Primary School Management in Action

Part 1 Professionalism: appraisal - the systems in one primary school; preparing job descriptions - the head's role; the headteacher's role in the development of staff; corporate decision making versus headteacher's autonomy - a question of style; using time efficiently; school-centred financial management; the deputy as a trainee head; the role of the subject co-ordinator; the quest for a General Teaching Council. Part 2 Policy making: aims and objectives as tools for curriculum management; a policy for combatting sex-stereotyping in the primary school; a multicultural policy for all primary schools; discipline - ideas from Britain and abroad; internal review and development. Part 3 Relationships outside the school: involving parents in the life of the school; school-focused training for governors; marketing schools; caring and curriculum - the management of continuity; enrichment through federation; the relationship between the headteacher and the advisory service; employer/employee relationships - a chief education officer's viewpoint.