The chapter also discusses how schools could be more accountable to and involved with parents and the community. The school director's main tasks are to define goals, strategies and school operation policies, to analyse and solve pedagogical problems that may arise, and to review and to approve the work plans elaborated by teachers. An important part of the director's job also includes managing educational programmes, one of the main ways through which Mexican education is provided. Programmes may have a budget attached, have requirements and there may be time-consuming administrative processes involved in responding to them. Nevertheless, Ornelas (2008) notes that the functions of school directors suffer from imprecise job expectations that lead to excessive routines.