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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 371 464 EA 025 906 AUTHOR Harman, Grant, Ed.; And Others TITLE Restructuring School Management: Administrative Reorganisation of Public School Governance in Australia. INSTITUTION Australian Coll. of Education, Curtin. REPORT NO ISBN-0-909587-63-9 PUB DATE 91 NOTE 319c. PUB TYPE Books (010) Viewpoints (Opinion/Position Papers, Essays, etc.) (120) Reports - Research/Technical (143) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Administrative Organization; Case Studies; Educational Administration; *Educational Change; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; *Governance; *Public Schools; *School Organization; *School Restructuring IDENTIFIERS *Australia ABSTRACT This book provides an account of the major administrative restructuring and organization that has occurred in Australian public school systems over the past decade. L,ction 1 provides a discussion of the Australian restructuring efforts in an international context. Chapters in this section include the following: (1) "The Restructuring of Schools and School Systems: A Comparative Perspective" (Hedley Beare); and (2) "Policy Origins and Policy Games: Site-Based Management in the United States and the United Kingdom" (Frederick M. Wirt). Section 2 focuses on the Australian context of restructuring and contains the following: (3) "Re-structuring in Australia: A Personal View" (Phillip Hughes); and (4) "Restructuring Education in Australia" (George F. Berkeley). The third section provides eight case studies that detail the restructuring efforts of the last decade. Chapters include:(5) "Educational Restructuring in the ACT Government School System" (Geoffrey Burkhardt and Milton March);(6) "Walking on Water: Restructuring Queensland's Education System" (Ian Matheson); (7) "Restructuring in New South Wales" (D. A. Swan and R. B. Winder); (8) "Ideals to Action: Corporate Management within the Northern Territory Education Department" (Kerry Moir);(9) "Changes in Public Administration of Education: South Australia" (Bryce Saint); (10) "Restructuring Education in Tasmania: A TurbJlent End to a Decade of Tranquility" (Brian J. Caldwell); (11) "Betwixt and Between Change: A Victorian Game" (Phillip Creed); and (12) "Reversing the Policy Process in WA: From Top Down to Bottom Up" (Peter Wilson and Don Smart). The final section draws implications and conclusions in the following chapters: (13) "Restructuring, Corporatism and Competition: Implicationr, for Graduate Programs for Administrators" (A. Ross Thomas); wad (14) "Conclusions: Where Restructuring Has Taken Us, and Where It Is Leading" (Grant Harman, Hedley Beare, and George F. Berkeley). References accompany each chapter. (LMI) + 7777 6 RESTRUCTUkING a SCHOOL MANAGEMENT Administrative Reorganisation of Public School Governance in Australia Edited by Grant Harman, Hedley Beare, George F. Berkeley U.S. DEPAFFTMENT OF EDUCATION Ontce ot Educational Research and Improvement "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY end document has been reprOcluced as reCemed Iront the person or oroaruratton originating it 4. r kcnor changes nave been made to improve reproduction wally Points of view or opinions slated in Itusdocu morn do not neCeSeanly represent official OE RI position or CoottCy TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES fl lINFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)" ..7%...f 3A- el, *tia: "fr eossiaNtro.a,aii.44---O4arar,, :tf411? - , THE 1. 4741T AUSTRALIAN BEST Con AVAILABLE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION A RESTRUCTURING SCHOOL MANAGEMENT Recent Administrative Reorganisation of Public School Governance in Australia Edited b y Grant Harman Hedley Beare George F. Berkeley Australian College of Education Canberra, 1991 3 , The Australian College of Education PO Box 323 Curtin ACT 2605 Telephone (06) 281 1677 First published in 1991 by The Australian College of Education 0 The Australian College of Education 1991 National Library of Australia Cataloguing - in - Publication Entry Restructuring School Management: Recent Administrative Reorganisation of Public School Governance in Australia ISBN 0 909587 63 9 Editors: Harman, G., Beare, H., Berkeley, G. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the Australian College of Education. 