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Professional Development for Leaders and Managers of Self-governing Schools
David Gamage
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Description for Professional Development for Leaders and Managers of Self-governing Schools
Hardback. The global trend toward self-governing schools (SGS) liberates school heads from bureaucratic shackles, making them leaders in their own right. This book offers a prescription for professional development in school leadership. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 703.
Current Context Currently, self-governing schools (SGS) or school-based/site-based management (SBM) or local management of schools (LMS) identifies the individual school as the primary unit of improvement. It relies on the redistribution of decision-making authority to stimulate and sustain impro- ments in a school. For this purpose, varying degrees of formal authority to make decisions in the domains of school’s mission, goals, priorities, and school policies relating to financial, material and human resources are not simply delegated but transferred by legislation to a representative governing body called the school council or board. Accordingly, it is the position of the principal or ... Read more
Current Context Currently, self-governing schools (SGS) or school-based/site-based management (SBM) or local management of schools (LMS) identifies the individual school as the primary unit of improvement. It relies on the redistribution of decision-making authority to stimulate and sustain impro- ments in a school. For this purpose, varying degrees of formal authority to make decisions in the domains of school’s mission, goals, priorities, and school policies relating to financial, material and human resources are not simply delegated but transferred by legislation to a representative governing body called the school council or board. Accordingly, it is the position of the principal or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402049286
SKU
V9781402049286
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