Friday, January 16, 2009

Eleven Factors For Effective Schools


1. Professional leadership

  • Firm and purposeful

  • A participative approach

  • The leading professional

2. Shared visions and goals

  • Unity of purpose

  • Consistency of practice

  • Collegiality and collaboration

3. A learning environment

  • An orderly atmosphere

  • An attractive working environment

4. Concentration on teaching and learning

  • Maximization of learning time

  • Academic emphasis

  • Focus on achievement

5. Purposeful teaching

  • Efficient organization

  • Clarity of purpose

  • Structured lessons

  • Adaptive practice

6. High expectations

  • High expectations all round

  • Communicating expectations

  • Providing intellectual challenge

7. Positive reinforcement

  • Clear and fair discipline

  • Feedback

8. Monitoring progress

  • Monitoring pupil performance
  • Evaluating school performance


9. Pupil rights and responsibilities

  • Raising pupil self-esteem
  • Positions of responsibility
  • Control of work


10. Home-school partnership

  • Parental involvement in their children’s learning


11. A learning organization

  • School-based staff development



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