4 Preface This book is the final outcome of a team research project, sponsored by the Research and Projects Committee of the Australian College of Education. The project commenced in early 1990, with the development of a detailed research strategy and methodology, and of documentation to guide members of the research team. In May 1991, draft papers and preliminary findings were presented ata colloquium held in Armidale on the topic of 'Corporatism and Public Schools'. Thiswas organised jointly by the Research and Projects Committee of the College and the Department of Administrative, Higher and Adult Education Studies at the University of New England.Participants at this colloquium provided important input to the researchprocess, contribufing both helpful criticism and suggestions. The colloquiumwas fortunate to have as a plenary speaker and contributor Professor Frederick M. Wirt (University of Illinois), a distinguished political scientist witha special interest in public school governance and the politics of education. Since the colloquium contributors have considered the suggestions and have revised their papers for this publication. As co-ordinators we wish to acknowledge the tremendous helpwe have received from many people and organisations. In particular,we wish to thank all members of the project team for their valuable contributions and co-operation; we count it a privilege to have worked with such colleagues, who know so much about the events of restructuring and reorganisation over the past decade in their particular political units. We wish to express our sincere thanks to the Australian College of Education and, especially, to members of both the Research and Projects Committee and the Publications Committee. We also wish toexpress our thanks to all those who helped in organising the colloquium in Armidale and in preparing copy for printing, especially Cindy Porter of the University of New England. Grant Harman Hedley Beam George F. Berkeley 5 Contents Reface iii List of Contributors ix Abbreviations xi Introduction The Restructuring of Australian Public 1 School Management Grant Harman I Restructuring: The International Context Chapter 1 The Restructuring of Schools and School 13 Systems: A Comparative Perspective Hedley Beate Chapter 2 Policy Origins and Policy Games: 27 Site-Based Management in the US and UK Frederick M. Wirt II Restructuring: The Australian Context Chapter 3 Restructuring - The Australian Context 49 Phillip Hughes Chapter 4 Restructuring Education in Australia 61 George F. Berkeley IIICase-Studies of Restructuring Chapter 5 Educational Restructuring in the ACT 77 Government School System Geoffrey Burkhardt and Milton March Chapter 6 Walking on Water: Restructuring 95 Queensland's Education System Ian Matheson Chapter 7 Restructuring in New South Wales 123 D.A. Swan and R.B. Winder 6 viii Chapter 8 Ideals to Action: Corporate Management 155 within the Northern Territory Education Department Kerry Moir Chapter 9 Changes in Public Administration of 183 Education: South Australia Bryce Saint Chapter 10 Restructuring Education in Tasmania: A 207 Turbulent End to a Decade of Tranquility Brian J. Caldwell el Chapter 11 Betwixt and Between Changes: A 229 Victorian Game Phillip Creed Chapter 12 Reversing the Policy Process in WA: From 253 Top Down to Bottom Up Peter Wilson and Don Smart IVImplications and Conclusions Chapter 13 Restructuring, Corporatism and Competition: 281 Implications for Graduate Programs for Administrators A. Ross Thomas Chapter 14 Conclusions: Where Restructuring has 303 taken us, and where it is Leading Grant Harman, Hedley Beare and George F. Berkeley 7 ix List of Contributors Hedley Beare Professor of Education, Institute of Education, University of Melbourne George F. Berkeley Deputy Chair, Schools Council and former Director-General, Queensland Department of Education Geoffrey Burkhardt Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Canberra Brian Caldwell Reader in Educational Administration, Institute of Education, University of Melbourne Phillip Creed Deputy Master, Queens College, University of Melbourne Grant Harman Professor of Educational Administration, University of New England-Armidale, and Chair, Academic Senate, University of New England. Phillip Hughes Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Tasmania Milton March Former Principal, Narrabundah Secondary College Ian Matheson FormerDirectorGeneral,Queensland Department of Education Keny Moir Superintendent, Professional and Career Development, Northern Territory Department of Education Bryce Saint Former Regional Director, South Australian Education Department Don Smart Associate Professor and Dean, School of Education, Murdoch University D.A. Swan Former Director-General, New South Wales Department of Education 8 A. Ross Thomas Associate Professor and Head, Department of Administrative, Higher and Adult Education Studies, University of New England Peter Wilson Head of English Department, Hampton Senior High School R.B. Winder Former Director-General, New South Wales Department of Education Frederick M. Wirt Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. 9 xi Abbreviations ACT Australian Capital Territory