Victorian School Manager

Introduction 1 THE VOLUNTARY SCHOOL MANAGER—The Composition of the Managing Body Motives for management—Trustees and managers—Vicar as sole manager—Subscribers—Collection of subscriptions—Officers of committee—Meetings of committees—Functions of managers 2 THE VOLUNTARY SCHOOL MANAGER His Functions and Relationships with Others Managers and teachers—Appointment of teachers—Dismissal of teachers—The school mistress—Landowners and clergy—Agents —Individual owners/managers—The influence of the Education Department: transfer of schools—Managers and H.M. Inspectors 3 SCHOOL BOARD ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT Before 1870—School board administration from 1870—Election and dissolution of boards—Town councils and school boards—School boards and voluntary school managers—Non-cooperation between school managers—Rural school boards—Financial constraints 4 THE OPERATION OF LOCAL MANAGEMENT UNDER THE SCHOOL BOARDS Organization of local management—The activities of local managers—School board clerk—Local inspectors—The School Board for London—Appointment of teachers—Later developments—Qualifications of managers 5 ISSUES AFFECTING THE APPOINTMENT OF SCHOOL MANAGERS 6 INNOVATION IN ADMINISTRATION: THE VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATIONS Governing bodies and the work of the voluntary schools associations—Area—Powers and duties—Organizing master—Subscriptions and the Voluntary Schools Act 7 THE 1902 ACT AND THE RECASTING OF MANAGEMENT The Billesdon National School affair—Later stages of the Bill—The acceptance of the Kenyon-Slaney amendment—Foundation managers—The working of the Act 8 CONCLUSION