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School Leadership - International Perspectives

Part of the Studies in Educational Leadership Book Series (volume 10)

Editors: Huber, Stephan

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3501-1

ISBN: 978-90-481-3500-4

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Nov 9, 2009

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Chapter 11Realising the Potential of System Leadership1

Hopkins, David

Pages: 211 –224

[Traditional leadership and management approaches are well able to accommodate technical problems. The future, however, is about solving problems for which there is no immediate solution and then to build the capacity for sustaining this into the medium and long term. This requires leadership of...
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Chapter 12Preparing School Leaders – International Approaches in Leadership Development

Huber, Stephan Gerhard

Pages: 225 –251

[In view of the ever-increasing responsibilities of school leaders for ensuring the quality of schools, school leadership development has recently become one of the central concerns of educational policy. Based on data from an international study of school leadership development, an overview of...
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Chapter 13Developing New School Leaders: Application of International and Local Knowledge to Practice

Kaser, Linda; Halbert, Judy

Pages: 253 –265

[This chapter describes a development program for new leaders in British Columbia, Canada. Three main sources informed this program: case study analysis of Canadian school leaders involved in action research and team inquiry; the research evidence about school leadership from studies by Leithwood...
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Chapter 14Investigating the Use of Capability and Standards – Referenced Frameworks to Support the Professional Learning of Aspiring, New and Experienced School Leaders in the Public Education System in New South Wales, Australia1

McCulla, Norman

Pages: 267 –279

[Recruitment to positions of school leadership, the preparation of aspiring school leaders, support for the induction of newly appointed school leaders, and ensuring quality professional learning for experienced school leaders all require agreement and transparency on what it is that successful...
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Chapter 15Cloning Their Own: Aspirant Principals and the School-Based Selection Game

Gronn, Peter; Lacey, Kathy

Pages: 281 –301

[In this chapter, we report data from two projects concerned with the aspirant principals’ perspectives about school principal recruitment in three Australian states. In particular, we consider what our respondents perceive as factors that inhibit the realisation of their aspirations. One of...
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Chapter 16The Recruitment and Selection of School Leaders – First Findings of an International Comparison

Huber, Stephan Gerhard; Hiltmann, Maren

Pages: 303 –330

[This chapter looks at the growing importance placed on activities to select and recruit school leaders that has led to the development of systematic selection procedures in many countries in recent years. The central question is: Do we have policies and strategies that ensure that qualified...

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