Full Description
In the 1990s the semi-autonomous school was fast becoming a reality. The effect was that the Local Education Authority (LEA) was in danger of being squeezed out of this new scenario of centralized decentralization - unless, of course, the Authority could recreate itself and discover a new role as a service operation. In the US, school districts, faced with the same changing situation, were adopting a "customer-service orientation" with the exhortation "to get close to the customer".
Originally published in 1994, Developing Quality Schools is the story of one Authority's real attempt to grasp the future by encouraging schools to reconnoitre the work of relative autonomy whilst at the same time keeping faith with the principles of self-development and self-actualization. This is a most delicate balancing act for the Authority, in having to retain the trust of more independent, assertive schools on the one hand, and a more aggressive, demanding central government on the other. Today it can be read in its historical context.
Contents
Introduction. 1. Supporting Self-Developing Schools Colin Bayne-Jardine 2. Discovering the Six Cs Peter Holly 3. Achieving a Clear Focus: Whole School Planning Isobel Roberts 4. Creating a Compelling Agenda: Appraisal as a Co-ordinating Strategy Jeff Jones 5. Undertaking Collaborative Inquiry: Evaluation for a Change: Inside a Development Programme Denis Gleason, David Turrell and Vince Russel 6. Building the Culture of Development in Schools and their LEA Derek Glover and Tim Brighouse 7. Using Critical Friends: Internalising the External Colin Bayne-Jardine and Peter Holly 8. Striving for Congruence: The Properties of a Learning System Peter Holly. Bibliography. Biographical Notes. Index.
