JK> I am a deputy principal in a small (200 students, 
 JK> 18 teaching staff) high school in Queensland. My 
 JK> teachers are involved in many management committees 
 JK> that plan and monitor the operations of the school. 
 JK> They are also heavily involved in co-curricular 
 JK> activities and their all important tasks of 
 JK> preparation and teaching.
 JK> How can all these activities be best organised?
 JK> I am seeking ideas, hints, research, successful 
 JK> structures that relate to management / 
 JK> organisational structures in small high schools.
 
Run, not walk, to your nearest library or bookstore and get yourself a copy 
of "The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education" by W. Edwards 
Deming. 
 
Although aimed at the U.S., the book is adaptable to any western country.  
Who is Deming? He is the man that U.S. industry ignored-so he took his 
management style to Japan after WWII. The rest is history, but some 
industries here and a great number in Japan manage using his style of 
management.
 
See if you can find some companies that are managed using the "Deming 
Method". Maybe you can get someone to come in and train your staff. Don't be 
misled by the so-called Total Quality Method (TQM) or any management style 
that does not let the school work together for the common good of the whole 
organization. End competetion and further cooperation among the groups you 
have already started.
 
Let me know if you can find the book or not, I have it checked out for two 
more weeks and it is on loan from another library in this state.
 
Actually, I think you have begun a journey towards transformation of your 
school. Keep up the work!
 
Carl
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