Provides professional development material for managers in schools.

This complete guide by Nicholas Faux will enable you and your staff to produce and work with timetables that can contribute to the overall improvement of school performance. Our Making the most of SIMS.net series looks at key issues that matter to schools and then goes on to explain how SIMS can be used to achieve the school's goals. Timetabling for School Effectiveness enables those producing the timetable and those working with it to work effectively using SIMS software to carry out this vital job for their school. It is designed to assist with this complicated process, providing a basic introduction to timetabling that covers the whole process in chronological order, from collection of the necessary data and entering it onto the computer, through scheduling the classes, to the finished timetable. The books in this series are intended for managers and leaders who want to see a discussion of the key issues and then be enabled to find out how a good management information system can help them. They provide easily digested information that starts by addressing the key principles and then shows you how to fully exploit the capability of SIMS software to carry out vital tasks and contribute to enhancing whole school performance. Timetabling for School Effectiveness is a practical resource that moves from one module to another as necessary to provide an overview of the whole process, always with the aim of explaining what has to be done and how to achieve it.