- Leadership is crucial for quality education and is increasingly viewed as the second most significant factor influencing learning outcomes. Leaders at every level: within schools and in governments: play a vital role.
- Key Points of the report
- 1. What makes a good school leader? According
to the #2024GEMReport
on Leadership in Education, effective leaders in education must be able to:
- v Set
expectations
- v Focus
on learning
- v Foster
collaboration
- v Develop
people
- These dimensions are essential not just for school principals and teacher leaders, but also for system leaders, particularly at the local level. For more details: https://bit.ly/gemreport2024
- 2.
Leadership in education drives learning
outcomes, but school leaders need strong support to make an impact. The 2024 GEM Report
offers 3 key recommendations to help school principals and education leaders.
- Trust
and empower: Effective leadership require that school
principals have autonomy and support to make key decisions on resources and
teaching. Governments play a vital role by:
- v Clarifying
the scope of principals' authority,
- v Providing
resources and training for managing finances and staff,
- v Encouraging
meaningful engagement and trust-building with communities.
- Select, develop, and recognize: Professionalizing
the role of school principals is key to effective
leadership.
- v Inclusive,
unbiased recruitment, with broader selection criteria and less political
influence.
- v Focused
training and mentorship. New and seasoned leaders benefit from coaching in
instructional leadership, collaboration, and staff development. Yet, only 3 in
10 countries have regulations ensuring training for newly appointed principals.
- v Recognizing
standards of excellence through national competency frameworks clarifies
expectations and guides recruitment and professional growth, ensuring
principals are ready for evolving education priorities like inclusion, digital
transformation, and student well-being.
- Promote shared leadership and collaboration: Leadership
is strongest when shared. Schools
flourish when principals collaborate with staff, students, and communities to
drive goals collectively. Effective
school leaders:
- v Delegate
responsibilities to empower teams,
- v Foster
environments where everyone feels valued and heard,
- v Leverage
management teams, student councils, and community partnerships to build
resilient, inclusive school cultures.
- 3.
In today’s rapidly changing educational
landscape, empowering school leaders with the tools, training, and trust they
need is essential. For more details, https://bit.ly/3YTqrvW
- 4.
Fostering collaboration among teachers,
students, and parents creates vibrant learning environments. Yet, it remains
the least emphasized aspect in leadership training. Empowering assistant
principals and teachers can drive improvement, but only 50% of countries
prioritize teacher collaboration in leadership standards. School leaders should
not be heroes — shared leadership builds better schools. Fore details: https://bit.ly/gemreport2024
- 5.
Education continues to slide down the list
of aid priorities. The share of total official development assistance (ODA) for
education dropped from 9.3% in 2019 to 7.6% in 2022. This decline reflects a
significant shift in donor funding towards energy, support for Ukraine, and
healthcare in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More details: https://bit.ly/2024efw
- 6.
The 2024 Education Finance Watch by GEM Report,
World Bank,
and UIS_UNESCO
shows that education spending per child has barely changed since 2010, leaving
millions without the resources they need to learn. Explore more: https://bit.ly/2024efw
- 7.
School leaders are overwhelmed, facing
high expectations with limited resources. A survey of principals in 14
middle-income countries found that 68% of their time is consumed by routine
management tasks, leaving little room for vision-setting and implementing
reforms. To create meaningful change in education, we need to empower school
leaders to focus on what truly matters. https://bit.ly/gemreport2024
- Source:
GEM Report UNESCO: Global education monitoring report,
2024/5, Leadership in education: lead for learning: https://bit.ly/gemreport2024
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