Extended School's Manual

By Sonia Blandford
June 2007
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Pearson / Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780273708797
304 Pages, Illustrated, 10 x 12 1/4"
$297.50 Spiral Bound

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Contents

Author’s acknowledgements            

About the author 

Publisher’s acknowledgements

Abbreviations           

Useful websites          

Introduction

 

Section 1 · Policy and Practice

1.      Every Child Matters: extended schools

2.      Youth matters

3.      A quality development framework for extended schools

Workshop materials

Summary

 

Section 2 · The Community

4.      The wider community           

5.      The role of the Local Authority            

6.      Extending the school community         

Workshop materials

Summary

 

Section 3 · Remodelled Schools   

7.      Remodelling: extended schools

8.      Local Authority: regional reform

9.      Managing change

Workshop materials

Summary     

 

Section 4 · Pathfinder Models    

10. The school community       

11.Extended schools: extended practice    

12.Local authority models 

Workshop materials

Summary

 

Section 5   Managing Extended Schools 

13.Leadership and management     

14.Working in partnership     

15.Creating teams    

Workshop materials

Summary

       

Section 6 · Planning Monitoring and Review        

16.Planning     

17.Monitoring, evaluation and review     

18.First steps: pathfinder evaluation

Workshop materials

Summary

 

Section 7 · Implementing Policy     

19.Broader curriculum: individual learning plans      

20.Ethos and environment     

21.      Communication       

Workshop materials

Summary

       

Section 8 · Financial Management

22.Preparing a budget 

23.Bidding

24.Financial reporting

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Summary

       

Section 9 · Recruitment and Selection     

25.      Challenges and opportunities for staff  

26.      Recruitment and selection

27.Legal guidance: staff        

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Summary

         

Section 10   Professional Development

28.Induction     

29.Mentoring     

30.Professional development for the wider workforce

Workshop materials

Summary

 

Section 11   Professional Standards

31.Inter-agency working  

32.Policy framework      

33.Raising achievement     

Workshop materials

Summary

 

Section 12   Extending the Extended School   

34.Technology   

35.Moving beyond the school   

36.Building Schools for the Future

Workshop materials

Summary

 

Bibliography and further reading

Index             

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