Bøker av Rae Snape

From influential primary headteacher Rae Snape, author of The Headteacher's Handbook, comes The Curriculum Compendium, the ultimate guide to curriculum design.Drawing on a wide range of primary school examples, The Curriculum Compendium examines situations in which schools have successfully designed curricula to meet the needs of their pupils. Full of inspiring real-life case studies, this book encourages teachers and school leaders to rethink, transform, improve and enhance their curriculum.Written by members of staff at leading schools, each case study provides the reader with a range of suggested approaches to try. They explore the context of the school, the intent, implementation and impact behind the curriculum vision, how the school turned the vision into reality, along with key takeaways for other schools. The book provides reflective questions and space to write or draw ideas for curriculum design in their own school.

This must-read guide to being a primary headteacher is filled with practical guidance, tips and advice on all aspects of headship to support and inspire new, current and aspiring headteachers.Written by a headteacher with over 14 years' experience at the helm, The Headteacher's Handbook is the indispensable manual to understanding the role as both an instructional coach and community leader. Covering the nuts and bolts of primary headship from meeting your new team, communicating your vision and developing the curriculum to managing the budget, dealing with complaints and staff underperformance, and working with key stakeholders, Rae Snape presents invaluable advice, models, research, motivational quotes and self-reflection questions. The book features examples from Rae's own experiences as well as contributions from school leaders who work in different contexts and who have overcome particular challenges, including Sir David Carter, Dr Kulvarn Atwal, Mary Myatt, Remi Atoyebi and Christalla Jamil. With a foreword by Professor Dame Alison Peacock, The Headteacher's Handbook is a compendium of all you need to excel as a primary headteacher.