relation: http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/468/
title: BUILDING EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP CAPACITY WITHIN  THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM THROUGHOUT KINGDOM  OF BAHRAIN
creator: Reissig, Steven PhD
creator: Al Amer, Ahlam
subject: L Education (General)
description: 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.
publisher: Institut Aminuddin Baki
date: 2015
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/468/1/37.pdf
identifier:   Reissig, Steven PhD and Al Amer, Ahlam  (2015) BUILDING EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP CAPACITY WITHIN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM THROUGHOUT KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN.  PROCEEDINGS 3rd REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.  pp. 37-52.      
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