Creating An Excellent School
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Creating an Excellent School
Originally published in 1989. The pursuit of excellence is much discussed with reference to education, but the question remains, ’How can a school become excellent?’ This book demonstrates that excellence depends on good management which, in turn, depends not only on a clear understanding of good management theory, but on the ability to translate theory into practice. The authors offer profound insights into three crucial areas of leadership: culture, structure, and public accountability. Drawing on areas outside education, such as advertising and business, they discuss many innovations that are already current - flexitime, the vertical curriculum, mastery learning, community support - and depict ways in which these can be brought together into a total educational experience. More strikingly, however, they look ahead, examining the potential changes to our concept of schooling: for instance those brought about by the growth of information technology. This book emphasises that at the heart of outstanding schooling are visionary leadership, a clear sense of purpose, and creatively conceived and flexible support structures.
Creating an Excellent School
In both educational and political circles today there is much talk about the pursuit of excellence in schools. But how can a school become excellent? This book sets out to demonstrate that excellent schools are the product of good management, which, in turn, depends on a clear understanding of valid management theory and, even more important, the ability to translate that theory into practice. In the process of this demonstration, we are given profound insights into three crucial areas of leadership: culture, structure and public accountability. Drawing on areas outside education, such as advertising and business management theory, the authors illustrate new activities in educational administration, without losing sight of the unique culture of each school. They discuss many innovations that are already current - flexitime; the vertical curriculum mastery learning; community support; and depict ways in which these can be brought together into a total educational experience. They look ahead, examining the potential changes to our concept of schooling: for instance, those brought about by the growth of information technology, such as the home microcomputer and the interactive video. The book emphasises that at the heart of outstanding schooling are visionary leadership, a clear sense of purpose and creatively conceived and flexible support structures.
Creating Outstanding Classrooms
This timely new book outlines a whole-school approach to embedding a sustainable model of teaching and learning that puts the learner at the heart of the system. It provides an entire framework for ensuring all students achieve above their expectations; incorporating school vision, teacher professional development, assessment models, school culture, leadership and management, and core classroom practices. It takes what the current research suggests does – and does not – work and builds it into a practical approach that has been tried, tested and proven to work. Each section incorporates the research, a model of how this can be embedded across a school and then a training section that allows senior leaders in schools to teach the skill-set to others to ensure it can be embedded and reviewed. Covering all aspect of teaching and learning including curriculum design, teacher practices, assessment and leadership, the book features: a clear planning framework that is easy to implement; subject based case studies to exemplify good practice; diagrams to clarify and consolidate information; training activities throughout each chapter, also available to download at www.routledge.com/9780415831178. Designed to be used as a training tool for both new and established teachers, this book is essential reading for senior leaders that want to equip their teachers with the skills and knowledge to create a school of outstanding classrooms.