Organisering as bestuurstaak van die koshuisopvoeder in kindersorgskole

M.Ed.The education of pedagogically neglected children in a residential situation, as found at child care schools, implies a particular educational task. It must be carried out in a conscientious professional manner it any virtuous accomplishment can be expected. All children in child care schools are cared for residentially. These children are removed from their homes or other torms of care without any choice and are then placed in the total care ot the child care school. The hostel in the child care school forms the core ot the school and is therefore the "home" ot these neglected children. As manager ot the child care school hostel the hostel educator has a comprehensive and complex task. This is realized when he has to lead and accompany pupils pedagogically towards adulthood in the child care school hostel environment. As professional leader the senior hostel educator must accomodate managerial tasks such as planning, organizing,guidance and control. In this research the importance ot organizing as the major management task ot the hostel educator in a child care school is stressed. Aspects that are connected with organizing are also stressed as they create structure on the micro level in the child care school hostel. In addition to this there is a normal relationship within the structure that adds to the achieving ot preset goals in the hostel. This research furthermore, stresses the managerial tasks which are expected of the hostel educator, namely to implement an inviting climate in the hostel, to develop a system of leadership and to create inviting discipline through effective organizing. This research is underpinned by the fact that the author was in the unique position of approaching the subject trilaterally : being in a hostel as a schoolboy for a number of years; as a hostel educator (presently as member of the managerial team of a child care school he is responsible for a hostel) and as a professional educator. (The personal experience and scientific facts melt together into a unit that gives one an intimate look into the daily life of the hostel educator and his particular challenges) . The importance of organizing as managerial task of the hostel educator as leader in the child care school hostel must be seen in the light of the need for well-equipped, able and diligent hostel educators