Effective School Management, 4th Edition

by Geoff Morris (Author), Ian Wilson (Author), KB Everard (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2004

  $38.01

  'This edition is more focussed on the leadership demands of managers both within the school and its community. This book can be used as a source of reference for anyone on a school manager position, written by people who practice management on educational organizations themselves, it deals with the fundamentals of what management is the many roles of the manager' - Headteacher Update . 'The book is clearly structured, with an informative table to contents. Each chapter ends with practical tasks which could be sued either by an individual at home or by groups in a training session. The book is worth adding to any staffroom library for the section of 'time-management techniques' alone. If only I had acquired the habit of 'starting each day by writing a list of all the things that should be done that day and starring them to indicate importance' in recognition that 'the critical distinction is between what is urgent and what is important'!' - Education Review . 'This book provides a thoroughly comprehensive guide to managing staff, meetings, motivating people, managing conflict, health and safety and much more' - Nursery Equipment . This popular book has been thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition. Targeting the contents directly to the needs of today's school manager, the book is now even more directed towards the leadership demands on managers, both within the school and in its community setting. New sections have been written to deal with emerging pressures on heads: the increasing complexity of employment legislation; the management of risk; performance management; flexibility in the curriculum; the inclusion agenda; team development and leadership; and the effect of the government's new approach to early years education. Recent research and developments have been incorporated and the content has been extensively updated. The authors' fresh and readable style, coupled with their use of proven interactive exercises, makes the book a first choice for busy heads and senior staff in all schools.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $4.03

  `This revised book brings the management of people, the organization and change right up to date. OfSTED inspection, the management of quality, health and safety and new case studies are some of the material added to this book. Regular users suggested adding discussion topics to each chapter, and the personal applications, exercises and questionnaires have been retained and updated' - School Organisation & Management Abstracts

  `There is everything you need in this - personal, team and whole-school management, skills, tasks and contextual factors' - Management in Education

  Comments from current users

  `This authoritative and readable book, written as a practical training resource specifically for school managers, would be in my best buys amongst this year's crop of school management texts.'

  `A clear and concise overview of a critical area.'

  `Useful to provide a management perspective on schools.'

  `This is an excellent focused text for prospective school managers.'