Leading the Improving Department

<p>Departmental improvement is the key to whole school improvement. This book complements existing programs of professional development and training on both national and local levels. </p><p>Heads of department and subject leaders in secondary schools will find this professional handbook essential for planning in-service training, improving the effectiveness of the department, and developing personal leadership abilities.</p><p>This book combines well-founded professional development theory with practical suggestions. It has been written in an open and accessible way with photocopiable inset activities that have been tried and tested in training situations.</p> Contributors. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Effective departments. 3. Improving leadership. 4. Improving the team. 5. Improvement and change. 6. Improving learning. 7. Improving teaching. 8. Improving the department. 9. Departmental improvement in action: case studies. 10. The current context. References and further reading. Index.