@article{iab_repo468,
       publisher = {Institut Aminuddin Baki},
           pages = {37--52},
          author = {Steven PhD Reissig and Ahlam Al Amer},
         journal = {PROCEEDINGS 3rd REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT},
            year = {2015},
           title = {BUILDING EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP CAPACITY WITHIN
THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM THROUGHOUT KINGDOM
OF BAHRAIN},
        abstract = {There is a plethora of educational leadership theories as well as stories of individual
leaders having an impact upon organizations and education systems. This paper
describes how educational leadership at a system level was became the catalyst for
large-scale public school improvement in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This has been a
five (5) year journey and is ongoing. In this successful transformation of the system is
a story with an emphasis upon balancing ?performance? and ?health? maintaining a
close relationship between ?support? and ?accountability? at all levels. This paper
highlights a priority placed on educational leadership and describes seven levers
supporting on-going learning, improvement and innovation:(1) School, student
improvement; (2) Creating and maintaining a culture of professionalism; (3)
Leadership development and capacity building; (4) Re-designing organizational
structures; (5) Parent and community learning, support and engagement; (6)
Succession planning, including recruitment; and (7) Formal pathways and Cadre.
Central to the success at a system level has been the transformation of leaders? mind
sets and behaviours. We refer to this transformation as a ?commitment to action?;
leadership is located within a quasi-decentralized model sifting from a MoEcentralized
to a more school-focused model. This model encourages and empowers
existing school leaders to shift their learning and leadership from administrative to
instructional practices. This paper focuses on a case study: the Bahrain educational
leadership strategy. This strategy links with Bahrain?s Economic Vision 2030
approved National Key Performance Indicators and Bahrain School Agenda.},
             url = {http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/468/},
        keywords = {education reform, educational leadership, educational leadership strategy}
}