Improving School Leadership, Volume 2 [electronic resource]: Case Studies on System Leadership /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Hopkins, David.
Nusche, Deborah.
Pont, Beatriz.
Specialists Schools and Academies Trust.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2008.
This book explores what specialists are saying about system leadership for school improvement. Case studies examine innovative approaches to sharing leadership across schools in Belgium (Flanders), Finland and the United Kingdom (England) and leadership development programmes for system improvement in Australia and Austria. As these are emerging practices, the book provides a first international comparison and assessment of the state of the art of system leadership.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- The Finnish approach to system leadership -- Leadership as the practice of improvement -- Realising the potential of system leadership -- Building leadership capacity for system improvement in Victoria, Australia -- Approaches to system leadership: lessons learned and policy pointers -- The Flemish (Belgian) approach to system leadership -- The English approach to system leadership -- Building leadership capacity for system improvement in Austria.
This book explores what specialists are saying about system leadership for school improvement. Case studies examine innovative approaches to sharing leadership across schools in Belgium (Flanders), Finland and the United Kingdom (England) and leadership development programmes for system improvement in Australia and Austria. As these are emerging practices, the book provides a first international comparison and assessment of the state of the art of system leadership.
Educational leadership.
School management and organization.