ABSTRACT
This chapter will provide a variety of approaches for the recently appointed coordinator or the co-ordinator who is beginning to re-evaluate his or her role or is engaged in constructing a plan for development. Co-ordinators engaged in this process may be undertaking the review as part of a formal school development planning process (see Hargreaves et al. 1989) or may be undertaking a broader, and more personal, review. Whichever style of review is being undertaken, the formal development planning process of
• audit; • plan construction; • implementation; and • evaluation
is a valuable framework for use and is one with which co-ordinators in primary schools are likely to be familiar and comfortable. This chapter will focus on the auditing phase and provide material to allow the co-ordinator to review strengths and identify appropriate development areas whatever the reason for the review. This will require a consideration of the changing external context, the school’s structures and cultures, the state of the curriculum area and the personal strengths and weaknesses of the co-ordinator.
