Leadership development
"As principals develop their own professional knowledge and thinking, they gain a deeper appreciation of the conditions teachers need if they are to achieve and sustain improvements in the learning of each student. While teachers are responsible for ensuring that all students achieve to the best of their ability, they will be supported in their work by their principals’ deep knowledge about teaching and learning."
From Pedagogy: Knowledge about teaching and learning in Kiwi Leadership for Principals.
Ako: being a learner
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Leaders who take their own learning seriously and keep their own passion for learning alive act as important role models for their schools. Keeping up to date with the evidence for professional leadership in schools is a fundamental expectation of principals and other school leaders.
In your own words: stories from school leaders
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In this section school leaders from throughout New Zealand give their perspectives on leadership.
Leadership programmes
This section provides information about leadership programmes that are supported by the Ministry of Education.
Professional information
This section contains a range of professional resources and information for school leaders.



