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Altae, Mayamin – Management in Education, 2022
This article addresses the professional challenges faced by teacher leaders in Iraq. The country is beginning to emerge from a period of political unrest and violent threats to personal safety. This has seriously affected the educational provision; nowhere more so than in Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city. The article examines three issues: how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Leadership, Professional Identity, Empowerment
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Penninckx, Maarten – Management in Education, 2020
Improving the quality of education is a permanent concern for national policymakers. In that regard, a growing number of education systems have implemented a monitoring system where pupils have to take standardised tests at regular intervals during their school career (OECD, 2013). This article aims to offer food for thought to the readers of…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries
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Courtney, Steven J. – Management in Education, 2013
This article focuses on head teachers' experiences of inspection under Ofsted's revised school inspection framework, their views of its principles and its implications for school leaders and leadership. The article draws on findings from a mixed-methods study to show that inspections are more focused on pupils' attainment and progress. Head…
Descriptors: Inspection, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Likert Scales
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Sassoon, David – Management in Education, 2008
In this article, the author first outlines the responsibilities of governors as explained by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), Audit Commission and the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). Governors' work includes not just developing strategy and policy construction, but conflict resolution, too. Brief case studies…
Descriptors: Inspection, Conflict Resolution, Governance, School Administration
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Bottery, Mike; Ngai, George; Wong, P. M.; Wong, P. H. – Management in Education, 2007
In an age of greater government control and direction of schools, and yet simultaneously a greater devolution of responsibility, there is an international literature suggesting that many in leadership positions feel so pressured that they are seeking early retirement, or simply not coming forward in the first place (e.g. Gronn, 2003; Fullan,…
Descriptors: Inspection, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Principals
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Bell, Les – Management in Education, 2004
Strategic planning in school management now encapsulates a range of activities that are now required of staff in schools and, through school improvement planning, has come to be the only legitimate approach for schools in preparing for their future. Head teachers are central to this process. Consequently, they are now responsible for leading and…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, School Effectiveness, Inspection, Educational Change