Subject Leadership And School Improvement

Download or read book Subject Leadership and School Improvement written by Hugh Busher and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curriculum and subject leadership in schools has recently gained substantial attention from both researchers and policy-makers. The Teacher Training Agency (TTA) has reinforced the importance of subject leadership in school improvement, proposing a new measure of such leadership competence through the creation of national subject leader standards (NPQSL). Subject Leadership and School Improvement reflects critically on the work of subject and curriculum leaders especially in schools in England and Wales, that is, those within the policy framework of The National Curriculum and the Teacher Training Agency. The book debates the functions of subject leaders in primary and secondary schools, using current researc