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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Head for success ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School principals--Great Britain.
- School principals.
- Behavior modification--Great Britain.
- Behavior modification.
- School improvement programs--Great Britain.
- School improvement programs.
- Educational tests and measurements--Great Britain.
- Educational tests and measurements.
- Remedial teaching--Great Britain.
- Remedial teaching.
- Academic achievement--Great Britain.
- Academic achievement.
- Genre:
- Instructional television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (16 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Teachers TV/UK Department of Education, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Gary Lewis became headteacher of Kings Langley School, a mixed comprehensive school in Hertfordshire, nearly five years ago. After a major relaunch he now presides over an improving and oversubscribed school. This film follows Gary during the spring term of 2007, focusing on his drive to improve behaviour and to improve the critical KS4 results. Gary has introduced a behaviour management system loosely based on the football model of coloured cards which has vastly reduced the number of exclusions at the school. To boost the all important GCSE results, a group of thirty five students is identified who failed to achieve their predicted grades in the trial exams and who receive additional tuition and mentoring from Gary and his staff. Will the percentage of A*-C grades increase as a result ...?
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
- OCLC:
- 829687601
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