1st Edition

Managing Resources for School Improvement

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Using case studies from eighteen secondary schools the authors analyse the effectiveness of a range of management styles and offer practical advice on how to effectively manage resources within a school setting.

Preface Part I Linking resources to improvement 1 Resources and improvement 2 Reforming resource management 3 The cost-effective school Part II Resourcing improvement in practice 4 Managing resources for improvement in 15 schools 5 Broome School: encouraging growth 6 Skelton High School: initiating and supporting improvement 7 Whittaker School: challenging and leading Part III Securing improvement 8 Assessing improvement 9 Sustaining improvement

Biography

Jane Martin, Jane Martin Nfa, Hywel Thomas

'...makes a significant contribution to the debate about cost-effectiveness in schools.' - Management in Education

'This is a useful book for those interested in the impact of delegated resource management on schools.' - Educational Management and Administration