Appointing and Managing Learning Support Assistants

A Practical Guide for SENCOs and Other Managers

By Jennie George, Margaret Hunt

To make the task of managing Learning Support Assistants easier this book includes: photocopiable proforma sheets to support staff recruitment and development; how to make...

Published July 15th 2004 by David Fulton Publis.

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Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality

Issues in Diversity and Pedagogy

By Robert Jackson

How should schools deal with religions in matters of curriculum, procedure and policy?
As Western society becomes increasingly multicultural in character, schools must reassess the provision...

Published April 1st 2004 by Routledge.

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The School Recruitment Handbook

A Guide to Attracting, Selecting and Keeping Outstanding Teachers

By Sharon Crabtree, Russell Hobby, Jennifer Ibbetson

Good teachers are distinguished by their characteristics - passion, integrity, initiative, confidence and more - yet recruitment tends to focus on skills and knowledge. Skills...

Published March 11th 2004 by Routledge.

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Spon's Manual for Educational Premises

By Derek Barnsley

Spon's Manual for Educational Premises is an essential reference book for planning, building, remodelling, repairing, maintaining and managing a wide range of both modern and...

Published January 29th 2004 by Taylor and Francis.

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Preparing School Leaders for the 21st Century

By Stephan Gerhard Huber

The quality and success of schools depend upon school leadership. Increasingly, in many countries worldwide, this belief has led to designing and implementing appropriate training...

Published January 1st 2004 by Taylor and Francis.

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The Headship Game

The Challenges of Contemporary School Leadership

By Tessa Atton, Brian Fidler

Being an effective headteacher requires a combination of leadership skills. What does an aspiring head need to know to win the ‘headship game’?

Tessa Atton and Brian Fiddler...

Published November 27th 2003 by Routledge.

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Recruiting and Retaining Teachers

Understanding Why Teachers Teach

By Anne Cockburn, Terry Haydn

Why is there a teacher shortage? How can headteachers recruit and retain good teachers?

As teacher shortage becomes an ever greater problem, headteachers and senior management...

Published November 20th 2003 by Routledge.

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Primary School Leadership in Context

Leading Small, Medium and Large Sized Schools

By Geoff Southworth

How does school leadership differ in different sized primary schools?
This book responds to the urgent need to explore how different contexts influence the nature and...

Published November 20th 2003 by Routledge.

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From Teaching to Mentoring

Principles and Practice, Dialogue and Life in Adult Education

By Lee Herman, Alan Mandell

What is mentoring? What makes a teacher a mentor?
From Teaching to Mentoring is an argument for the power, practicality and the basic good of a...

Published November 20th 2003 by Routledge.

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Democratic Learning

The Challenge to School Effectiveness

Edited by John MacBeath, Lejf Moos

The time has come to challenge many of the age-old assumptions about schools and school learning. In this timely book leading thinkers from around the...

Published November 6th 2003 by Routledge.

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