Presenting international evidence, from school systems across the globe, this book documents patterns, causes, and effects of school principals' time use, building a case for the implications for school improvement, administration, and leadership. This edited volume offers an unparalleled set of chapters that delve into conceptual and methodological issues in researching principals' time use. Chapters consist of empirical studies that advance fresh perspectives and build empirical ground on how principals use time across different school systems in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, and North America. This unique book, is a useful resource for researchers and educators, capturing the geographically diverse contexts of principal time use. This work makes a significant contribution to the field of school improvement, administration, and leadership with both theoretical depth and empirical grounding.

Educational Accountability: International perspectives on challenges and possibilities for school leadership provides an opportunity to assess, reflect on, and discuss current issues surrounding accountability policies in education from around the globe and the implications they hold for school leadership. It addresses the global trend of accountability policies expanding in scope to include the education profession as well as the increasing incidence of international policy borrowing, brought on chiefly by globalisation. Specific case studies offer a contextual examination of the theory, policy and practice of accountability and an inspection of their influence on school leadership. Cases are intentionally juxtaposed to provide a broad perspective of regional and cultural similarities and departures, and are arranged to reflect the diasporic Chinese, Anglo, European, and Hispanic societies. Bringing together a number of highly regarded experts within the field, the book cultivates a global perspective on the challenges and possibilities for school leaders to foster school effectiveness and improvement. Educational Accountability should be key reading for researchers, policy makers, and current and future school leaders.

Wie arbeiten Schulleiterinnen und Schulleiter in Frankreich? Welche Herausforderungen erwarten sie im beruflichen Alltag? Wie ist ihr Verhaltnis zur Schulentwicklung? Was konnen wir daraus fur unseren Kontext lernen? Diesen Fragen widmet sich Pierre Tulowitzki in seiner Studie. Er untersucht, wie Schulleiterinnen und Schulleiter ihre Arbeitszeit verbringen, wann und wie sie sich Schulentwicklung widmen und welche Phanomene sich in diesem Kontext manifestieren. Grundlage sind Fallstudien an funf weiterfuhrenden Schulen (colleges) eines Schulbezirks bei Paris."