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Entry Planning : A Key Aspect In Preparing For School Leadership In Western Australia, Eleanor Maree Hughes
Entry Planning : A Key Aspect In Preparing For School Leadership In Western Australia, Eleanor Maree Hughes
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Through my work in various contexts, as a senior leader, a curriculum improvement officer, a deputy principal, a project manager for professional learning and now as principal, I recognised from experience and dabbling in research that there were gaps in professional learning offered to aspirant and beginning secondary school principals in the public system. Undertaking research in this field would either confirm or refute my theory that support for secondary principals through professional learning in the Western Australian Department of Education was limited. The premise that quality leadership enhances quality teaching was a driver in establishing my goal, which is …
Critically Reflective Leadership, Christine L. Cunningham
Critically Reflective Leadership, Christine L. Cunningham
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Critical Reflective Practice (CRP) has a proven reputation as a method for teacher-researchers in K-12 classrooms, but there have been few published examples of this method being used to document school leaders’ work-based practice. This article outlines adaptations made by the author from an original CRP method to a Critically Reflective Leadership (CRL) method that she developed to document her own lived experiences as a principal and then director of an American International School in South America. The method described in this paper may be useful for school leaders who wish to become practitioner-researchers in their own work places. The …