Exploring and Enhancing School Leader Preparation: Using Communications Technology With Online Educational Leadership Internship Programs

School leaders make countless decisions but do not receive adequate preparation for communicating their decisions to parents, students, and teachers. Building on the need to prepare school leaders for a variety of complex professional situations, this article introduces the medical education pedagogy of standardized patients to the field of school leader preparation, outlining how simulated interactions serve as a pedagogical bridge between school leader preparation and practice.

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Are Alternative School Leader Preparation Programs Really Needed to Prepare Next Generation School Leaders?

Standards and Accountability in Schools Master index for this series. ◽

10.4135/9781452218366.n7 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 119-138

Keyword(s):

Alternative School ◽

School Leaders ◽

School Leader ◽

Next Generation ◽

Preparation Programs ◽

Leader Preparation ◽

School Leader Preparation

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SCHOOL LEADERSHIP FROM THE OPINION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHERS

International Journal for Innovation Education and Research ◽

10.31686/ijier.vol4.iss12.45 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (12) ◽

pp. 40-47

Author(s):

Rubi Surema Peniche ◽

Cristóbal Crescencio Ramón ◽

Norma Graciella Heredia

Keyword(s):

Educational Leadership ◽

School Leadership ◽

School Organization ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

School Leader ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Daily Work ◽

Long Period ◽

Southeast Mexico

Educational leadership has been studied over a long period of time; It has determined characteristics, models, strategies to develop and implement an appropriate leadership; The profits of an organization have been guaranteed if a leadership is properly developed, however, the educational leadership is not deepened as broad with a more naturalistic view and seen from the opinion of teachers. A study was conducted under the qualitative approach, specifically a case study at a university in southeast Mexico. Semi-structured interviews, focus groups, observations and content analysis were used. In this study aims to establish the opinions that teachers have about what should be a school leader, as well as their feelings in the daily work. It seems that teachers feel that humility and good treatment, as well as awareness towards others makes a leader successful and accepted in a school organization.

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A Systematic Review of Research on the Use of Problem-Based Learning in the Preparation and Development of School Leaders

Educational Administration Quarterly ◽

10.1177/0013161x16659347 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 255-288 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Philip Hallinger ◽

Edwin M. Bridges

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Educational Leadership ◽

School Leadership ◽

Doctoral Students ◽

Learning Strategies ◽

Problem Based Learning ◽

Leadership Preparation ◽

Future Research ◽

Leader Preparation ◽

The Impact

Problem: Problem-based learning (PBL) was introduced into the parlance of educational leadership and management almost 30 years ago. During the ensuing decades, a global community of professors, doctoral students, and curriculum designers has built upon early models with the goal of increasing the impact of school leadership preparation. This systematic review of the literature addressed three questions: (1) What is the scope and composition of the literature on PBL in educational leadership preparation and development? (2) What have we learned about the implementation and effects of PBL in educational leadership? (3) What directions should future research take in this domain? Method: For the review, we employed quantitative analysis and critical synthesis of 73 sources on the use of PBL in school leadership preparation and development published between 1989 and 2016. Findings: The literature on problem-based leadership preparation in education consisted primarily of descriptive studies of how PBL has been used in individual programs and courses. Progress was identified in terms of developing suitable learning strategies and curriculum designs for educational leadership programs. However, when compared with the literature on PBL in other professional fields, the research literature in this domain remains immature. Significance: This is the first published review of research on the use of PBL in school leader preparation and development. Implications: The authors highlight a need for more rigorous empirical research not only on PBL but also other innovative approaches to leader preparation in education.

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