The Context of International Schools International schools are on the rise. Almost two decades ago, Hayden and Thompson (2000) estimated that there were over 1000 international schools worldwide. That figure has now reached 9200 globally, with 109 schools located in Vietnam (ISC_Research, 2017). What is an International School? A description of the general characteristics of international schools provided by Hayden and Thompson (2008) helps to differentiate between international schools and local schools. • Curriculum: they invariably offer a curriculum that is other than that of the host country in which the school is located. • Students: their students are frequently non-nationals of the host country (though more recently…catering largely …show more content…
The research that does exist suggests that leadership in international schools is primarily instructional. A study of IB schools in Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and China by Hallinger et al. (2010) highlights the requirement for multiple leaders in instruction to cope with the demanding standards of the IB curriculum. Lee et al. (2012) found that in IB schools in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Thailand, and China, “the importance of acting intentionally to distribute responsibilities for instructional leadership throughout the school” (Lee et al., 2012, p. 665). In their study of international schools in Malaysia, Javadi et al. (2017) found that “the most powerful and common feature of all these international schools is the centrality of teaching and learning” (Javadi et al., 2017, p. 476). So, it clear that instructional leadership plays an important role in international schools in Asia. This is the case in my school also. As you will have noticed from the vignette, my school is attempting to reform curriculum and teaching in my school. Many initiatives have been ‘rolled out’; the call to action for this reform agenda was the attempt to gain and maintain accreditation from the Council of International Schools (CIS) which is the closest my international school will come to governmental evaluation and
Thomas Jefferson was a man who believed that all American citizens need to be educated so that they may exercise their rights. He saw public education as essential to a democracy. One proposal he made for public education would guarantee that all children could attend public schools for three years. However, much like other early school reforms, this proposal received much rejection and was never brought into being. Despite this rejection, Jefferson still believed that America needed public education. Eventually, he opened the University of Virginia. Even though his bills and proposals to benefit public education never saw the light of day, he still made many contributions to public education by providing the foundation on how a democracy should handle educating its
Even though these schools are all different, they have some similarities such as the teachers. All of the teachers that we meet are encouraging the students anyway they can, in addition they are always striving to get the kids to believe in themselves and pushing them towards
Leading organizations of school administrators offer educators various opportunities to encourage educators to become leaders. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) has mandated that leaders be better prepared for the task of providing quality education to all. NCLB “… is forcing all educational stakeholders to face the weakness of contemporary school leadership and is making it impossible to ignore the need for higher quality principals” (Hale & Moorman, 2003, p.1). It is believed that all educators can be and are leaders in their own right. A leader is a visionary and has the ability to inspire others to aspire to greatness. Of the numerous opportunities that are offered, those that are most beneficial include but are not limited to leadership training programs, professional development, and creating shared leadership opportunities for teachers to become leaders. The systems “…that produce our nation’s principals are complex and interrelated – and governed by the states. Each state establishes licensing, certification and re-certification” (Hale & Moorman, 2003, p.1). States use the ISLLC standards “…as the framework for preparation programs and in service professional development of school superintendents, principals, and other leaders” (Hale & Moorman, 2003, p.3).
...ance that can’t provide the basic needs of the students and even the professors need some times; on the contrary of the U.S that satisfy both their students and their professors.
TURAN, S., & BEKTAŞ, F. (2013). The Relationship between School Culture and Leadership Practices. Eurasian Journal Of Educational Research (EJER), (52), 155-168.
One regular factor in most of the effective schools research is an emphasis on strong, instructional leadership (Edmonds, 1979ab, 1982; Purkey & Smith, 1983; Weber, 1971; Brookover& Lezotte, 1979). Leadership theories, such as trait, behavior, contingency, and charismatic, provide a theoretical framework for viewing the total development of instructional leadership. Instructional leadership has many different definitions and models that intellectualize it starting from the early 1900’s. The current study synthesizes the many meanings and models of instructional leadership using theoretical and empirical contemplations. The instructional leadership construct is defined in terms of principal behaviors that lead a school to educate all students to higher student achievement.
School is an education place for everyone. In different places, they might have difference school system or difference terms to define the grade or level of the class, but they still contain in the same subject as most of the school requirement. For Thai and American school, they might seem to have different language and different perspective of teaching. However, I believe the spiritual of the teachers and school that they will give a best for the students. Thai and American school have similar education method even though it is in a different place. Singing the national anthem song before start class is one big difference, break time for students to have time with their friend, and switching class. Lastly, punishment
School culture theory is the second theoretical perspective to illuminate the contextually changing landscape of culture within public schools. Biegel and Kuehl (2010) define school culture as generally being comprised of the following: (a) vision, (b) motivation, (c) pride, (d) ‘mood’ pervasive within an organization, (e) the amount to which individuals get along, and (f) tolerance of differences (p. 10). Specific theories that posit the role of the school leader as the driver for any change reform to uncover the role school culture plays in perpetuating the status quo for sexual minority (namely, LGBT) students.
What does leadership mean in the context of educational leadership? Many definitions of leadership in education co-exist, attesting to the complexity and multi-faceted phenomena of the concept (Elwell & Elikofer, 2013). Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood organizational and psychological areas of study. Despite volumes of research and numerous theories, no one theory of leadership emerged as the sole predictor of the success of educational leaders. The current body of knowledge about leadership consists of narrow definitions of leader effectiveness that are disconnected from their context (Latham, 2014). Educational leadership influences and affects every dimension of the educational process from the
International and comparative education makes it possible to understand that not all countries are at the same educational level when examining several factors that affect students in their respective nations with regards to learning goals, funding availability, educational reform (or lack thereof), quantity and qualities of schools and teachers, and how education is considered in addition to disseminated within their given
Most of the private schools concentrate mainly on English language in almost all the subjects except for Geography, History, Islamic education and Arabic. Perhaps, some private schools have Geography and History subjects optional which means the student have the choice to choose whether he/she wants to study it in English or Arabic language. Beside that, the MSA classes and Islamic Education classes are twice or three times weekly which is less t...
The “National Curriculum”, introduced in 1988, provides a common system for primary and secondary education in Wales and England, stating the subjects and the standards that children should achieve in every subject. Northern Ireland and Scotland use their own curriculum.
centralised education system. It is the central government that has chosen it as the only foreign
Education is a very important aspect in the life of a child. The level of success a student has in the classroom is greatly influenced by their teachers. Students, as well as their parents, depend on the teachers to guide them through their education. But who guides a teacher to perform successfully in the classroom? Principals and teachers play an important role in schools. A good relationship among school leaders and teachers is necessary and play an important role in making improvements in the school. Leadership refers to the “process in which one person successfully exerts influence over others to reach desired objectives”. (Okoji, 2015) Good leadership involves honesty, vision, confidence and commitment. It is the ability to inspire a
York-Barr, J. & K. Duke (2004) what do we know about teacher leadership? Findings from two decades of scholarship. Review of educational research 74(3), 255-316.