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The School Principal as an Educational Leader
The School Principal as an Educational Leader

Author(s): Jolanta Szempruch, Joanna Smyła
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Preschool education, School education
Published by: Wydawnictwo LIBRON
Keywords: leadership; educational leadership; leadership styles; school principal; teacher

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the educational leadership of the school principal. This issue is particularly important in an era of intense changes in the world that create new challenges that modern schools must face. The currently observed social, economic and cultural phenomena and processes affect new expectations towards the teacher related to their openness to these changes and the readiness to face them. This will only be possible under appropriate conditions created by the school principal, whose roles and tasks have also evolved. The main direction of these changes is the transition from the administrative management of the school-institution to the model of the principal as an educational leader. The process of educational leadership is particularly important in school practice, where the main task is to create conditions for the development and operation of teachers and build the culture of a learning organization.

  • Issue Year: 15/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 65-78
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English