Your first step should be to examine the following list of contents to select those modules and units you feel you may wish to study. At the start of each unit there is an introduction and a set of learning outcomes which should enable you to decide quite quickly whether the material is likely to be of value to you.

Introductory Module: A User's Guide
	Approaches to Using the Modules: A Guide for Trainers
	Unit 1: Demands on school managers
	Unit 2: Initiatives for self-development
	Unit 3: Professional development
	Unit 4: Working in peer groups
	Unit 5: Making your school better
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
	Appendix A
	Appendix B

		Individual study time
Module 1: Self-Development for Educational Managers		22
	Introduction
	Unit 1: School mission, values and objectives	5
	Unit 2: Styles of management	3
	Unit 3: Needs identification	6
	Unit 4: Job analysis	4
	Unit 5: Time management	4

Module 2: Principles of Educational Management		20
	Introduction
	Unit 1: Introduction to educational management	31/2
	Unit 2: Government organisation and functions	2
	Unit 3: The functions of school management	3
	Unit 4: Human and public relations	3
	Unit 5: Delegation in a school	2
	Unit 6: Communication and negotiation	2
	Unit 7: Decision-making and problem solving	2
	Unit 8: The management change	21/2

Module 3: Personnel Management		24
	Introduction
	Unit 1: Staff selection	3
	Unit 2: Staff development	3
	Unit 3: Staff motivation	3
	Unit 4: Staff appraisal	3
	Unit 5: Staff supervision and discipline	3
	Unit 6: Keeping staff records	3
	Unit 7: Managing meetings	3
	Unit 8: Managing conflict	3

Module 4: Managing the Curriculum and Resources		25
	Introduction
	Unit 1: Establishing the curriculum	2
	Unit 2: Timetabling	3
	Unit 3: Organising resources to support the curriculum	3
	Unit 4: Selecting and managing textbooks	4
	Unit 5: Libraries, media and low cost teaching aids	4
	Unit 6: Examinations, testing and record keeping	3
	Unit 7: Resource maintenance	3
	Unit 8: Finding financial resources	3

Module 5: Financial Management		32
	Introduction
	Unit 1: Sources of school funds	3
	Unit 2: School budgeting	6
	Unit 3: Mobilising financial resources	3
	Unit 4: Basic framework and mechanism of financial management	6
	Unit 5: Expending and accounting for school funds	7
	Unit 6: Auditing school account books	7

Module 6: Monitoring School Effectiveness		13
	Introduction
	Unit 1: Indicators and characteristics of school effectiveness	3
	Unit 2: The rationale for evaluation	2
	Unit 3: Evaluation techniques	4
	Unit 4: Planning a programme of evaluation	2
	Unit 5: Using evaluation findings	2

Module 7: The Governance of Schools		21
	Introduction
	Unit 1: Defining the parameters of school governance	1
	Unit 2: Legal basis of school governance	3
	Unit 3: School managers and governance bodies	4
	Unit 4: Relationships between schools and other agencies	3
	Unit 5: Partners in school management	10