Running a Modern Languages Department

Steve Clarke

2671Paper-based / ePackNov 99
ISBN: Paper-based 978 1 85749 600 0; ePack 978 1 84070 760 1

Ideal for heads of departments

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.

This essential publication helps any head of Modern Foreign Languages:

• 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 to account for both the special issues that relate to Modern Foreign Languages departments and the varying circumstances of different schools.

Contents

Introduction

1 The Departmental Team

• The modern languages department
• The team leader
• The department team
• Staff deployment and development
• Appointments, induction and appraisal
• Working with trainee teachers
• Working with foreign language assistants

2 Managing the System

• Planning the year
• Managing finances
• Mettings, minutes and actions
• managing resources
• Accommodation and display
• Health and safety

3 Teaching and Learning

• Syllabus planning and schemes of work
• Teaching and learning styles
• Progression and differentiation
• Lesson planning
• Using ICT

4 Policies in Action

• Aims and objectives
• Writing policies

5 Quality Control

• Assessment at Key Stage 3
• Modern languages at Key Stage 4
• Post-16
• Rasining achievement
• Preparing for OFSTED
• Review and development planning

Index to forms and policies