Performance Management In Schools: Unlocking Your Team Potntl

Description:
Performance Management in Schools is a practical 'how to' guide on the essential elements involved in successful performance management for school improvement. It is written for all those with line management responsibility in schools and unlike existing books on the market, deals with the nuts and bolts of a performance management system, including practical tips on how to manage the process, case studies that will identify possible problems, suggested solutions to help overcome these problems and sample documents (or paperwork) that can be customised to suit an individual school.

Table of Contents:
1. The Changing Face of Schools 2. Creating The Policy 3. The Coaching Paradigm 4. Putting it into Practice 5. Headteacher Performance Management 6. Performance Management of Support Staff 7. Assessing Progress 8. Self-assessment and Developing Others 9. Learning from Others

Author Biography:
Susan Tranter is Headteacher of Fitzharrys School in Oxfordshire. Susan has a track record of success in change management focused on school improvement. She has acquired this experience having taught at a range of schools including grammar, secondary modern and comprehensive schools. Susan has expertise in leadership development, having practised, researched and delivered at national level. This is her fourth book. Adrian Percival is the National School Improvement Partner Coordinator working as part of the National Strategies team. In this role he has responsibility for the leadership of the SIP programme and for ensuring that DfES policies are effectively put into practice across the country. Prior to this national role Adrian had a career worked in schools for 18 years in a teaching career spanning Staffordshire, Berkshire and Surrey where he was deputy head of France Hill School and Oxfordshire where he was head of Matthew Arnold School in Oxford.