Views of Future and Current Teachers on the Effectiveness of Primary School Leadership: Evidence from Greece

Instructional leadership in centralised systems: evidence from Greek high-performing secondary schools

“…This raises the question of whether Greek scholars conceive school administration as a status quo that cannot be exercised differently within Greece. Most studies of school leadership (Papanaoum, 1995;Saitis et al, 1997;Saitis and Menon, 2004;Christodoulou, 2007;Athanasoula-Reppa and Lazaridou, 2008) highlight the notion of 'headteacheradministration processor', with principals having very limited powers to address the need for major school adjustments or reforms. This appears to confirm Bagakis's (2007b: 270) point that 'educational leadership is in its infancy'.…”

Απόψεις Δ/Ντών Α/Θμιας Και Β/Θμιας Εκπ/Σης Σχετικά Με Το Σύστημα Επιλογής Τους Και Την Επιμόρφωσή Τους Σε Θέματα Διοίκησης.

“…Σε πολλές χώρες επίσης της ΕΕ, τα διευθυντικά στελέχη ενθαρρύνονται να συνεχίσουν την επιμόρφωσή τους και επαγγελματική ανάπτυξη και κατά τη διάρκεια της θητείας τους ώστε να είναι πάντα σε θέση να ανταποκριθούν στις αυξημένες απαιτήσεις των θέσεών τους ( Σουηδία, Ισπανία, Βέλγιο, Γαλλία). (Βάμβουκας, 2007;Mason, 2003:42-44,74 (Lumby et al, 2008: 196-197 (Saitis & Eliophotou, 2004), ενώ φαίνεται πως από την κατάρτισή τους στο τομέα αυτό αντιμετωπίζουν αποτελεσματικά τις αδυναμίες τους και βελτιώνονται (Linn, Sherman, & Gill, 2007: Pheko, 2008…”

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“…Oriented by the general question "how the principal contributes to school's operation", the present study tried to clarify the relations among the principal's attitude on specific efficiency criteria by using as efficiency indicators the perceptions of teachers on the school's administration or the level of their job satisfaction. This is the reason why there are so many studies abroad that study the perceptions of teachers as a procedure for the localization of the quality of school administration and administrative efficiency of principals (Saitis & Eliophotou, 2004 ;Linn, Sherman, & Gill, 2007, Saiti, 2007, Rhodes & Brundrett, 2009). The present study proves that the perception on efficient administration of Principals-Teachers of Physical Education varies intensively on whether they serve at a high school or a lyceum and less intensively on the area of the school while no affect was found based on their sex.…”