Leading education systems / edited by Stephen Brown, Patrick Duignan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Stephen, editor.

Duignan, P. A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

As the once-in-a-lifetime stimulus of a pandemic creates the opportunity for change, this ground-breaking and timely edited text is a must-have springboard for the re-imagination of education system leadership. How can education stakeholders act in collaboration to lead us into a new and different age?.

Contents:

Intro

Half TItle Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Foreword

References

Introduction to the Book

Reference

Praise for Leading Education Systems

1: System leaders scaling successful educational reforms in an uncertain future

Key Recommendations for System Leaders.

Challenges offer leadership opportunities.

System leaders have insufficient preparation for VUCA challenges

Reform is all about people

System leaders require clear ethical and moral guidelines

System leaders lead complex systems

Scaling successful educational reforms

Nuanced leadership best in uncertain times

2: Leading education change internationally: towards a new approach

Introduction and overview of chapter

Education change processes are increasingly complex

Moving from Tradition to Complexity

Rethinking education change

(1) The Policy Design Process

How are these Policy Options Chosen?

(2) The Engagement of Stakeholders

(3) Institutional and Policy Alignment

What does leading education change mean in practice?

What are the implications for system leadership?

3: Quality leadership for learning systems

Introduction

The Evolution of Quality Strategies within School Systems

'Theories of change'

An Alternative Approach - Collective Capacity-Building for Quality Improvement

Creating a 'learning system'

Building a quality strategy based on collective capacity-building

School self-evaluation

External Evaluation

National qualifications and examinations in the upper stages

Assessment of student progress at earlier stages

Stakeholder engagement

Evaluation and appraisal of teachers and school leaders

What are the implications for leaders and system leadership in a VUCA world?

Notes.

References

4: System leadership for promoting collective responsibility and communities of learners: Insights from China

System leadership and professional capital

Cultural and contextual antecedents for system leadership in China

Selected system reform initiatives

Different Forms of School Consortiums

Networked Teacher PLCs

District/municipal-level Teaching-Research Officers (jiaoyanyuan)

Implications for System Leaders and Leadership

Acknowledgement

5: System Leadership for Future-ready Learners in Singapore

System leadership fulfilling the purposes of education

System Leadership for Future-ready Learning

System Leadership for Future-ready Life work

Leadership for Future-ready Living

Conclusions

6: Leading School Districts for Improved Student Success

Framework (see Appendix)

District Characteristics and District Leadership Practices

Mediating Conditions

School Leadership

School, classroom and family conditions

Methods

Results

What are the Relative Effects of School, Classroom and Family Conditions Identified by Previous Research as Significant Influences on Student Learning?

To What Extent is Effective School Leadership Associated with the Status of those School, Classroom and Family Conditions?

What Practices of District Leaders Make Significant Contributions to Their Students' Success at School?

How do District Leadership Practices Interact with Conditions Found in Schools, Classrooms and Families, as Well as School-Level Leadership, to Influence Student Achievement?

Conclusions: Implications for District Leadership

Note

Appendix: Framework for District Leadership Practices

7: Leading a connected and partnership-based system.

The need to connect and what drives it?

A connected and partnership-based system: what does it look like?

A closer look at self-improving systems

A Self-Improving System has Well-Functioning Systems and Structures with Clear Roles and Responsibilities Linked to Purpose

A Self-Improving System has a Well-Connected and Constantly Maturing System of Partnerships of Schools Working Together

Defined by projects

Defined by relationships

Defined by delivery

Defined by improvement and transformation

A Self-Improving System is Cultivating a New Form of System Leader Able to Lead Beyond Boundaries for the Benefit of the System as a Whole

Self-Improving Systems Work on Mindset and Culture Change as Essential dor Sustainable Improvement and System Maturity Over Time

Sustainability and future leaders

The future of system leadership in a VUCA world

Notes

8: Sharing Our Story: One Approach to School and System Improvement

An Overview of Phase 1

And the Story Unfolds

A Consistent Method of Use of the NSIT

Development and Trial of an ESIT

Domain 1: Clarity of Vision and Purpose

'Getting to Know Our Workforce' Inquiry: Part 1

(a) Future School Leaders Program

(b) University School/Faculty of Education Partnerships

(c) CEDWW Workforce Capability Framework

Position: Principal: Primary School (Band 2: 101-300 Students)

Formation of a National Inter-Diocesan Improvement Network

Implications for System Leadership and Leaders in Uncertain Times

Concluding Comment

9: System Leadership - Human Flourishing Through Building Trust

The context

Context Within Church

Context in Society

Context and Mission of Catholic Education

The System Leadership Imperative

Guiding Principles for System Leaders.

System Leadership in the Everyday

The Opportunity

10: Leading successful systems in a VUCA world: advice from our contributing authors

Concluding remarks

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-80071-130-1

OCLC:

1252763802