A case study: The role of the school management teams in curriculum management

This study investigates the role of the School Management Team in curriculum management. It was prompted by anecdotal evidence that curriculum managers, Heads of Department in particular, fail to guide teachers with planning and other problems that they encounter in teaching the curriculum. However, curriculum management responsibilities and roles do not rest with individuals in a school; it is a shared responsibility of the school leadership that is the School Management Team. Therefore, the focus of this study is on how the School Management Team understands and performs its curriculum management role. The study was conducted in a public primary school in the rural area of Kwa-Santi ward at Pinetown District. The study employed a qualitative approach with an interpretive case study design. The design was deemed suitable for because the aim was to gain an in-depth understanding of how the School Management Team understands its curriculum roles, performs its leadership role in curriculum management, and the barriers that prevent it from managing the curriculum effectively