Studies show that all generations wish their leadership took more notice of them and their accomplishments — which often means leaders need to get good at recognizing the hidden talent on their team. Retention often boils down to a few key leadership strength.

Following simple guidelines can make the transition into leadership easier for new administrators.

Principal Mary Fulp asks students and staffers to participate in self-reflection at the beginning of the year to help foster a positive school climate. Principal Amy Schott also practices reflecting on positive elements of each day and mentors new principals as part of a focus on strengthening school communities.

It’s essential for school leaders to find ways to include and strengthen teacher voice in instructional decision-making processes.

Rektorer vill gärna ta allt ansvar när en kris drabbar skolan, visar forskning. "En dålig strategi", säger forskaren Frida Linehagen.

By taking stock of the year’s challenges and successes and soliciting feedback from teachers and staff, school leaders can prepare for the fall.

”Rektorsutbildningen lyckas inte riktigt” menar Stina Jerdborg, doktorand vid Göteborgs universitet, som undersökt hur nya rektorer som deltar i rektorsprogrammet förstår rektorsrollen.

Reducing administrative tasks from teachers' workloads, offering praise privately and publicly, bringing in lunches or treats and implementing teachers' suggestions for improvements are the top four tactics school administrators say they are using to help weary teachers, a survey by Unruly Studios shows. Administrators say their top worries are shortages, morale, learning loss and test…

Bygg en organisation där lärarna själva har huvudansvaret för undervisningsutvecklingen. En utveckling som ska bygga på vetenskap. Det säger författarna till boken ”Lärardriven skolutveckling” som väckte stort gensvar när de föreläste för skolledare på SETT-mässan i Kista.

Middle-school students performed better on a test after learning a lesson on climate science via virtual reality than students who learned using standard video and a computer screen, according to a study co-authored by education-technology researcher Richard Mayer. Mayer and his colleagues assert that the findings show the promise of VR and the metaverse in…

School officials should look to peers for examples of good social media outreach, which has become a far more effective communication tool than press releases, some education leaders say.

I denna slutrapport presenteras resultaten från FoU-programmet Fritidshemmets pedagogiska uppdrag. Här finns också en sammanfattning av forskningsresultaten som kommer att presenteras i sin helhet i en särskild forskningsrapport senare under år 2022. (pdf)