Joan Dean offers sound practical guidance to advisers and inspectors at all levels. This includes the development of interpersonal skills, interviewing, organising advisory teams and managing one's own work.

This new edition of Managing the Secondary School brings up to date the consideration of the talks and skills of the headtecher which was a feature of the first edition. The book deals with all aspects of the headteachers' role including marketing the school and managing the budget. It also deals in some detail with the problems of managing change and with the role of governors and parents in today's schools. Throughout the book, Joan Dean considers the implications of the Education Reform Act and the National Cucciculum.
Managing the Secondary School is essential...

This new edition of Managing the Primary School brings up-to-date the consideration of the tasks and skills of the headteacher which was a feature of the first edition. Like the first edition, this book deals with all aspects of the headteacher's role, including a discussion of the changing relationships with parents and governors, and an examination of the headteacher's involvement with marketing the school and controlling its finances. Each chapter looks at a particular group of skills and tasks which are a part of the management role. Joan Dean takes into account the implications...

The Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs has significantly changed the way in which schools assess and provide for pupils with special needs. The various chapters of the book cover: recent legislation; the needs of children with different types of special needs; school policy and the whole school approach; approaches to the National Curriculum; possible ways of organizing for special educational needs; the role of the special needs co-ordinator; the role of the class teacher; assessment and record keeping; working with parents; staff development;...

A practical guide on how to improve your primary school. The text is aimed at those in leadership positions: headteachers, senior staff, advisors, inspectors and education officers. Aimed specifically at the primary school, the book seeks to link research to classroom practice for results, and provide the reader with information that can improve the individual school.

How can teachers improve what they do in the primary classroom? Which teaching methods will help you and your pupils to perform effectively? These are the questions that every teacher will be asking him or herself in today's climate of targets and tables. Much research over recent years has focused on the role of the teacher and how effective classroom practice is achieved. The book discusses many areas of topical importance including:
teaching methods
motivating learners and matching work to children
how to structure children's learning
classroom control and organisation
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This comprehensive guide book for governors specifically focuses on providing clear guidance on issues facing schools now. Topics covered include:
*the Home-School agreement
*the school day, the school year
*citizenship
*literacy and numeracy provision
*school self-evaluation and the light-touch inspection.
The book addresses issues that are new to all governors.

This comprehensive guide book for governors specifically focuses on providing clear guidance on issues facing schools now. Topics covered include:
*the Home-School agreement
*the school day, the school year
*citizenship
*literacy and numeracy provision
*school self-evaluation and the light-touch inspection.
The book addresses issues that are new to all governors.

This book is for headteachers, senior and middle managers in both primary and secondary schools, and all teachers involved in the performance management process. It sets out the aims and objectives of the system, and offers sensible, practical advice to help make performance management work effectively in schools.

Case studies are used to illustrate the processes involved in performance management, and each chapter ends with suggestions for staff discussions, looking at the common concerns and issues that arise.

Joan Dean has taught in primary, secondary and further...

This book describes good practice in the primary school and offers advice particularly to beginning teachers and students. It begins by considering the children, their physical, intellectual and emotional development and the development of their self-image. It makes suggestions about ways in which a teacher can assess a new class and stresses the importance of motivation and first-hand experience.
The Effective Primary School Classroom covers all the issues teachers are faced with in their day-to-day work and includes chapters on:

• managing time and space
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