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Drawing widely on evidence from around the world, this book provides recommendations for policy-makers and practitioners seeking a new image of the educational leader: one who secures high levels of achievement for all students in all settings.
Exhilarating Leadership
Exhilarating Leadership
There are paradoxes in the principalship. On the one hand, it is highly satisfying and highly valued work. On the other, there are serious concerns about workload and high levels of stress. It has been documented most clearly in the aptly named The Privilege and the Price (Department of Education and Training 2004), a report on principal class workload in government (public) schools in Victoria, Australia, and its impact on health and wellbeing. On workload, for example, the number of hours per week for principals in Victoria was similar to that for headteachers in England and Wales conducted at about the same time, being about 60 hours per week, but well above the average of managers in other fields in several European ...
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