Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides contemporary knowledge on school effectiveness and proposes strategic interventions for enhancing it. It focuses on improving academic leadership for enhancing the effectiveness of schools and discusses how national education policies are helpful in providing a vision towards improving school effectiveness.
It highlights the role of teachers as academic leaders in the implementation of policy recommendations at school and classroom levels. It offers methods and mechanisms for academic leaders to measure the learning of students for school assessment. The author also discusses how academic leadership involves creating a vision and mission based on science and research data for the organisation, inspiring innovation and creative ideas, developing teamwork, and a safe environment for staff to express their views. While providing an understanding of school as an organization, the volume outlines its management functions such as processes and quality of planning,
Table of Contents
Foreword by Prof Vinayagum Chinapah. Preface. 1: School Effectiveness: An Introduction. 2: Understanding Academic Leadership. 3: Discovering the Leader in You 4: School-based Educational Policy Implementation Model (SEPIM) 5: Understanding School as an Organisation 6: Developing School as a Learning Organization 7: Leading Professional Learning 8: Nurturing and Leading the Leaders 9: Resource Planning and Management 10: Networking for Organizational Learning 11: Reorienting Administrative Management for School Effectiveness 12: Student Services and Parental Involvement for School Effectiveness 13: School Effectiveness Audit 14: Towards Quality Culture and Graduation in Leadership
