Roger smith what makes a good teacher

What are the essential characteristics for a school leader? Roger Smith reflects on what leadership is and what makes it work. Analysing how critical leadership roles are being performed in your school can be a worthwhile exercise, says Richard Bird, former headteacher and now legal consultant to the Association of School and College Leaders ASCL.

The NLE programme, which provides additional leadership to schools in difficulty, is now in its second year. Crispin Andrews meets an NLE headteacher and discusses the role his school is playing. In the first of new series on managing people, Early Years Update looks at the distinction between leadership and management.

Deputy headteacher David Morley examines how best to provide feedback, how to prepare for it and how to train others to do it. From taking assemblies to sharing your professional expertise, there are many ways for business managers to raise the profile of their work.

Paul Ainsworth and Josephine Smith explain how to make a bigger contribution and climb the career ladder at the same time. The headteacher is absent: every deputy head's nightmare or a chance to show your true potential? David Morley looks at what to do when a headteacher is away from school 'for a short while' or 'for the foreseeable future'.

Headteacher Anne Clark looks at why it is so important for schools to establish effective links with outside agencies. Richard Bird, former headteacher and now legal consultant to the Association of School and College Leaders ASCL looks at the part that the old head can play in helping the new head to be successful.

Everyone seems to be a constructivist these days, but what do people mean by 'constructivism' and what are the implications for education? A major new report could herald a new era in the leadership of schools, paving the way for the first headteachers to be appointed from finance, not teaching backgrounds.

How do you respond if a parent starts complaining about your setting or your staff? Steve Mynard advises that you start with prevention. Kevin Bullock provides one solution. Vision into Practice — Ensuring Every Child Matters is a self-evaluation tool for inclusive learning. Schools' relationships with the media are increasingly important. Can - and indeed should - someone from a background other than teaching become a school leader? Author Roger Smith. Series Framework Guides.

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At no cost to the student or family, this is an extraordinary opportunity. A nice young woman comes in with a question; Tasha, a former probation officer who went back to school to get her masters in social work. Now working with Ferndale Youth Assistance, she counsels students and their families. Ferndale is such a diverse area, not only racially and culturally, but socioeconomically. We try to provide optimism and resiliency.

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