%L iab_repo185 %E Shariff Som %T ASPIRING FOR SCHOOL EXCELLENCE AND BEST PRACTICES FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP %X There is widespread belief that the quality of leadership makes a significant difference to school and student outcomes. Leadership and management in schools is the fundamental of school effectiveness, quality of learning and students' achievement. No single schools will taste the success with poor leadership and weak management. Strong leaders affects the teacher, community and students. Effective schools management ensure all the resources available utilized with maximum effect and minimum cost. Institut Aminuddin Baki has propagated the role of leaders and effective schools management through our yearly National Seminar for the past 20 years. In regards to this effort, Selection Papers for Proceeding on Management and Educational Leadership Seminar 2003-2010 with the aim to present the best papers presented in the national seminar from 2003-2010 based on the theme Aspiring for School Excellence and Best Practices for School Leadership was published. This proceeding comprised 14 selected papers presented by presenter locally and from abroad. The papers cover many aspects of leadership and management practices including the best practices, future leaders, leadership styles and leadership performance in schools. This book are expected to provide insight to Malaysian educators particularly head teachers, policy makers and the public on school leadership and management issues. It is also expected this book will be the reference materials to the Malaysian public to understand the leadership and management in schools. %A Wan Din Wan Chik Rahmah %A Wai Bing Khuan %A Mobarak Ali Ghulam Sarver %A Hong Tam Chua %A Manaf Abdul Razak %A Ho Tong Ho %A Bapoo Hashim Noor Rezan %A Gurnam Kaur Sidhu %A Yuen Fook Chan %A Senin Amin %A Abdul Halim Rosnarizah %A Hassan Ruhaya %A Balasandran Ramiah %A Linda Lambert %A Mohd. Ali Hairuddin %A Md Nor Abdul Aziz %A Che Kassim Ahmad Rafee %A Hamzah Norha %A Alister Jones %A Burhan Baharuddin %A Siew Hong Shirley Tay %A Syed Abbas Sharifah Affifah %C Genting Highlands, Pahang %D 2012 %I Institut Aminuddin Baki %K education leader, school excellence, principal behaviour and health, charismatic leaders, leadership characteristics, headteachers' performance, headmaster's reinforcement behaviour, teacher's performance, lasting leadership, leadership styles, leadership policy and change, distributed leadership, promoting distributive leadership, principalship, NPQH, Experiential Entrepreneurship Educational Programme, SEEP