School ManagementSchool Management education systems in Europe, education systems in Europe, school management, school management, fields of action including fields of action including organisation organisation instruction and education instruction and education >>

good instruction good instruction control and quality management control and quality management cooperation.cooperation.

School ManagementSchool Management

lead students > lead students > key problemskey problems (KLAFKI,1996)(KLAFKI,1996)

Self-determinationSelf-determination Co – determinationCo – determination

AutonomyAutonomy

Definition School ManagementDefinition School Management

is a qualified, methodical is a qualified, methodical

goal directed managementgoal directed management evaluation and evaluation and

development of the development of the management itselfmanagement itself

measures that contribute measures that contribute the configuration and the configuration and optimisation of school and optimisation of school and schooling processes.schooling processes.

Central aspectsCentral aspects

planning planning OrganisationOrganisation CoordinationCoordination governance and governance and

controlling of controlling of educational and educational and training training processesprocesses

School and school School and school management management

>>special function special function >>context sensitivecontext sensitive

fields of actionfields of action (HUBER,2003)(HUBER,2003)

OrganisationOrganisation PersonnelPersonnel instruction and educationinstruction and education QQuality management uality management CCooperationooperation

School management School management organisationorganisation

learning to knowlearning to know

learning to dolearning to do

learning to live learning to live together andtogether and

learning to belearning to be

What is good instruction? What is good instruction? (MEYER,2004)(MEYER,2004)

Good instructionGood instruction (1) is part of a democratic teaching culture(1) is part of a democratic teaching culture (2) is based upon well-defined educational goals(2) is based upon well-defined educational goals (3) makes strong efforts to produce a teaching-(3) makes strong efforts to produce a teaching-

learning contract betweenlearning contract between the teacher and the the teacher and the studentsstudents

(4) “Education” - a lifelong orientation about norms (4) “Education” - a lifelong orientation about norms andand

valuesvalues (5) and promotes sustainable competency (5) and promotes sustainable competency

development among all studentsdevelopment among all students

criteria of a good instructioncriteria of a good instruction (MEYER,2004)(MEYER,2004)

Clear teaching structureClear teaching structure High Amount of Time-On-TaskHigh Amount of Time-On-Task Climate Conducive to LearningClimate Conducive to Learning Content ClarityContent Clarity Meaningful CommunicationMeaningful Communication

criteria of a good instructioncriteria of a good instruction (MEYER,2004)(MEYER,2004)

Variety of Instructional MethodsVariety of Instructional Methods Individual SupportIndividual Support Intelligent ExercisesIntelligent Exercises Clear Description of Goals to Be Clear Description of Goals to Be

AchievedAchieved Well-Prepared Learning Well-Prepared Learning

EnvironmentEnvironment

““structural characteristics” structural characteristics”

formulating goalsformulating goals structuring contentstructuring content structuring timestructuring time structuring actionsstructuring actions defining social structuredefining social structure define and preparing rooms to learndefine and preparing rooms to learn

Teaching and learning Teaching and learning > > core activitiescore activities

Control- and quality Control- and quality managementmanagement

Where are we now Where are we now ??

HHow well are we doing?ow well are we doing?

> > School self-evaluationSchool self-evaluation (SSE)(SSE)

ConclusionConclusion

Task of school management >Task of school management >

to to structure and to organize all the structure and to organize all the different fields of action and to different fields of action and to develop and evaluate these develop and evaluate these componentscomponents

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