Leading the Improving Department - A Handbook of Staff Activities

Informationen zum Autor Alma Harris, Anne Allsop, Nick Sparks Zusammenfassung Departmental improvement is the key to whole school improvement. This book complements existing programs of professional development and training on both national and local levels. Heads of department and subject leaders in secondary schools will find this professional handbook essential for planning in-service training, improving the effectiveness of the department, and developing personal leadership abilities. This book combines well-founded professional development theory with practical suggestions. It has been written in an open and accessible way with photocopiable inset activities that have been tried and tested in training situations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Effective departments. 3. Improving leadership. 4. Improving the team. 5. Improvement and change. 6. Improving learning. 7. Improving teaching. 8. Improving the department. 9. Departmental improvement in action: case studies. 10. The current context. References and further reading. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Allsop, Allsop Anne, Alma Harris, Alma Allsop Harris, Nick Sparks, Sparks Nick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2015
• EAN: 9781138174436
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17443-6
• No. of pages: 106
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, Organization & management of education, teacher training, Secondary Schools, Educational administration and organization, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary