This series bridges the gap between the management handbook approach and the traditional academic text. It provides accesible practitioner-focused leadership books that meet the needs of the reflective leader in schools.
It is edited by two leading exoerts in the educational leadership field, with a welath of experience of working with school leaders.
By Una Connolly, Chris James
January 22, 2001
Focusing on the Improving Schools Project in South Wales, Effective Change in Schools explores the process of successful and substantial educational change. The 32 schools which took part in the project all made significant changes in their practice in order to improve pupil achievement. This book ...
By Christopher Bowring-Carr, Brent Davies, Linda Ellison
February 03, 2005
Education reform continues to be a dominating feature of education in the UK and many other countries throughout the world. As a result of this, it is now more important than ever that headteachers and school managers develop the skills which enable them to manage their new responsibilities ...
By Brent Davies, Linda Ellison
August 04, 2003
Schools will not be able to continue to improve unless they move away from an over-concentration on the short-term and focus on the strategic nature of planning and development. The more targets, the less the effects - what we need is strategy and sustainability. This book links school ...