Making Your Way in Headship

Written by authors who have been dealing with school management on a day-to-day basis for years, this book will help you to see what s important in your headship, what should be done and what MUST be done.

Introduction. Prologue. The Big one. Ch 1. What's the Head there for? Ch 2. Dealing with Distractions. Ch 3. Wading Through Treacle - More Distractions. Ch 4. Delegation. Ch 5.Taking Stock. Ch 6. Where are You now? and where are you going? Ch 7. The Legacy. Ch 8. Resistance to Change. Ch 9 Monitoring, Ch 10 Supporting and Developing Staff. Ch 11. ICT Ch 12. To teach or not to teach. Ch 13. Money. Ch 14. Relationships with parents. Ch 15. Relationships with governors. Ch 16. Adopting and enjoying the role. Ch 17. The support of colleagues and the kindness of friends. Epilogue. Random Point winners