Performance Management : Monitoring Teaching in the primary school

This research-based book offers practical guidance on how to go about performance management. Based on experience of working with schools and running courses, and using the latest research on business strategies appropriate for education, it -looks at what performance management means in practice -offers advice on how to go about monitoring -explains how to use data from pupil assessments -suggests ways to judge the effectiveness of teaching through analyzing children's work -gives guidance on monitoring planning, assessment and observing lessons proposes how to diagnose areas for development, set objectives and draw up action plans -contains useful photocopiable formats -uses case study material to illustrate potential problems and good practice. Throughout, the purpose is to help schools and teachers to be more effective.