3- Managing resources
Strategic resource and financial management requires considerable leadership
and management skills to link educational objectives with the resources that
support them. All resources should be utilized to ensure the best outcomes for
pupils.
Headteachers are responsible for ensuring that all those funds allocated to them
are managed with probity, are spent with securing best value in mind, and are
deployed efficiently in pursuit of the school's key strategic educational goals. The
material in this theme will help you develop into a financially literate headteacher
not an accountant. Two key publications form the core of this theme:
THE BOARD
Organising your board:
If your board is messy and untidy then what your students write in their
notebooks will be messy too.
It is a good idea to divide your board into sections. Have one part for use during
the lesson which can be cleaned off and re-used. Use another part for important
information which can stay there for the whole lesson. For example, you could
write up a list of the basic aims/activities for the lesson so that your students
know what is coming. Tick items off as they are achieved during the class. At the