Portfolio Assessment as a Tool for Promoting Professional Development of School Principals: A South African Perspective

Mestry, Raj; Schmidt, Michèle

doi:10.1177/0013124509357694

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“…Thus, in the anticipation phase, training played a reversed role and did not prepare women for the principalship. The need for training as preparation for the principalship is supported by many authors in education leadership and management (see Bush and Jackson 2002;Tekleselassie 2002;Mestry and Singh, 2007). Mathibe (2007) argues that appointing candidates without a qualification in leadership and management to the highest office in a school essentially places school management in the hands of technically unqualified personnel.…”

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South African Female Principals’ Career Paths: Understanding the Gender Gap in Secondary School Management

Moorosi

2010

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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This article reports on data from a larger scale study exploring female principals' experiences of their career route to the principalship of secondary schools in South Africa. To understand these experiences, the study used an analytical framework that identifies three phases principals go through on their career route, namely: anticipation, acquisition and performance. The framework suggests that women experience more obstacles than men on their career route and their experiences are influenced by personal, organisational and social factors. These factors manifest in social practices within and outside schools and affect women across the three phases of the career route. Central to these experiences, is the underlying male norm of who is more appropriate for secondary school principalship.

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Section: Did Go For Two Weeks Training When I Was An Hod … It Was Smentioning

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South African Female Principals’ Career Paths: Understanding the Gender Gap in Secondary School Management

Moorosi

2010

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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“…Tito autoři přichází se zjištěními, že ředitelé mohou podnítit vznik struktur, které podporují učitele v jejich vzdělávání, tvorbu firemního prostředí založeného na důvěře a vytváření reforem zevnitř samotnými učiteli. Důležitost rozvoje leadershipu u ředitelů zdůrazňují i Mestry & Singh (2007), ti ho spojují s výrazným rozvojem zaměstnanců a zlepšením spolupráce s rodiči, komunitou a neposlední řadě v něm spatřují i faktor úspěchu při realizaci změn. Popis toho, jak mohou ředitelé pomoci učitelům v jejich rozvoji přináší DragoSeverson (2007).…”

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Principals as Managers of Primary and Secondary Schools: State of the Art of Qualitative Research

Konvalinka¹

2017

TVV

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ŘEDITELÉ JAKO MANAŽEŘI ZÁKLADNÍCH A STŘEDNÍCH ŠKOL: AKTUÁLNÍ STAV POZNÁNÍ KVALITATIVNÍCH VÝZKUMŮKONVALINKA Michal, CZ ResuméCílem zkoumání je zachytit aktuální stav poznání kvalitativních výzkumů v oblasti řízení základních a středních škol z pohledu ředitele jako manažera těchto vzdělávacích institucí. Výsledkem je přehled současného stavu poznání v dané oblasti a představení zásadních témat, kterým se výzkumy věnují. Práce má charakter systematické rešerše literatury a chce být přínosem nejen pro výzkumníky, ale i pro ředitele, kterým pomůže najít relevantní články k vybraným tématům. Hlavní metodou je vyhledávání vědeckých prací za pomoci klíčových slov v rejstřících Web of Science a Scopus. Výchozími klíčovými slovy jsou: headteacher, school, principal, qualitative, interview, case study, focus group a mixed methods. Snahou je podchytit zejména všechny významné výzkumné práce, pro něž jsou ředitelé hlavními subjekty zkoumání. Práce je zaměřena na kvalitativní výzkum a obsahuje studie jak zahraniční, tak i české.Klíčová slova: rešerše literatury, ředitel, škola, kvalitativní výzkum PRINCIPALS AS MANAGERS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS: STATE OF THE ART OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AbstractThe purpose of this literature review is to bring up the state of the art of qualitative research in this subject. This article is focused on the field of management in primary and secondary schools from the point of view of headteachers as managers of these educational institutions. The results highlight the vital aspects of the discussion. The work is relevant to researchers devoted to school management, and also to directors who would like to find relevant articles on this topic. The main method used to identify relevant articles was a systematic review based on specific keywords. Searches were made in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The default keywords were: headteacher, school, principal, qualitative, interview, case study, focus group, and mixed methods. The work attempts to capture, in particular, all the important academic papers which consider directors as their main subjects of exploration. The work is focused on qualitative research and includes both foreign and Czech papers.Key words: literature review, headteacher, school, principal, qualitative research ÚvodKvalitativní výzkum umožňuje věnovat se velkému množství témat (vzdělávání, management, zdravotnictví aj.) a zahrnout mnoho vědních disciplín (sociologie, antropologie, psychologie atd.). V kterékoliv kombinaci kvalitativní výzkum přináší zajímavou a přínosnou cestu jak obohatit vědecké poznání. Mezi pět nejdůležitějších znaků kvalitativního výzkumu patří, že se zabývá významem lidských životů v reálných podmínkách; přináší názory a různé perspektivy lidí, kterých se výzkum týká, a zahrnuje podmínky a jejich kontext v životě lidí (Yin, 2011). Dle Yin (2011, s. 61) v posledních dekádách počet realizovaných kvalitativních výzkumů narostl a realizované studie jsou čím dál různorodější. Je tedy na místě zjistit, z jakých úhlů pohledu jsou realizovány kval...

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“…In some countries, school principals often begin their professional careers as teachers, progressing toward the directorial position through experience (Bush et al, 2011;Mestry & Singh, 2007), while in others, the training of principals is increasingly accepted as a means to improve student achievement. Such is the case in some South African urban area schools that have succeeded in implementing professional development programmes for school principals who seek to enrich their skills and practices (Mestry & Schmidt, 2010).…”

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School Management Competencies: Perceptions and Self-Efficacy Beliefs of School Principals

Bouchamma

Basque²,

Marcotte³

2014

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In several contexts, reform in the training and nomination of future school principals was based on competency profiles. In Québec, it was not until 2008 that its Ministry of Education established a profile of competencies specifically for school principals. This study proposed a questionnaire on the perceptions and self-efficacy beliefs of school principals with regard to these competencies and their associated factors. Respondents gave greater weight to the management of education services, followed by human resources, educational environment, and finally, administration. A significant difference was observed between administrative management and the teaching level and school size. The principals whose professional development activities consisted of conventions and seminars also felt a greater sense of personal efficacy on this factor compared to the principals whose professional development was done through mentoring.

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Portfolio Assessment as a Tool for Promoting Professional Development of School Principals: A South African Perspective

Cited by 26 publications

References 25 publications

South African Female Principals’ Career Paths: Understanding the Gender Gap in Secondary School Management

South African Female Principals’ Career Paths: Understanding the Gender Gap in Secondary School Management

Principals as Managers of Primary and Secondary Schools: State of the Art of Qualitative Research

School Management Competencies: Perceptions and Self-Efficacy Beliefs of School Principals

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