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Improving School Efficiency

Everything flows from administration.

Turn this dramatic statement around and it suggests that if you want to make an improvement in the way your school operates, then you need to improve the administration of the school.   Make the school’s administration more efficient, and everything else in the school improves.

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Dealing with incoming emails and direct mail can be time-consuming

A short note on how to reduce the number of communications that arrive in the school office for teachers. Click here

FAQs from administrators to the ed.admin newsgroup
On the newsgroup we frequently are asked questions by administrators on practical aspects of the job. We are now listing the replies here
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Your school website listed nationally
School purchasing

Personal development plan

Reception areas

Efficiency

Free Reports

1. Recycling - Results of a survey January 2008

2. Cutting the time taken up with minutes, reports and policy documents

3. A short report on how costs can escalate when the admin officer is not consulted about new administrative systems. Click here

4. Injuries to children. Who's telling the truth? For one suggestion as to how to protect both pupil and student - and reassure parents, please click here

5. The problem of missing school equipment and how it is possible to tag and track all items saving valuable time and money. Click here to read our report

6. Handling visitors. Read our short report on the benefits of a computerised visitor management system

&. Losing children on a school visit. Read about how wrist bands can help. Click here

9. Are tasks which were traditionally the province of teachers/managers now moving to the school office? Read our report on what is happening in schools - June 2008

 

 

 
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