Effective School Management

The action diary
This is a development of the appointments diary and the discipline consists
simply in having the diary (preferably of the ‘desk’ variety) always in one’s
briefcase (possibly with a small emergency diary also in one’s pocket or
handbag) and writing down as they occur not only future appointments but
also dates by which things have to be done. Periodically, at least weekly, the
diary should be reviewed and slots of time allocated for items such as ‘prepare

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examination papers’, ‘plan overseas visit’, ‘practise with computer’ or even
‘administration and organization’.