How do we raise the quality of school leadership?

The IDEA think tank of CERGE-EI would like to invite you to a public lecture and discussion:

How do we raise the quality of school leadership?

December 11, 2018, 15:00–16:30, CERGE-EI, Politických vězňů 7, Prague 1

A growing emphasis on leadership as the focal point of school improvement has led governments and
school management organizations to adopt various strategies to elevate the effectiveness of school
principals. These policy initiatives can be divided into two broad categories: 1) more stringent performance
evaluation linked with employment and compensation; and 2) improvements in principal preparation.

The public lecture will present results from research that investigates the following questions:
• Do school principals affect future academic, social and future labor market outcomes?
• Do the benefits of an intensive and expensive principal residency training program justify the costs?
• Can higher salaries for effective educators willing to work in low-achieving schools improve academic
outcomes?
• Is it good policy to require principals to consider student outcomes and measures of satisfaction rather
than just their own observations and perceptions when evaluating teachers?

The event will be in English. It will be recorded and made available as a video on the IDEA website. Light
refreshments will be served following the discussion.
Register by e-mail idea@cerge-ei.cz or by filling out this form http://bit.ly/Rivkin_school_leadership. This link
is also available at: http://idea.cerge-ei.cz.

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