'School Management' is a course offered in the eight semester of Integrated B. Sc. - B. Ed. in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science program at the School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru campus.
On completion of the course, the student teacher will;
- Comprehend the meaning of School Management and highlights the basic principles of School Management.
- Justify the need for institutional planning.
- Infer the need of maintaining different school related records.
- Reflect critically on supervision of school, staff and activities.
- Generate a plan on the institutional functions.
- Evaluate the existing infrastructure and functioning of the school.
- Describe the administrative structure of the State Board of Education.
- Differentiate the function of a teacher and the Head of the Institution.
- Prepare and maintain the school records.
Unit I: School Management
- 1.1 School Management – Concept, meaning, principles, importance, distinction between Administration, Management and Supervision.
1.2 Administrative Head – Qualities, Duties and Responsibilities,
1.3 Supervision and Inspection – Meaning, importance, types and procedure - Accountability – meaning and need.
1.4 Physical Infrastructure – Availability, adequacy and utilization, management of space, constraints and suggested strategies to overcome it, Concept of School plant.
Unit II: Planning of School Management and School Activities
- 2.1 Institutional planning – Meaning, need, importance, steps and areas.
2.2 School records and registers – need, importance and maintenance.
2.3 Calendar of events and School timetable – importance, types, preparation and principles involved in their construction.
2.4 Concept of School complex – meaning, purpose, functions and advantages - Role of SDMC.
2.5 Co-curricular activities – Meaning – importance - planning and principles.
2.6 Parent Teacher Association – Formation - role- importance and school organization functions.
Unit III: Teacher
- 3.1 Teacher- Teacher as a facilitator, counselor - community leader - second parent and guardian.
3.2 Professional skills and competencies of teachers.
3.3 Class room management – concept, principles, influencing factors and technique of class room management, importance of discipline.
Unit IV: Action Research
- 4.1 Action Research – Meaning, scope, importance, identification of problem in school and classroom, steps involved in action research.
4.2 Teacher as a researcher.
Unit V: Role of Voluntary, Government and Non-Government Organisation
- 5.1 Educational Administration – Role and hierarchy (NCERT, DSERT, DIET).
5.2 Structure of State Educational Administration and Supervision – external and internal hierarchy.
5.3 Role of different boards in monitoring , supervising - supervision reporteducational ladder (DDPI, Block Education Office).
- Agarwal J C (2006) Essentials of Educational Technology: Innovations in Education, New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House.
Bhatia R L & Ahuja B N (2002) School organization and management, New Delhi: Surjeet Publications. - Dash B N (2nd edn) (2004) School Organisation Administration and Management, Hyderabad: Neelkamal Publications.
- Jain Purabi (1st Edn) (2004) Educational Technology, Delhi: Dominant Publishers and Distributors.
- Joyce B & Weil M (5th edn.) (2005) Models of Teaching, New Delhi: Prentice Hall.
- Kochhar S K (2002) Secondary School Admin1st ration, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Ltd.
- Mangal D K (2001) Foundations of Educational Technology, Ludhiana: Tandon Publications.
- Mohanty J (1st edn) (2003) Educational management Supervision School Organisation, Hyderabad: Neelkamal Publications.
- Mohanty J (1st edn) (2003) Modern trends in Educational Technology, Hyderabad: Neelkamal Publications.
- Myageri C V (1st edn) (1993) Text Book of Educational management, Gadag: Vidyanidhi Prakashana.
- Myageri C.V (1st edn) (1994) Educational Technology, Gadag: Vidyanidhi Prakashana.
- Verma Romesh and Sharma K Suresh (1st Edn) (2003) Modern Trends in Teaching Technology, Delhi: Anmol Publications.
- Yadav N (2003) A handbook of Educational Technology, New Delhi: Anmol Publications.
- Sultan Mohiddin and Siddhalingaih.
- A critical study of the working of parent-teacher association in any two secondary schools.
Preparation of an institutional plan.
A critical survey of co-curricular activities in a secondary school.
Preparation of an action plan and its implementation.
A critical study of school health programmes in a secondary school.
A critical survey of school records maintained in a secondary school. - Preparation of school time table.
- Preparation of an academic calendar/school calendar.
- Analysis of the changed scenario in the inclusive school and prepare a report on it.
- Teacher competencies, Service record.
- Head of the Institution.
- Teacher Accountability for quality improvement.
- Role of CCA.
- Activities facilitating all round development of students.
- Structure of Administration of State and Central (Comparative Study).
