scholarly journals Marco español para la dirección escolar e identidad profesional: Contexto, desarrollo e implicaciones

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Antonio Bolívar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Administration ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Good School ◽  
Specific Practice ◽  
School Principalship ◽  
Regional Associations ◽  
Political Decisions

The context of school leadership in Spain (low stability, professional identity, lack of pedagogical leadership) is described, as well as the reasons that led to the directors themselves, grouped by the Federations of their regional Associations (FEDADi, FEDEIP, FEAE), to considerer it necessary to develop a “Spanish Framework for Good School Principalship” (MEBD) in the last two years (2016-2018). But, beyond this, along with other factors, we want to highlight the context to which the Framework responds and the functions it can play to enhance the pedagogical leadership of school administration. From a comparative and global perspective, the relationships between the Spanish Framework and other Ibero-American (Chile and Peru) and Anglo-Saxon frameworks are described, as well as the structure and content of the Spanish Framework itself. The meaning and functionality that the MEBD can represent to visualize a professional identity of the school management is analyzed, while demanding professionalism, as a specific practice that must be carried out in accordance with the competences and standards specified by the MEBD. Beyond changing regulations, at the discretion of political decisions, the MEBD aspires to be configured as a stable reference, as internal regulation of the profession, in the manner of deontological codes of good practices. In its implications, this Framework requires and demands, in parallel, structural conditions (resources, autonomy, professionalization) so that a good principalship would be possible. At the same time, it aims to guide the processes of selection, training (initial and permanent), evaluation of the principalship and its recognition.

scholarly journals Shared Principalship of Schools

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debby Upsall
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Administration ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Successful Schools ◽  
Collaborative Management ◽  
New Principals ◽  
Primary School Principals ◽  
School Principalship

Since the Tomorrow’s Schools reforms of 1989 decentralised school administration, a managerialist construct of leadership has been officially promoted. It will be argued that this approach to school leadership has been at odds, not only with the beliefs and preferred practice of the majority of New Zealand primary school principals, but also with the recommendations of a wealth of national and international educational researchers and theorists. Collaborative management structures are not only an effective way of leading successful schools, but may attract into school leadership a wider variety of applicants. New Zealand primary schools are currently experiencing increasing difficulty recruiting new principals and retaining experienced ones. Alternative models of school principalship that might make the job more manageable and attractive, particularly to women, need to be explored. One such alternative model, shared principalship, is discussed.

“Getting Bruised, Hurting, and Dirty” in School Leadership

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-42
Author(s):  
Peter P. Grimmett
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Public Good ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Administration ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Recruiting Teachers ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

Two themes, 1) administrative managerialism and 2) human kinship, are used to theorize an effective approach to educational leadership. The first arises from difficulty in Canada recruiting teachers into school administration. The second emphasizes human kinship, where we speak out of our materiality as an earthling. These themes suggest a leadership profile grounded in valuable experience gained in the practice of teaching. The intent of this chapter is to theorize an approach to leadership that emphasizes a sense of calling toward the public good, where school leaders can engage in the action that nurtures a culture encouraging teachers to be responsibly accountable and students to engage in assiduous study. “Careerists” rarely take time to understand the complexities of a symbolic/cultural approach and the author's claim is that we need to select leaders who understand how to infuse the work of teaching with value, meaning, passion, and purpose.

Heroic leadership in Australia, Sweden, and the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 785-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrie Drysdale ◽  
Jeffrey Bennett ◽  
Elizabeth T. Murakami ◽  
Olof Johansson ◽  
David Gurr
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Success ◽  
School Principals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
School Communities ◽  
The Usa ◽  
School Principalship ◽  
Successful School

