SZ6647 School Management

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jarmila Bradová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jana Kratochvílová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radek Pospíšil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Vlčková, Ph.D.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!NOWANY( SZ6047 School Management , SZ6648 Inclusive Education )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to make students familiar with the topic of school management. Students will learn fundamental theories and terms related to school management and understand legislation that is applicable in school practice. They will work with the case study method and SWOT analysis and learn to analyze management processes in a selected school or school facility.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is able to: • define basic terms of educational and school management, • characterize Czech and European educational policy, • characterize current legislative and curricular documents, • discuss selected topics in the context of current educational legislation, • describe individual levels of management and understand specifics of educational and school management, • conduct case study and SWOT analysis of school management processes.
Syllabus
  • Main topics (syllabus) Module I: Educational management (seminar 1: topics 1- 4, seminar 2: topics 5-7) 1. Educational management, administration and management of education. Basic terms and theories. 2. Trends in education in the European Union and in the world. 3. Educational policy of the Czech Republic. Strategies and programmes of educational development, curricular documents. 4. European projects focused on educational development and support of European strategies. 5. School legislation valid in the Czech Republic in compaprison with the European framework. 6. Financing of education. Accountability. 7. Evaluation of educational systems. Module II: School management (seminar 3: topics 1-2, seminar 4: topics 3-4, seminar 5: topics 5-7, seminar 6: SWOT analysis, presentations) 1. Administration, management and school leadership. Distributed school management. 2. Main management processes: decision making, organization, control. Innovation in education, management of the processes of change. 3. School culture and climate from the management perspective. 4. Quality of schools and management of educational processes. Project management. 5. Management of human resources in schools. Organizational learning, collegial support, teachers’ cooperation. Education of managers. Professional growth of teachers. 6. Management of external relationships of schools (cooperation, networking, partnership of schools and other organizations, etc.). School marketing. 7. School evaluation and self-evaluation. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Drago-Severson, E. (2004). Helping teachers learn: Principial leadership for adult growth and development. Thousand Oaks: Corvin Press. EURYDICE: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Main_Page Hargreaves, A., & Fink, D. (2006). Sustainable leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Leithwood, K., Jantzi, D., Steinbach, R. (1998). Organizational learning in schools. Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger. Macbeath, J. E., & McGlynn, A. (2002). Self-evaluation: what's in it for schools? London: Routledge. Macbeath, J. E., & Mortimore, P. (2001). Improving school effectiveness. Buckingham: Open University Press. School legislation: www.msmt.cz Senge, P. M. (2001). Schools that learns. London: N. Brealey.
Literature
    required literature
  • SENGE, Peter M. Schools that learn : a fifth discipline fieldbook for educators, parents, and everyone who cares about education. 1st Currency pbk. ed. New York: Doubleday, 2000, ix, 592. ISBN 0385493231. info
    recommended literature
  • Improving school effectiveness. Edited by John MacBeath - Peter Mortimore. Buckingham: Open University Press, 2001, x, 230 s. ISBN 0-335-20688-3. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught in seminars with guided group discussions. Reflecting on their teaching experience, especially related to their teaching practice, students discuss the specific topics and their current views in schools and education. On the basis of recommended literature, students prepare for the seminars. The course is supported by e-materials that can be found in online information system is.muni.
Assessment methods
A written test focused on school legislation. Portfolio task: a case study of a school facility management (pre-school, primary school, secondary school, university) with emphasis on management processes in the organization, description of individual parts of management, recognition of educational management specifics and their comparison with selected approaches from general management, selection of one field for the SWOT analysis. (It can be realized in e.g. clinical schools, where students have their teaching practice in the master programme.) To gain the credit, a test in school legislation must be passed (pass mark 70 %) and a written work in a form of the portfolio task must be submitted to the teacher. The criteria for assessing the portfolio task are as following: selection of the topic and its processing(40 %), analysis and conclusions (40 %), and the formal aspects of the work (20 %).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
General note: Nezapisují studenti SP.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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