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Educational Leadership Simplified
A guide for existing and aspiring leaders



February 2018 | 192 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Leading in education is a difficult job to do well. Political, financial and organisational pressures need to be managed smartly and difficult decisions need to be made. Written in Bob Bates' trademark style, this guide offers concise and clear support to help you lead and inspire in education. In collaboration with Andy Bailey, a former headteacher and school inspector with recent Ofsted lead inspection experience, Bob combines practical knowledge of leadership roles in education with robust theories underpinning leadership and management.

Covering a wide range of key areas including team-building, coaching, conflict, change and budget management, creating a supportive work environment and working with various stakeholders - this is the go-to companion for anyone who is, or aspires to be, a senior leader in schools, colleges and other educational organisations.

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Learning Theories Simplified
A Quick Guide to Special Needs and Disabilities


 
Introduction
 
Leadership and Management
 
Equality & Diversity
 
Safeguarding
 
Coaching and Mentoring
 
Teams
 
Motivation
 
Strategy
 
Managing Quality
 
Human Resource Management
 
Managing Budgets
 
Managing Change
 
Stakeholders
 
Culture
 
Project Management
 
Monitoring and Evaluation
 
Managing Communication
 
Managing time
 
Summary: A True Story

An excellent introduction to the skills and behaviours readers will need to be effective leaders. Linking a range of tools and techniques throughout the book, the authors ensure that readers will become proficient in their use and the introduction to a range academic theories. This is a superb starting point for further research.

Simon Warburton
Assistant Principal and blogger

This book is not intended only for headteachers, but other kinds of leaders in school too, such as curriculum leaders. The writing style is very engaging; it's not over-chatty, but neither is it as dry as dust. What is especially refreshing is that it takes a pragmatic view of things. For instance, are you a leader or a manager? In practice, people tend to be a bit of both. The author's pragmatism may be seen in the kind of topics covered: managing budgets, managing change, managing time, teams and others. Many theories are drawn upon, and are presented in small helpings, usually with bullet points. Case studies of true stories but with names changed serve to both illustrate theories and provide material for theoretical analysis - and the lists of the kinds of people to be found in leadership positions should convince you that, whatever your situation, you are not alone.

Terry Freedman
Teach Secondary

A great, user friendly book. Perfect as an introduction and spring board for students to develop their knowledge in this area.

Mrs Gemma Greengrass
Higher education, Norwich City College of FE And HE
May 16, 2024

Postgraduate courses, particularly those in education, attract students from a wide range of professions. Many of these student's are beginning to enter leadership positions but have often had little theoretical or academic guidance/experience with this. As such this book is once again a vital addition from Bob Bates as it provides a much needed 'spine' for students to flourish and develop their learning around. Highly recommended.

Mr Carl Longmore
Institute of Education (Walsall), Wolverhampton University
May 23, 2019

Students can get to grips with the concepts they need to evaluate their potential as leaders

Mrs Eileen Mc Partland
Vocational Education, Liberties College
May 25, 2018

This is very informative and easy to read. Good examples and case studies are used to inform and support the text. Diagrams are also very helpful. This is a great text to support at many levels due to its simplicity whilst also providing good depth.

Dr Chris Payne
Faculty of Health & Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University
February 19, 2018

For all our students who are interested in developing essential leadership skills this is an essential text introducing them to a range of texts and theories to support their reflective process. A excellent accessible introductory text.

Mrs Michele Fuller
Department of Education, Colchester Institute
July 3, 2019

This book is structured around some core ideas that will be useful to teachers taking up management roles. It touches on Equality and Diversity, Teams, Motivation, Human Resource Management, and Monitoring and Evaluation amongst other topics. It is written in digestible chunks for easy access of 'dipping in' to different topics too.

Dr Louise Campbell
Moray House School of Education, Edinburgh University
February 20, 2018

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Chapter 1: Leadership and management


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