Information for aspiring principals
Kia ora and welcome to the aspiring principals landing page. The resources, news, and discussions in this section focus on helping you to understand what is required from a school’s educational leader.
Principals play a key role in developing and supporting teaching and learning in their schools, and in managing systems, staff, and students. It is a complex and challenging job, yet one that is enjoyable and rewarding.
Good preparation for being a principal is important. If you aspire to principalship, you can use this section to find out more about the role of the principal, to explore the kinds of issues that principals face, and to interact with other aspiring leaders who have similar questions, interests, and experiences.
Educational Leaders is one of the support tools that will deliver information about resources and learning opportunities offered by the Professional Leadership Plan 2009 – 2010. As part of this plan 230 aspiring principals from primary, secondary and area schools are participating in a programme that focuses on hard-to-staff schools and embedding culturally responsive leadership practices.
- 2010 National Aspiring Principals Programme underway 15/02/2010
- National Standards: leadership links 03/02/2010
- Check out updated leadership events for 2010 15/01/2010
- Find out about a funded programme to support your language teachers 02/12/2009
- Do you know about Ako Panuku? 27/11/2009
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- Small School Challenges: learning lessons from small school headteachers 2010
- Leading Curriculum Innovation in Practice 2010
- The Power of Two 2009
- Open-to-learning conversations: background paper 2009
- William Walker Oration: School Leadership and Student Outcomes - Identifying What Works and Why 2009
- National Standards an election promise. (49 comments) last post 26 November, 2009
- Managing Workflow (1 comments) last post 28 September, 2009
- long hours morale and the time for educational leadership (4 comments) last post 02 June, 2009
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