Building Capacity of School Leaders : Strategies that Work—Jamaica’s Experience
This paper examines literature about good practices in developing capacity for school leadership, identifies key good practices in the Jamaica National College for Education Leadership Program and reports on leadership practices of principals who w...
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okr-10986-264942021-05-25T08:59:46Z Building Capacity of School Leaders : Strategies that Work—Jamaica’s Experience Nannyonjo, Harriet EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EFFECTIVE LEADERS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TEACHING TRAINING SCHOOL LEADERSHIP This paper examines literature about good practices in developing capacity for school leadership, identifies key good practices in the Jamaica National College for Education Leadership Program and reports on leadership practices of principals who were trained under this program. Literature recommends, the following good practices many of which were also found in the Jamaica program: (i) standards-based curriculum emphasizing instructional leadership, organizational development and change management; (ii) field-based internships with skilled supervision; (iii) cohort groups that create opportunities for collaboration and teamwork in practice-oriented situations; (iv) active instructional strategies that link theory and practice, such as problem based learning through case studies; (v)competence-based training and certification; and (vi) strong partnerships with schools to support quality, field-based learning. 2017-05-03T22:38:26Z 2017-05-03T22:38:26Z 2017-04-20 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/878201492753100462/Building-capacity-of-school-leaders-strategies-that-work-Jamaica-s-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26494 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Jamaica |
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This paper examines literature about
good practices in developing capacity for school leadership,
identifies key good practices in the Jamaica National
College for Education Leadership Program and reports on
leadership practices of principals who were trained under
this program. Literature recommends, the following good
practices many of which were also found in the Jamaica
program: (i) standards-based curriculum emphasizing
instructional leadership, organizational development and
change management; (ii) field-based internships with skilled
supervision; (iii) cohort groups that create opportunities
for collaboration and teamwork in practice-oriented
situations; (iv) active instructional strategies that link
theory and practice, such as problem based learning through
case studies; (v)competence-based training and
certification; and (vi) strong partnerships with schools to
support quality, field-based learning. |
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Nannyonjo, Harriet |
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Nannyonjo, Harriet |
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Nannyonjo, Harriet |
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Building Capacity of School Leaders : Strategies that Work—Jamaica’s Experience |
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Building Capacity of School Leaders : Strategies that Work—Jamaica’s Experience |
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Building Capacity of School Leaders : Strategies that Work—Jamaica’s Experience |
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Building Capacity of School Leaders : Strategies that Work—Jamaica’s Experience |
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Building Capacity of School Leaders : Strategies that Work—Jamaica’s Experience |
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building capacity of school leaders : strategies that work—jamaica’s experience |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/878201492753100462/Building-capacity-of-school-leaders-strategies-that-work-Jamaica-s-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26494 |
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