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Describe the roles of external professionals who may work with a school e.g. educational psychologist

There are five stages to help implement a school-wide change. The first is “becoming informed” and this is the stage that centers on research and information gathering. The goal of the principal is to educate him/herself as much as possible so that he/she can better understand the benefits, concerns, and effectiveness of trying a new program in the building. This is also when any testing or screening would need to happen so that the principal can get a clearer picture of the needs within the school based on the current student population. The second stage is “building support” which is just as the name suggests. The goal of the administrator is to build support for the new changes and to have faculty buy-in so that teachers and staff members are motivated to make the change. Furthermore, this is a key time for the administrator to act as a leader and model so that he/she may inspire others to act and make positive choices in regards to the program. The next phase is “creating an action plan” which is usually with a small group of people hand selected by the administration. This group figures out the nuts and bolts of bringing the change into the school by looking at the schools readiness for such a program, funding, and gaining commitment from the staff. Also during this time, the administrator is setting goals, problem-solving, and finding ways to delegate and support those working on the plan. The fourth phase is “implementing the plan” and may seem like a time

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.

The second aim of this step is to inform the school community about the broad policy development process and to provide an

* Provides a strategic view of the school by establishing a vision and setting the purpose and aims of the school within an agreed policy framework. It appoints and performance manages the head teacher, agreeing the school improvement strategy which includes setting statutory targets with supporting budgets and staffing structures.

This combined with the achievement related goals and social values become the basis of the schools mission statement.

“To give children equal opportunities for learning, through a wide variety of experiences that will develop their knowledge, skills and character. To actively promote race equality and good race relations across all areas of school life and to eliminate unlawful discrimination. To ensure that the school pursues high academic standards through a broad and balanced creative curriculum. To provide a happy, caring, safe and welcoming environment in which children are encouraged and helped to succeed.”

There are many ways that a school can communicate its ethos, mission, aims and values, to pupils, staff and parents. A school prospectus or handbook should communicate clear understandable information, taking into consideration the surrounding ethnic community and maybe translating it into different languages.

The school is responsible for designing and implementing strategies to reach the educational goals of students. The particular high school beliefs that all kids can learn and that the mission of this school is to challenge each student to learn, achieve, and fulfill his /her potential. Principals should lead each school in implementing the policies. In addition, this high school’s improvement plan of the three legal issues: unsupervised students, hallways, and field

Provide an induction book: The organization provides all new staff with an induction book which provides information on the organisation, useful contact numbers, mandatory training requirements and additional training courses that can be accessed.

I believe the school endeavours to provide as much variety of opportunity as possible to allow each child to find something they are good at. The mission and aims show that the school recognises the diverse nature of its children and families, and their individual faiths, cultures and abilities and encourages its

Each school or Education Institute would have their own procedures and guidelines specific to their area or school.

A school will outline how it wishes to operate, what is expected of the teachers and what is expected of the students in return. It can also highlight how it wishes parents to contribute to their childâ€TMs education.

On that note, it is the responsibility of the principals and all school administrators to advance educational systems and provide positive changes for their students.

There are many ways of communicating ethos, mission aims and values. However the best way to communicate this is by ensuring us as adults display the behaviours we want to see, we must be kind and considerate, as this is the behaviour the children will follow. They can also be communicated via the written word, through reports, letters and the school prospectus. As long as this information is readily available it can be a very effective way of communicating the above, as it means that they are always on hand to refer back to.