Where Will I Do My Pineapples? : The Little Book of Building a Whole New School

Imagine the scenario where a Principal in a new or upgraded school is confronted with challenges such as, "How many RJ45 sockets would you like in your new classroom? What type of cables do you need? Or such challenging questions as, "Where will I do my pineapples?" (from a teacher who creates paper-m ch fruit in her class.) Add this to the relentless drive to raise standards as well as organizing the timetable, teaching, doing break duty and offering a friendly ear to staff you get the picture. This book describes how to keep sound educational principles at the heart of a project to build or renovate a new school. This book is not about the new building, it is about building a whole new school and the struggle, against all odds, to keep people and learning at the center of the whole project. It is all about how to deal with the pain and lessons learned and about how to manage change on a grand scale.