1 / 25

School autonomy and leadership

School autonomy and leadership. Ričardas Ališauskas Lithuania 2009-06-18. NATIONAL EDUCATION STRATEGY 2003-2012 Resolution of the Parliament No. IX-1700, 4 July 2003. management shall be decentralised and de-concentrated according to the principle of subsidiarity ;

chet
Download Presentation

School autonomy and leadership

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. School autonomy and leadership Ričardas Ališauskas Lithuania 2009-06-18

  2. NATIONAL EDUCATION STRATEGY 2003-2012 Resolution of the Parliament No. IX-1700, 4 July 2003 • management shall be decentralised and de-concentrated according to the principle of subsidiarity; • the independence of schools – learning communities – shall be reinforced, and transparency of their activity ensured; • strategic planning shall be introduced on all levels of education. The education information system shall be developed, capable of timely provision of information that is necessary for education managers of different levels and social partners. Political decisions shall be groundedon reliable and comprehensive information and analysis thereof. A contemporary self-evaluation and assessment culture shall be introduced on all levels of education; • the genuine financial independence and transparent financial accountability of schools shall be reinforced;

  3. Midterm Review on the implementation of the National Education Strategy 2003-2012Internal work paper, May 2007 • Overload of instructions • Lack of space for independent work • Lack of freedom to use student basket, etc. • To much of supervision, limitation for initiatives • Unsafe teachers because of duties’ overload • Lack of financial support for improvement

  4. New Government program 2009-2012 541. We shall seek our objectives in line with the following principles: – decentralization of the system of education and science, elimination of bureaucracy, – active participation of schoolchildren and their parents and responsibility, – independency of school communities, – professional management of education and science institutions.

  5. New Government program 2009-2012 582. We shall withdraw the current attestation of teachers and heads. 578. Parents shall have the right to makedecisions at schools. The head of school will be selected for a time-limited period by means of a competition taking account of the results of management test and psychological eligibility test. 579. In case the results of school activity are negative, there will be a possibility to depose the head of school prior to the fixed period. The school board will have the right to initiate such a procedure.

  6. New Government program 2009-2012 580. The school itself will in fact deal with the issues concerning the internal structure of school, economy, work visits, participation in associated structures. 583.The schools themselves will be allowed to decide on what kind of and how many workers they need and on their wage in line with the procedure adopted by the school’s board.

  7. New Government program 2009-2012 581. We shall establish the model for quality management system at school, we shall motivate heads of education institutions to improve theirskills in the fields of management and strategic planning, advanced methodologies of informal, informal alternative education. 584. We shall change the centralized system of teachers’ qualification improvement into the system when ‘a teacher chooses the provider’. 592. We shall plan incentive measures for schools that provide the biggest added contribution by creating favourable conditions for them to repeat and transfer their success. We shall identify problematic schools and take measures to reorganize them in case the situation does not improve.

  8. Big changes in the policy • Different hiring of school heads • Upgraded qualification requirements • New system of training • Another school heads role and responsibility

  9. Alternative „First of all school shall be not an object, administrated by somebody from outside, but the subject or player with its own personality, traditions, pace.“ habil dr. Meilė Lukšienė

  10. “We may be what we will to be” Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) On the dignity of man, 1486

  11. Personality in art: author and patron Tommaso Portinari Portinari triptich Hugo van der Goes, 1475 His son His wife His dauther

  12. Reconstructionism “Education has two major roles: to transmit culture and to modify culture. When culture is in a state of crisis, the second of these roles–that of modifying and innovating –becomes more important. Reconstructionism is a crisis philosophy.“ Theodore Brameld. Education as Power . – New York/Chicago/San Francisco/Toronto/London: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.,1965, p. 75.

  13. NATIONAL EDUCATION STRATEGY 2003-2012 Resolution of the Parliament No. IX-1700, 4 July 2003 To implement its mission, education should help Lithuania and its society to achieve the following strategic goals: 1) to find lodgement in the cultural and economic area of the West; 2) to develop the democratic culture of the country; 3) to nurture solidary civil society; 4) to strengthen the national security; 5) to preserve the national identity; 6) to create and develop a knowledge-based competitive economy; 7) to ensure employment of people; 8) to achieve substantial reduction of social exclusion and poverty.

  14. Time for Leaders We are the winners! National project for development of incentives for leadership

  15. Genesis: attitudes to changes

  16. Genesis: tricky questions • Where does Lithuania get education managers of all levels? • And where do leaders spring from? • Is it easy to be a leader? • Does the system meet leaders favourably? • Is it worth paving the road for leaders?

  17. Where do leaders spring from? • Leaders cannot be produced; however, a safe risk environment for leaders to assume responsibility, use external help and become a support for others shall be generated

  18. The only definition of the leader – the one who has followers. Peter F. Drucker. The Essential Drucker, 2001. Manager has subordinates?

  19. Who is a leader? • The person who not only technically regularly carries out assignments, but is also able to draw people together for higher quality of services than the minimum defined by legal acts Is it easy?

  20. Financial environment People Studies Career Technologies Consultancy Practice Leadership Science Partnership Organisation

  21. Project structure (now) Research on leadership

  22. Do we have leaders?Lithuanian success story • Around 1998, it was a secondary school of a town close to the region centre, which was starting to lose its pupils and could become a basic or even a primary school • In 2006, it is a growing gymnasium with returning pupils and several units in the neighbouring villages where gymnasium classes are also formed

  23. Principle of sunflower Those, who desire of light, have to follow the sun, and in darkness they have to keep believe – it shall raise again. Kęstutis Augutis Crisis? It is always time for leaders

  24. “We may be what we will to be” Giovanni Pico della Mirandola On the dignity of man

More Related