Collection: Tech Book

Helps councils with the planning, design and management of open space which has a drainage function. Conatins principles, techniques and suggestions which are portable and within the expertise of councils to implement.

Introducing performance contracting and the process involved, provides practical advice on how to set up a performance contract and what to look for in doing so.

This study explores, establishes and analyses the costs and benefits of outsourcing public library services (namely acquisitions, cataloguing and processing) in a variety of contexts relevant to the NSW public library network.

Provide good information about what a local council is doing and how its perfomance compares with that of other councils. Process benchmarking can produce significant benefits for council and their communities by identifying ways to improve performance.

How do you know that you have improved or progressed? What lets you know that your are performing at a higher level than you did previously? How do you know that the quality of your leadership is better? How do you know that you are taking your skills to the next level of development? How do you ...

Proposes that phonics can work together with the whole language approach to teaching reading. Provides an integrated treatment of the knowledge & process involved in skillful reading, skills acquisition & the implications for reading instruction