Curriculum and subject leadership in schools has recently gained substantialattention from both researchers and policymakers. The Teacher Training AgencyTTA has... » 

Curriculum and subject leadership in schools has recently gained substantialattention from both researchers and policymakers. The Teacher Training AgencyTTA has reinforced the importance of subject leadership in schoolimprovement proposing a new measure of such leadership competence through thecreation of national subject leader standards NPQSL.Subject Leadership and School Improvement reflects critically on the work ofsubject and curriculum leaders especially in schools in England and Wales thatis those within the policy framework of The National Curriculum and theTeacher Training Agency. The book debates the functions of subject leaders inprimary and secondary schools using current researchbased conceptualframeworks and considers how they can bring about improvement and change withtheir colleagues in their subject areas. It emphasizes what is particular aboutleading and managing the middle realm of education organizations showing howstructural cultural and individual imperatives and perspectives interact witheach other in the professional practice of being a subject leader.The book is of interest not only to subject leaders and curriculum coordinators to help them reflect rigorously on their practice but also tothose responsible for supervising them such as headteachers and schoolgovernors as well as for those accountable to them. It will be a useful textfor serving teachers undertaking higher degrees programmes or programmes forgaining national standards qualifications the National ProfessionalQualification for Headteachers NPQH as much as for the NPQSL NationalProfessional Qualification for Subject Leaders when it is implemented. «