IMPROVING SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

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IMPROVING SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

• MARGARET GRIFFIN

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FROM EUROPE TO AFRICA

• Copenhagen, Denmark --Setting the Scene
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia --Extending basic education
• Libreville, The Gabon --The need for effective
  school leaders
• Khartoum, Sudan --Making effective school leaders

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FINDINGS

• Assessment of where we are now
• The urgent need for school leadership training
• Realistic expectations
• Revised and updated curriculum to meet current
  needs
• Trained people are more important than resources

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LEADERSHIP TRAINING

• Leadership --The role of the Head
• Organisation, Management and Structure
• Financial Management
• Managing, Selecting, Training and Developing
  Teaching and Support Staff
• The Core Function- Teaching and Learning

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SKILLS REQUIRED

• Leadership ability -- analysis, judgement and
  resolution of problems
• Professional competence --educational knowledge
  and ability
• Professional credibility and good inter-personal
  skills
• Clear values and educational vision to model and
  embed in school life

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THE NEXT STEP

• The link between effective school leaders and
  effective schools is indisputable
• Training to improve and empower school leaders is
  essential
• There is widespread need, the task is immense,
  but a solution must be found

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FINAL THOUGHTS

• Human history becomes more and more a race
  between education and catastrophe H.G.Wells
• Upon the education of the people of this country
  the fate of this country depends Benjamin
  Disraeli 1879