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Yakavets, Natallia – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
This paper aims to provide an account of how school leaders in Kazakhstan learn about leadership and management, and what strategies are in place to support leadership development. The paper draws on empirical data collected over three years, derived mainly from interviews and focus groups with school leaders and teachers. The findings suggest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Governance, Teacher Attitudes
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Cheung, Alan C. K.; Yuen, Timothy W. W. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
In an effort to enhance the quality of teachers and teaching, and to lead internal curriculum development in primary schools, the Hong Kong Education Bureau created a new curriculum leader post entitled primary school master/mistress (curriculum development) or PSMCD for short. The main purpose of the study was to examine the perceptions of these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools
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Eger, Ludvík; Egerová, Dana – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
The past 20 years have been a period of reforms for school systems in Visegrad countries. However, the successful implementation of educational reforms requires effective leaders and managers and, to produce effective leaders, changes in the system of leadership and management programmes need to be adopted. From 2004, the Czech Republic saw a…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Educational Change, Leadership Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Muñoz, Ava J.; Pankake, Anita; Ramalho, Elizabeth Murakami; Mills, Shirley; Simonsson, Marie – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
The purpose of this research is to examine the motivations of females aspiring to school superintendency positions in Texas. We report on a reanalysis of data from two previous studies and how the findings build an understanding of previously documented obstacles and barriers female candidates encounter in their journey toward the superintendency.…
Descriptors: Females, Women Administrators, Occupational Aspiration, Superintendents
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Muijs, Daniel; Chapman, Chris; Armstrong, Paul – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
The most recent decade has seen a major growth in interest in teacher leadership, but there is limited research on the extent to which early career teachers can take on teacher leadership roles. In this article we explore this question by looking at teachers prepared through the alternative certification programme Teach First (TF), which aims to…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Beginning Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification, Leadership Role
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Cardno, Carol; Youngs, Howard – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
This article presents the perceptions of approximately 300 experienced New Zealand principals who participated in a pilot leadership development initiative funded by the Ministry of Education. The Experienced Principals Development Programme (EPDP) underwent a rigorous evaluation that included formative (mid-point) and summative (end-point)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation