Review – Elements in Critical Issues in Teacher Education
Series: Elements in Critical Issues in Teacher Education
Professional Supervision for Principals
A Primer for Emerging Practice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 January 2025
School leadership is a complex and greatly changed activity in the 21st century.
For teachers and Principals in particular in Australia we currently have imposed a rather unusual set of accreditation and performance review practices. In school education, quite unlike other professions in say the legal, medical and architectural spaces, Principals do not own and run their own accrediting bodies. This paper puts forward the case for professional supervision as an appropriate and perhaps overdue perspective on a way to move forward. Many jurisdictions flip flop on the support and management of Principals, often placing managers into conflicted roles trying to do both at once. A worthwhile read.
This Element is free online from 8th January 2025 - 5th February 2025