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw from data collected as part of the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP) and present cases of democratic and heroic leadership from three countries, discussing to what extent successful school principals in each of their research sites (Melbourne, Australia; Umeå, Sweden; Arizona and Texas in the USA) carry old and new perspectives of heroism in their leadership. In particular the paper explores two questions: first, how do school principals describe aspects of heroic and post-heroic leadership in their practices? and second, how do these heroic and post-heroic leadership practices meet contemporary demands such as accountability standards and build inclusive and collaborative school communities in challenging contexts? Design/methodology/approach – Multiple-perspective case studies involving semi-structured individual and group interviews with principals, teachers, students, parents and school board members were used to understand the contribution of principals and other leadership to school success. Findings – The definitions of heroic and post-heroic leadership are inadequate in defining successful principal leadership. The Australian, Swedish and American principals showed characteristics of both heroic and post-heroic leadership. They showed heroic qualities such as: inspiring and motivating others; challenging the status quo; showing integrity in conflicting situations; putting duty before self; taking risks to champion a better way; showing courage to stand up to those in authority; advocating for students in struggling neighbourhoods under the scrutiny of both district and public expectations; and, showing uncommon commitment. Yet our principals showed post-heroic leadership such as involving others in decision making and recognising that school success depended on collective effort, and being sensitive to community needs through a deep respect for the local culture. Originality/value – The research shows that we may need to redefine and recast our images of who school principals are today, and what they do to generate academic success for students. Both heroic and post-heroic images of leadership are needed to explain successful school leadership.

scholarly journals Kingdom of Nokia: How a Nation Served the Needs of One Company

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl-Gustav Lindén
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Union ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Special Interests ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Player ◽  
Political Decisions

Kingdom of Nokia tells a fascinating story of corporatism in Finland. How did the mobile phone giant Nokia make the Finnish elite willing to serve the interests of the company? Nokia became a global player in mobile communications in the 1990s, and helped establish Anglo-Saxon capitalism in Finland. Through its success and strong lobbying, the company managed to capture the attention of Finnish politicians, civil servants, and journalists nationwide. With concrete detailed examples, Kingdom of Nokia illustrates how Nokia organised lavishing trips to journalists and paid direct campaign funding to politicians to establish its role at the core of Finnish decision-making. As a result, the company influenced important political decisions such as joining the European Union and adopting the euro, and further, Nokia even drafted its own law to serve its special interests. All this in a country considered one of the least corrupt in the world.

Successful school leadership for social justice in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Moral Santaella
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Leadership Identity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Leadership For Social Justice ◽  
School Principalship ◽  
Successful School ◽  
Successful Principals

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to present the results obtained from the investigations that have been carried out within the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP) project in the Spanish for social justice.Design/methodology/approachTwelve case studies have been carried out within the three lines of research proposed by ISSPP: successful principals, underperforming principals and principal leadership identity. All but one school were in challenging contexts. The methodological approach followed is based on multiple perspective case studies using a mixture of qualitative methods (interviews, focus groups and observations).FindingsResults show that successful principals not only believe in social justice through simple empathy with the concept of social justice, but also use strategies that combine transformational and instructional leadership processes and manage to reverse the bad situation of their disadvantaged schools, seeking excellence from equity. The leadership identity of successful principals is characterized to look to the future with hope, adopting a realistic utopian attitude to interpret their surrounding reality.Originality/valueFrom the case studies carried out, valuable information is obtained, which helps to understand the possibilities of implementing the ISSPP successful school leadership model in heterogeneous and disadvantaged context for equity and social justice.

