Coaching and mentoring of leadership competencies of the master's students in educational management
Coaching and mentoring of leadership competencies of the master's students in educational management

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the results of a psycho-pedagogical study focused on some practical aspects of developing the leadership competencies of the master`s students who prepare themselves for the managerial careerin education. They start from the leadership models offered by the educational leaders in the position of mentors who are in charge with the specialized practice in the application school units. The purpose of this study was to submit to a comprehensive analysis both the perceptions of the mentoring educational leaders and the opinions of the master`s students regarding some practical aspects of the shaping/development of the leadership competencies set, as well as concerning the strategies by which theeducational leaders induce change in the school organization and influence the quality of school life. The objectives of the study referred to: – description of some operational tools used for shaping/developing the leadership competencies of themaster`s students in educational management during the specialized practice; – presenting the conclusions of the focus-groups with the school managers and of the questionnaire-basedsurvey applied to the Master’s students in Educational Management – The conclusions of the paper highlight the importance of shaping/developing those leadership competencies for the future school managers that stimulate the potential value of the members of the schoolorganization, and influence their actions to get desirable results that lead to the increase of the quality of educationand school life, to the transformation of schools in vectors of positive community changes.

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