Summary
Contents
Subject index
Written in a clear and readable style, the book contains an extensive exploration of leadership models and management strategies and is based on the latest research.
Accountability and Ethically Responsible School Leadership
Accountability and Ethically Responsible School Leadership
- Induction of newly qualified teachers
- ‘Rogue’ schools
- Professional responsibility and public accountability
- What needs to be done?
- Conclusion
This chapter considers the professional and ethical responsibility of school leaders to their staff. This is examined with reference to human resource development, particularly the provision of induction for newly qualified teachers, and in the context of central government mandated policies (e.g. the induction circular). Notions of professional responsibility and public accountability are used to analyse the small number of ‘rogue’ school leaders who, within the new legislative framework, treat newly qualified teachers unprofessionally and waste public resources. Drawing on research that one of us (PE) did with induction expert, Sara Bubb, we argue that ethically responsible leadership is more important ...
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