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Sixteen experienced Heads of GSA and HMC schools provide invaluable advice on the Early Stages; Relations with Governors, Staff and Parents; Curriculum Management and Strategy; Pastoral Care; Boarding; Finance; Development & Fundraising; Marketing; Public Relations; Appraisal. Edited by Dr Brenda Despontin, Headmistress, Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls and Dr Nigel Richardson, Headmaster, The Perse School.
Provides advise on: the early stages; relations with governors, staff and parents; curriculum management and strategy; pastoral care; boarding; finance; development and fund raising; marketing; public relations; and, appraisal.
Thirteen members of Senior Management Teams from GSA and HMC schools provide invaluable advice on the deputy head; the staffing deputy; the academic deputy/director of studies; the pastoral deputy; the senior manager in a boarding school; the role of the bursar; acting Headship; school development planning; dealing with complaints; managing bereavement in school; handling a disciplinary investigation; and managing special events.
Sixteen experienced Heads of GSA and HMC schools provide invaluable advice on the Early Stages; Relations with Governors, Staff and Parents; Curriculum Management and Strategy; Pastoral Care; Boarding; Finance; Development & Fundraising; Marketing; Public Relations; Appraisal. Edited by Dr Brenda Despontin, Headmistress, Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls and Dr Nigel Richardson, Headmaster, The Perse School.
Sixteen writers with a wealth of experience provide invaluable advice on working in the independent sector; first impressions; responsibilities and rewards: advice on starting out; Child protection and your protection; Good classroom practice; achievement and diversity; extra and co-curricular opportunities; the effective use of time; communication with parents; role of the induction tutor; those who work around you; input and output: admissions and public exams; balances and checks; professional development issues; looking ahead: next steps.
Seventeen writers provide a wealth of practical information and experience of the world of bursars. Topics include: bursars and Heads; the all-embracing nature of the job; the bursar and the bursarial team; introductory guide to child protection; policy statements and the rolling review; strategic planning, presenting accounts, finance and budgeting issues; building and maintenance; strategic planning and project management; clerk to the governors; legal issues; recruiting a bursar; the bursar in a boarding school; charities; managing ICT and its spending and getting the most out of the ISBA.
The 'ECIS International Schools Directory 2009/10' contains up-to-date facts on more than 800 schools worldwide and comprehensive details of over 570 of them which are ECIS members.
In April 2007, a number of bodies were merged with the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) to form the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills. This new Ofsted now has responsibility for a wide range of services, including the inspection of child-care providers, maintained and independent schools, further education colleges, the inspection functions previously carried out by the Adult Learning Inspectorate, inspection of Children and Family Court Advisory Service functions in England, the inspection of secure training centres and the registration of children's homes, residential family centres, fostering agencies, voluntary adoption agencies and adoption support agencies. The role of the Children's Rights Director and Local Authority inspection functions have also been transferred from the Commission for Social Care Inspection to Ofsted. The Committee's report examines a number of issues including the scope of the new Ofsted, its Strategic Plan for 2007-10, subject reviews, inspection and reporting activities.
The eighth and final volume in the Leading Schools series is co-sponsored by AGBIS, the Association of Governing Bodies in Independent Schools. Drawing on their personal experience, 16 contributors explain why governance is now a more demanding and multi-faceted role than in days gone by.
The eighth and final volume in the Leading Schools series is co-sponsored by AGBIS, the Association of Governing Bodies in Independent Schools. Drawing on their personal experience, 16 contributors explain why governance is now a more demanding and multi-faceted role than in days gone by.