School Leadership as an Influence on Teacher Quality

Abstract

In this paper I will suggest that discussions of teacher quality in and beyond initial or pre-service teacher education will always be incomplete without a consideration of the role played by school leaders in influencing, in particular, three key components of teacher quality: i) professional autonomy; ii) professional capital; and iii) teacher commitment, well-being and expertise. Although ensuring that they teach to their best and well is an individual teacher responsibility and, arguably, their moral duty, it is also a government responsibility, in order to enable the development of a just society and economic progress, and an individual school responsibility through the daily presence and actions of principals and other school leaders. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]