Managing the Primary School (2^nd Ed.)

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 of the Education Reform Act and the National Curriculum and includes accounts of recent research, concentrating in particular on studies of effective schools. This book will be invaluable to all headteachers as well as other senior staff, advisors and consultants working in primary schools.

Foreword 1 Leadership and management 2 The school development plan 3 The children 4 The curriculum 5 Organisation 6 Managing change 7 Marketing the school 8 School administration 9 Managing children’s behaviour and social education 10 Managing people 11 Skills with people 12 Communication 13 Staff selection and professional development 14 School and community 15 Evaluation 16 Personal organisation

Academic and Professional Practice & Development

Joan Dean has worked as a teacher, lecturer and headteacher and has been senior primary adviser for Berkshire and chief inspector for Surrey. She now works as a freelance writer, researcher and consultant, and was awarded the OBE in 1980 for her services to education. She has written many books including Managing the Secondary School (Routledge 1993), Inspecting and Advising (Routledge 1992) and Organising Learning in the Primary Classroom (Routledge 1992).