Disadvantages Of Site-Based Management

Almost every introductory seminar, handbook, and school board policy manual shares a common premise: The school board is responsible for adopting policies and the role of the superintendent is to see that the policies adopted by the school board are followed and employed to guide the work of educators and others in the school community. Yet, when applied in a variety of settings, in the face of complex issues and involving people with varying levels of experience and a wide array of perspectives, this seemingly clear guideline can play out in surprising and, sometimes, conflict-filled ways.

The governing body have a range of duties and responsibility within the school, this includes the conduct of the schools and to promote a high standard of educational achievement at the schools, as the schools accountable body they provide a strategic view of the school by establishing a vision, they set the purpose and aims of the school within an agreed policy framework. The school governors appoint and performance manage the head teacher. They also agree on the school’s improvement strategy such as setting targets with supporting budgets and staffing structures. The governors also sign off the self-evaluation process and they will respond to school’s improvement service and Ofsted reports as and when necessary.

Southern New Hampshire University is a company and its product is producing competent students who will be ready for the working world. Management at Southern New Hampshire University starts with the Administration and their collective guidelines on everything from the teaching curriculum to practices and policies that keep the SNHU company running efficiently. Once the top level administration is content with the current business model those instructions are passed down to the "department heads" or deans of their respective vein of schooling. The local deans then hand the necessary information on down to the teachers. Every single link in the management chain is as important as the next. The teachers are expected to effectively teach the approved

Allowing collaboration and mutual decision making to take place in a school allows everyone to have input on what’s happening and changing at all times. It provides opportunities for teachers to gain leadership skills and students to learn in various ways. When students and teachers buy into what they are learning then they will show improvement at a faster pace. Students must know that their input is important and adults must know they are appreciated.

I discovered that schools are community-based organizations. No decision should be made without the consent of the group. I believe in servant leadership, where the leader releases power to the organization’s constituents. Servant

When dealing with larger school districts, there are several different positions in which play vital roles in the success of the school ‘s in the county. Deputy superintendent, chief financial officers, executive directors, and chief technology officer, are the crucial four. From there smaller roles are delegated to address issues based on needs and situations that may happen with schools, students teachers and

Every school is unique. The influence by which teaching and learning transpires has an impact on the processes and procedures in which the school makes decisions about curriculum, instruction, and assessment. This influence impacts the way a school remains faithful to its vision. Many factors, including the identification of stakeholders, stakeholder engagement, other issues affecting the school, and the programs and services that a school uses to support student learning.

Educational leaders influence the development of human resources in their school (Leithwood & Riehl 2003). There are many duties that the school leaders have in the aspect of human resource. Firstly, school leaders offer intellectual stimulation to their members. The leaders encourage and challenge their staffs to examine their works and performances. The leaders also provide the resources to help and support them. Secondly, leaders should support their staff individually. The leaders show their respect to their staffs and promote changes, as well as, opportunities for

On April 26th, 2011, the Thomas Fordham Institute hosted a debate regarding school boards in the 21st century. Four panelists discussed the validity and importance of school boards. While the panelists disagreed on several points, all parties felt that school boards are still important in today’s society. Although school boards are still vital at a certain level, serious concerns were also presented during the panel discussion regarding the traditional practices of governance and localized centers of control within school boards today.

As an emerging instructional leader, Part 2: Policies and Programs provides a framework for improving schools. Danielson states how difficult it is to accomplish institutional change (Danielson, 32); however by giving careful consideration to school organization, policies and practices affecting students and faculty and school and community relations improvement is

SBM is, however, a potentially valuable tool for engaging the talents and enthusiasm of far more of a school's stakeholders than traditional, top-down governance systems. Moreover, once in place, SBM holds the promise of enabling schools to better address students' needs. This promise is more likely, however, if a "high-involvement" model of SBM is followed. This model envisions teachers and principals being trained and empowered to make decisions related to management and performance; having access to information to inform such decisions; and being rewarded for their accomplishments.

The district level plan was developed through a many different collections of data that was reviewed by a leadership team within the school district, which was established by the superintendent. This data driven process led to the three major goals of the district level plan to be created. The implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the plan is the leadership team’s responsibility. Certain schools within the 18 schools in the district were required to develop and submit a school level plan by the school board and superintendent. After speaking with the different building level administrators the superintendent meets with the leadership team each week. These meetings do not involve the building level administrators. The superintendent appointed smaller committees, invited others and encouraged volunteers to join them as well. These committees ranged from the leadership team down to the school level in order to effectively communicate the necessary

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Local control of school districts has proven to have mixed results. Local control allows districts to experiment and keeps problems from one district affecting another. At the same time however, local control keeps good ideas from spreading quickly. Local districts have produced a diverse range of possible solutions to the problems that public schools face. Unfortunately, the huge amount of diversity that is present from district to district has also made progress harder to measure.

state board of education),which is typically charged with exercising general control over the elementary and secondary schools in the state and with implementing legislative mandates. However, in most cases administration of school districts is typically left in local hands. Even though local school board authority has been greatly weakened over the last several decades, they continue to serve an important role and function at local school districts. Eadie asserts that a high-impact school board is, very simply, one that carries out its governing role in a full and timely fashion (Eadie, 2005, pg. 4). However, the school board has other important roles including; looking out for students, serving as a critical public link to public schools, incorporating the community’s view of what education should ‘look like’, being accessible to the public and accountable for the performance of their schools, serving as the education watchdog for their communities while ensuring that students get the best education for the tax dollars spent, and providing clear information to their constituents about the achievement of