288 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1988. This book concerns one of today’s key educational issues: how schools can be encouraged to develop their own management skills. The present British government has introduced legislation for schools to manage their own budgets and to enable schools to opt out of LEA control and become independently run and financed by central government. In other countries such as... Read more
Part A: A Framework for Self-management 1 Toward the Self-managing School 2 In Search of Effectiveness 3 Effectiveness through Collaborative School Management 4 Alternatives in Collaborative School Management Part B: The Process of Collaborative School Management 5 The Process at Work 6 Goal-setting and Policy-making 7 Planning and Budgeting 8 Implementing 9 Evaluating Part C: Making It Work 10 Getting Started 11 Leadership and Management of Change 12 Management of Conflict 13 Management of the Staff Resource 14 Questions That People Often Ask

Biography

Brian J. Caldwell (Educational Transformations, Brighton; University of Melbourne, Australia) (Author) , Jim M. Spinks Education Consultant, Australia (Author)