Must-Have Schools Must Speak for Themselves : The Case for School Self-Evaluation – John MacBeath and the NUT (Hardcover)

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Schools Must Speak for Themselves : The Case for School Self-Evaluation

This book draws on ground-breaking work with the National Union of Teachers to demonstrate a practical approach to identifying what makes a good school and the part that pupils, parents and teacherscan play in school improvement

This best-selling book illustrates how schools can tell their own story. It draws on ground-breaking work with the National Union of Teachers to demonstrate a practical approach to identifying what makes a good school and the part that pupils, parents and teachers can play in school improvement. Its usefulness for and use by, classroom teachers to evaluate their practice will prove to be its greatest strength in an ever expanding effectiveness literature.Contents:
1. Why schools must speak for themselves
2. Hunt the unicorn: the search for the effective school
3. How the framework was developed – the 1996 study
4. Exploring the themes
5. The good teacher
6. Inspection priorities: are they yours?
7. What happened next
8. What happens in other countries?
9. A framework for self-evaluation
10. Making it work in your school
11. Using the framework
12. Summary and recommendations Appendices