A dual and discontinuous professional identity: school principals in Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 806-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximiliano Jose Ritacco ◽  
Antonio Bolivar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Successful Leadership ◽  
School Principalship ◽  
Successful School ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an emerging approach in research on school leadership, within the framework of the “International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP)”, where one of the three key research strands is “Principals’ identities”. Design/methodology/approach The paper responds, from a biographical-narrative approach, to knowledge about the impact of the Spanish model of school management on the professional identity of school principals. It analyses the biographical interviews of 15 school principals, through a process of structuring and categorizing the data collected, applying content analysis. Findings The dimensions of the principals’ identities emerge in different categories: personal identity, professional identity (internal perspective), professional identity (external perspective), social identity, professionalization and dual identity. Research limitations/implications The authors studied identities in a project entitled “Successful school principals”, understanding that successful leadership practices largely depend on headteachers’ identities. That is, when the identities are weak and unstable, with a poor identification with the managerial tasks and functions, and not recognised by the teaching staff, the school will probably be unsuccessful. On the contrary, when there are headteachers with a strong professional identity, the authors want to show that there is a positive impact on improvement of results. In the future, in the development of the research project, the authors aim to verify the relationship between headteachers’ identities and educational improvement. Practical implications The knowledge gained in our study would enable us to reimagine lines in order to increase the professionalization and identities of headteachers, redesigning work contexts in ways which can strengthen fragile and unstable identities. Finally, the implications of the study in relation to future research can be summarised by the following ideas. Social implications Understanding the world of the lives (lebenswelt) of Spanish headteachers means adopting a hermeneutic approach, observing the self-interpretation comments expressed by the subjects, where the temporal and biographical dimensions occupy a key role. The authors understand professional identity as a socially constructed and personally created experience with its own meanings, feelings and intentions. Therefore, it is logical to use, for data collection, individual interviews which explore the school context and the impact which it has on those subjects who are part of the professional environment. In addition, the authors have the intention of following up the study of identities. Originality/value It formulates, first, the theoretical framework for the professional identity from a narrative approach, linked – at the same time – to the practice of leadership, as an interactive relationship with the other members of the school. Successful leadership practices depend to a large degree on strong principals’ identities. Finally, the results are discussed, and future lines are proposed to articulate and strengthen the identity of school principals in Spain.

Successful school leadership: case studies of four Singapore primary schools

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Loke Heng Wang ◽  
David Gurr ◽  
Lawrie Drysdale
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Structures ◽  
Asian Context ◽  
School Principalship ◽  
Successful School

Purpose This paper explores the characteristics and practices of principals in four successful Singapore primary schools. Design/methodology/approach Multiple perspective case studies were used which included semi-structured interviews with the principal, teaching and non-teaching staff, students, parents and school board members in each school. Findings The principals were found to have contributed significantly to the success of their schools. Their leadership was underpinned by their personal qualities, beliefs and values, which guided their practices. The four principals were highly successful in improving school capacity through redesigning school structures, particularly those that facilitate improvement in the work of teachers. They enhanced the professional capacity of the teaching and non-teaching staff through professional development programmes and the development of future leaders. The principals also established meaningful partnerships with stakeholders inside and outside the school community. Each of the principals described how their leadership was built upon the legacy of previous principals at their schools. Originality/value As part of a larger project, the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP), this research adds an important Asian context to the literature on successful school leadership. A 6E model - Educate, Envision, Energize, Engage, Enable and Embrace - was developed to describe how principals led their schools to achieve educational excellence.

scholarly journals KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA SEKOLAH BERWAWASAN VISIONER-TRANSFORMATIF DALAM OTONOMI PENDIDIKAN

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Rasmianto Rasmianto
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Good School ◽  
Goals And Objectives

<div>Leadership of the principal has an active role in improving the quality of education so that he is required to have good leadership skills Because good school leadership is capable and able to manage all educational resources to achieve educational goals both in terms of learning and human resource development. So that the principal is also required to be able to create a good organizational climate so that all components of the school can portray themselves together to achieve the goals and objectives of the school organization. The principal must be able to provide the role of an inspiring, inspiratory, participatory, and motivator to teachers, students and employees to create synergicity to improve the institution's performance in achieving the expected goals and objectives</div><div> </div><div> </div>Kepemimpinan kepala sekolah mempunyai peran aktif dalam meningakatkan kualitas pendidikan sehingga ia diharuskan memiliki kemampuan memimpin yang baik Sebab, kepemimpinan sekolah yang baik adalah yang mampu dan dapat mengelola semua sumber daya pendidikan untuk mencapai tujuan pendidikan baik dari sisi pembelajaran maupun pengembangan sumber daya manusia. Sehingga kepala sekolah juga dituntut untuk mampu menciptakan iklim organisasi yang baik agar semua komponen sekolah dapat memerankan diri secara bersama untuk mencapai sasaran dan tujuan organisasi sekolah.  Kepala sekolah harus mampu memberikan peran sebagai seorang insiator, inspiratosr, partisipator, dan motivator kepada guru, siswa, dan karyawan untuk sama-sama menciptakan sinergisitas untuk meningkatkan kinerja lembaga dalam mencapai tujuan dan sasaran yang diharapkan

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