INTRODUCTION The increased emphasis on standards-based school accountability since the passage of the no child left behind act of 2001 is focusing critical attention on the professional development of school principals and their ability to meet the challenges of improving the student outcomes. Due to this subject, the current study examined professional development needs of Shiraz high schools ...

This paper is the first piece of a jigsaw puzzle in an effort to study the conditions that enable Swedish principals and preschool leaders to do a good job, create an identity and safeguard health. The present study is the first step to approach the overarching aim of understanding how principals’ and preschool leaders’ assignments are interpreted and construed and of who or what enables or pre...

ICT has become an important part of the curriculum in Hong Kong’s early childhood settings. However, practitioners may experience challenges in integrating ICT successfully into teaching and learning. This paper reports a study that investigated ICT in two kindergartens in Hong Kong. Findings suggested that principals and teachers have different views regarding the use of ICT with young childre...

We consider sociotechnical systems (STSs) that facilitate social interaction among autonomous principals (either humans or organizations). Although accountability is a foundational concept in such systems, established requirements engineering methods do not support accountability in the broad sense of calling to account of one party by another. To address this shortcoming, we propose the notion...

BACKGROUND Schools can play an important role in the prevention of obesity, e.g. by providing an environment that stimulates healthy eating habits and by developing a food policy to provide such an environment. The effectiveness of a school food policy is affected by the content of the policy, its implementation and its support by parents, teachers and principals. The aim of this study is to de...

Successful leadership is not the result of simply obtaining a position, but rather possessing the knowledge and understanding of successful leadership skills along with the personal ability to effectively implement those skills. Hence, "School leaders need impressive skills to provide effective leadership in our diverse school environments”. However Leadership is not a concept for self but it s...