The quality and success of schools depend upon school leadership.
Increasingly, in many countries worldwide, this belief has led to
designing and implementing appropriate training and development
programs for educational leaders. In an international comparative
research project, current school leader training and development
programs in fifteen countries across Europe, Asia, Australia, and
North America are analyzed, compared, and discussed. Preparing
School Leaders for the 21st Century provides insights and
constructive ideas, for those planning and carrying out school
leadership development in different countries and those conducting
research in this field. * Part one in the book reflects on roles,
tasks, competences, and conceptions of school leadership, exploring
the changing context in which school leaders find themselves,
focusing on the new demands on the school leaders and suitable
leadership theories. * Part two provides a comparative discussion
of the various leadership development models, identifying
similarities and differences, based on a set of criteria selected
and going beyond a mere juxtaposition. In describing common issues
and challenges, it also looks for common solutions, and considers
what the different countries might be able to learn from each
other, and successfully transfer. * Part three identifies current
international trends deduced from these programs. Nineteen
recommendations for designing future programs are outlined, and
instructive examples of best and promising practice are given. *
Part four comprises well structured country reports, which provide
information about the education system and school system of those
countries, about recent changes and their impact on school
leadership, about the overall school leader training and
development approach.
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