School Leadership: Concepts and Applications
School Leadership: Concepts and Applications
School Leadership: Concepts and Applications
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This module helps build a comprehensive understanding
of the concept of leadership in the context of the school and
in the context of the education system that the school is
located in. This module is essentially developed for elementary
head teachers/school heads with the prime objective of
developing them as school leaders and effective practitioners
who are capable of leading their school towards change and
transformation, with the core mandate of improving student
learning. However, it has been observed that schools do not
operate in isolation. The school as a unit is nested within a
cluster, clusters within blocks and blocks within a district in
the educational administrative structure of India (with slight
variations across the country). The National Centre for School
Leadership thus believes that transformative school leadership
can only be realised if there exists a conducive and supportive
leadership scaffold at cluster, block, and district level. The
module exhaustively discusses the concept of leader in action,
multiple roles and responsibilities of a school head, academic
leadership for improving student learning and creating a
learning culture in school. Further, it deals with efforts
required by the head teachers and system level functionaries
to improve student learning. Towards the end, the module also
has a brief note on school development plan for head teachers
to envision a transformed school and work towards turning
the vision into reality. The module, though designed for head
teachers, also addresses the leadership requirements of system
level functionaries. Each section presents the concept with
implications for system level functionaries.
Learning Objectives of the Mod
Learning outcomes for school heads and system level
functionaries can be understood through the grid of knowledge,
skills, and attitudes as given below. It is believed that through
this module the head teachers and system level functionaries
would be able to achieve the following knowledge components,
develop correct attitudes and skills to lead academic
transformation of their schools, clusters, blocks and districts.
In the context of adult learning—
• Knowledge refers to What? A component of understanding
a theory and practice.
• Skills refer to How? component of operationalising a theory
or a practice.
• Attitudes refer to perspective or an outlook which stems
from thinking and belief systems of an individual.
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