Management is the many things that you do to obtain organizational set goals.
Management is the process of obtaining and sustaining organizational goals by working with and through people and other organizational resources such as land, money, buildings and so on.
Administration is ensuring that practices, policies, rules and laws, national and international are followed in the process of service delivery so that ultimately organizational goals are obtained.
Detailed Course Content and Outline/ MED
1. MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL
· Meaning of Management
· Management functions
· Management theories
· What organizational success depends upon?
· Motivation theories:
2. TOWARDS A UNIFIED THEORY OF MANAGEMENT
· Self Management
· Meeting Management
· Basics of Internal Communications
· Effective Delegation
· Decision Making and Problem Solving
3. EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
· The nature and purpose of Administration
· The concept of educational administration
· Functions of an administrator
· Marrying administration and Management
4. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
· The school administrative structure
· Concept of school administration
· Headship – Tasks and roles cfr to Teacher Code of Conduct document
· Qualities desired of a school administrator
5. THEORIES OF BUREAUCRACY
· Advantages and disadvantages of bureaucracy
· Characteristics of Bureaucracy
· Delegation and its consequences
6. DECISION MAKING IN ADMINISTRATION
Four basic strategies of decision making
· The process of decision making
7. ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STUDENT SERVICES
The concept of student services
Student politics, discipline and control
Guidance and counseling services
Prep for school former students
School – Community Relations in Administration
The concept of school and the community
Relationships between the school and the community
Ways of promoting school-community relations
8. EDUCATION LEGAL FRAMEWORK
· Law in general
· The purpose and importance of law that governs education
· Teacher Profession Code of Conduct
· The Education Policy Handbook
· The Constitution of the ROU
· Government White Paper
· Latest documents on education in Uganda
- Teacher: Harry Ugandan
Law is a set of rules that are widely published, generally accepted and usually enforced. Law is a dynamic entity. Rules change over time, when circumstances change.
Since this graduate teacher is not aiming at becoming a lawyer at this stage, we will only mention those things that mainly concern an educational leader. For details, the teacher will contact the lawyer and pay fees or go to Law school and become a teacher-lawyer!
In the meantime find out about the current labour law. Look for UNEB Act (2022?); look out for the new law that is coming for teacher conduct and service. The bill is in Parliament. Be conversant with the new Teacher Education Policy that requires all teachers, in the next remaining 7years, to hold a university degree in education. Be willing to openly share your own experiences in school administration.
Best wishes
- Teacher: Harry Ugandan
