and have been able to implement and sustain and reconsider their vision. Others have moved into schools with difficulties and brought them out of special measures. All demonstrate a profound commitment to the education of children and a determination to find ways to take their schools forward. Many of the chapters are underpinned by research, and all are based on a rigorous consideration of particular issues.To set these analyses in context, the editors present an essential, in-depth history of the conceptualization of headship.
The deep commitment to learning and the challenge presented here, make this book essential reading for practitioners, trainers and all concerned about the future of education.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd
City:
London
Pages:
208
More info:
height 156 mm
width 234 mm
weight 299 gr
thickness 11 mm
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Age recommended:
College/higher education
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey: 371.2012
Library of Congress Subject: 00265046 School management and organization -
Summary
Living Headship
Introduction - Helen Gunter, Pauline Smith and Harry Tomlinson Constructing Headship - Today and Yesterday PART ONE: PRIMARY Strategic Planning in an Infant School - Angela Bird and Les Bell Building the Vision - Gwenn Brockley and Ray Moorcroft A TQM Approach The Culture of Counselling as an Engine for Change - Carolyn Clarke and Terry Martin Leading a Primary School to Enhance Its Distinctively Catholic Identity - Frances Hardy Coming to Grips with the Realities of Marketing - John Loftus and Nick Selley Developing and Sustaining School Effectiveness - Mo Williams PART TWO: SECONDARY Double Vision - Bernard Barker 40 Years On A Vision for Lilian Baylis - Yvonne Bates The Process of Vision Creation - Intuition and Accountability - John Cain Leading the Creative School - Elizabeth Duffy Modelling Development Alternatives - David Gower Sustaining the Vision - Eric Tope Quality Management and School Effectiveness Teacher Participation in Decision Making - Tony Tuckwell Creating the Vision and Making It Happen - Mark Wasserberg
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