Participative Management Sample Clauses

Participative Management. In order to establish an open approach to management, the head teacher and/or appropriate manager must first ensure that proper opportunities exist for the views of all members of staff to be heard. The consultative process should be one which enables the head teacher / manager not only to listen, but to explain policy decisions which have been taken. It should provide channels through which communication can take place among areas of learning, interests, departments, promoted and unpromoted teaching and support staff and all users of the school. School planning may be enhanced through the involvement of pupil councils and/or school boards in the framing of school policies. In a small school, regular contact and informal discussion may meet most requirements. A large primary or a secondary school however is a complex organisation where all members of staff will feel involved in the process only if structures and procedures are established with the specific intention of promoting such involvement. It is acknowledged that secondary schools have evolved numerous structures of committees and meetings designed to allow participation in decision making and to assist with communication. It is considered that there is no single model which is superior to others. Nevertheless it is expected that the elements described in Section 2 will feature in any satisfactory management structure. Head teachers and senior management will also wish to consider, taking account of the individual circumstances of their schools, how best to build upon this basic framework.