1. Managing Physical Resources
April 14, 2011

2. Objective
By the end of the session,. The CPs should be able to identify effective strategies for managing physical resources in schools

3. Managing Physical Resources School Building

4. Learning Resources

5. Learning Environment

6. Important:
buildings, furniture and equipment are a highly visible aspect of the school for anyone who visits the school and it can create an immediate good or bad impression.

7. Group activity Carefully read the given scenarios on
physical resources and in groups:
Respond to the question asked after each scenario
Identify the aspect of physical resource management that is brought out in each scenario

8. Think again… “In England an ‘efficient school’ is one
which makes good use of all its available
resources to achieve the best possible
educational outcomes for all its pupils –
and in doing so provides excellent value
for money”
(Ofsted, 1995, cited in Fidler, Russel, & Simkins, 1997, p. 164).