Effective School Management

Figure 2.3
The differences between managing and leading

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EFFECTIVE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
In order to illustrate the need for variety, Hay McBer have created four
‘models of excellence’ for:
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Headteachers in medium and large schools
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Headteachers in small schools
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Headteachers in special schools
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Deputy headteachers
See www.ncsl.org.uk/index.cfm?pageid=haycompletechar.
PERSONAL APPLICATION
Consider the list of ‘characteristics’ in the above section. Score each characteristic
on a scale of 0 to 5 to reflect its importance to the running of your own school.
Consider to what extent you possess and apply these characteristics.
FURTHER READING
Adair, J. (2002) Inspiring Leadership, Thorogood, London.
Bennett, D., Fawcett, R. and Dunford, J. (2000) School Leadership, Kogan Page, London.
Caldwell, B.J. and Spinks, J.M. (1992) Leading the Self-Managing School, RoutledgeFalmer,
London.
Caldwell, B.J. and Spinks, J.M. (1998) Beyond the Self-Managing School, RoutledgeFalmer,
London.
Dickmann, H. and Stanford-Blair, N. (2002) Connecting Leadership to the Brain, Corwin
Press, Thousand Oaks, California.
Edwards, G., Winter, P.K. and Bailey, J. (2002) Leadership in Management, Leadership
Trust, Ross-on-Wye.
Gillen, T. (2002) Leadership Skills for Boosting Performance, Chartered Institute for
Personnel and Development, London.
Goleman, D. (2002) The New Leaders: Emotional Intelligence at Work, Little, Brown, London.
Hay, W. (2003) Leading People and Teams in Education, Open University, Milton Keynes.
Tomlinson, H. (2004) Educational Leadership: Personal Growth for Professional Development,
Sage, London.
Sadler, P. (2003) Leadership, Kogan Page, London.

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MOTIVATING PEOPLE
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