Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Strategic Direction and Development of the Subject Area -- 2 Managing Change within the Subject Area -- 3 Managing Federal and Confederate Departments Christine Wise -- 4 Leading and Co-ordinating Diffuse Subject Areas -- Part II Teaching and Learning -- 5 Being a Curriculum Leader: Helping Colleagues to Improve Learning Christine Wise -- 6 Improving Teaching and Learning within the Subject Area -- 7 Developing Professional Networks: Working with Parents and Communities to Enhance Students' Learning -- Part III Leading and Managing Staff -- 8 The Subject Leader as a Middle Manager -- 9 Cultures of Leadership and Professional Autonomy: Managing Self, Developing Others -- 10 Professional Development and Action Research -- Part IV Efficient and Effective Deployment of Staff and Resources -- 11 Planning Development and Resource Utilisation to Improve Students' Learning -- 12 Working with Support and Supply Staff to Improve School Performance -- 13 Subject Leadership and School Improvement -- References -- Index.