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IMPROVING SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
MARGARET GRIFFIN
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FROM EUROPE TO AFRICA
• Copenhagen, Denmark --Setting the Scene
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia --Extending basic education
• Libreville, The Gabon --The need for effective school leaders
• Khartoum, Sudan --Making effective school leaders
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FINDINGS
• Assessment of where we are now• The urgent need for school leadership
training• Realistic expectations• Revised and updated curriculum to meet
current needs• Trained people are more important than
resources
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LEADERSHIP TRAINING
• Leadership --The role of the Head
• Organisation, Management and Structure
• Financial Management
• Managing, Selecting, Training and Developing Teaching and Support Staff
• The Core Function- Teaching and Learning
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SKILLS REQUIRED
• Leadership ability -- analysis, judgement and resolution of problems
• Professional competence --educational knowledge and ability
• Professional credibility and good inter-personal skills
• Clear values and educational vision to model and embed in school life
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THE NEXT STEP
• The link between effective school leaders and effective schools is indisputable
• Training to improve and empower school leaders is essential
• There is widespread need, the task is immense, but a solution must be found
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FINAL THOUGHTS
• “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe” H.G.Wells
• “Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends” Benjamin Disraeli 1879