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Coaching: An Approach for Leadership Development in the Singapore Education System
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Boon, Zoe Suan Loy – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to explore coaching as an approach to developing school leaders in the Singapore education system. It takes a close look at the nature of coaching experiences of beginning principals and principal-trainers, as well as the related benefits and challenges. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative inquiry approach was…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Coaching (Performance)
Principal Instructional Leadership for Teacher Participation in Professional Development: Evidence from Japan, Singapore, and South Korea
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Kim, Taeyeon; Lee, Youngjun – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2020
We investigated the relationship between principal instructional leadership and teacher participation in multiple types of professional development in Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. Using the Teaching and Learning International Survey dataset of 2013, we employed two-level logistic regression models to estimate the rigorous effects of…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Faculty Development, Mentors
A Leadership Strategy: Coaching, a Singaporean Example
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Ebbeck, Marjory A.; Lian, Connie Seah Geok – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
The demand for recruiting and retaining early childhood teachers remains a challenging problem in the early childhood field in Singapore as well as in many other countries. A research study was devised to investigate if the use of a 'coaching approach' could bring about change in teachers' participation in their centre's management and…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Styles, Coaching (Performance), Foreign Countries
Different Approaches to the Professional Development of Principals: A Comparative Study of New Zealand and Singapore
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Retna, Kala S. – School Leadership & Management, 2015
One of the key factors that contribute to effective management of schools is the professional development of principals. The role of the principal has become more complex with the dynamic and constant reforms in the educational environment. The present study focuses on the professional development of principals in New Zealand and Singapore. The…
Descriptors: School Administration, Educational Change, Principals, Faculty Development
Better Identification and Preparation of School Leaders. The Public School Forum's Study Group XIII
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Public School Forum of North Carolina, 2008
The Public School Forum of North Carolina examined how to identify and prepare school leaders who can meet the challenges of the 21st century in the state's public schools, and it made recommendations for making the current system stronger and more productive. In searching for comprehensive approaches that could provide leadership preparation…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Instructional Leadership, Public Schools, Administrator Education
Global Networked Learning: A New Form of Collaborative Action Research
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Mirny, A.; Wiske, M. S.; Joo, J.; Cunningham, G.; Daniels, D.; Farid, A. B.; Gordon, F.; Madani, R.; Nissen, S. C. – Online Submission, 2010
A year-long collaborative action research project used networked technologies to connect researchers at a university-based online professional development program and a group of practitioner researchers based in a range of schools and educational agencies in several countries. They studied the process and effects of online professional development…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Professional Development