Academic Leadership: Enhancing School Effectiveness

This book provides contemporary knowledge on school effectiveness and proposes strategic interventions for enhancing it. It focuses on improving academic leadership for enhancing the effectiveness of schools and discusses how national education policies are helpful in providing a vision towards improving school effectiveness. It offers methods and mechanisms for academic leaders to measure the learning of students for school assessment.

Format: Hardback
Length: 252 pages
Publication date: 28 March 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the realm of school effectiveness, offering cutting-edge knowledge and strategic interventions to enhance educational outcomes. It specifically focuses on improving academic leadership, recognizing its pivotal role in driving school improvement. The book explores how national education policies provide a vision for enhancing school effectiveness and highlights the crucial role of teachers as academic leaders in implementing policy recommendations at both school and classroom levels. It provides valuable methods and mechanisms for measuring student learning, enabling academic leaders to assess school performance accurately. Moreover, the author delves into the multifaceted aspects of academic leadership, encompassing vision creation, mission formulation, innovation promotion, teamwork development, and the creation of a safe environment for staff to express their views. While providing a deep understanding of school as an organization, the book also outlines its management functions, including curriculum planning, learner evaluation, institutional networks, and human resource management. This volume serves as a valuable guidebook for training and capacity building for school-level practitioners and leaders in education management.

Embedded with real-life cases and episodes, this book appeals to a wide audience, including teachers, students, practitioners of education, management, and education management. It is also of interest to academicians, educationalists, practitioners, management professionals, educational leaders, and policymakers. By presenting contemporary insights and practical strategies, this book contributes to the ongoing discourse on school effectiveness and empowers educators to make a positive impact on student learning and overall educational outcomes.

Weight: 660g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032158891