Running a Design and Technology Department

Dorian Caudy

2666Paper-based / ePackApr 01
ISBN: Paper-based 978 1 85749 599 7; ePack 978 1 84070 761 8

Ideal for any head of department

Every department now faces ever-increasing administrative responsibilities and the need to produce detailed documentation to show how it functions and provide evidence of:

• developmental planning
• schemes of work
• recording and assessment
• policy planning
• Ofsted documentation.

This essential publication helps any head of Design and Technology:

• save time
• produce better documentation
• raise teaching standards
• improve the efficiency of curricular delivery.

Step-by-step guidance

In addition to explanatory material, there are information sheets for governors, staff, pupils and parents plus a wealth of blank forms, checklists and grids for completion, distribution and display. Care is taken into account for both the special issues that relate to Design and Technology departments and the varying circumstances of different schools.

Contents

Introduction

1 The department team

• The design and technology department
• The head of department
• The department team
• Staff deployment and development
• Appointment, induction and appraisal
• Working with trainee teachers
• Staff absence

2 Managing the system

• Planning the year
• Managing finances
• Meetings, minutes and actions
• Managing resources
• Accommodation and display
• Health and Safety

3 Teaching and learning

• Managing the curriculum
• Writing schemes of work
• Teaching and learning styles
• Progression and differentiation
• Assessment, recording and reporting
• Homework
• Using ICT

4 Policies in action

• Aim and policies
• Writing policies

5 Quality control

• Departmental handbook
• Monitoring and evaluating progress
• Raising achievement
• Development planning
• Raising the department's profile
• Preparing for OFSTED