The educational-administrative leadership of the school leader: A critical reflection on the role in the light of the evaluation

Abstract

The school leader of the Italian school is now called upon to implement a
careful synthesis between instances from national/supranational level and
from local level in which the school is inserted. The criteria for the evaluation
of the school leader are really characterized by such a specificity of its
role. Additionally, the position takes on more and more characteristics of
both educational and management leadership in the European context. The
equilibrium point between the different instances is given by an adequate
evaluation cycle: Self-Assessment Report-Three-Year Education Training
Plan-Improvement Plan. The reflective quality of the school leader, the focus
on shared responsibility with the other school actors, the comparison
with effective models, the accountability and the ability to analyse data from
the evaluation cycle, represent the key points on which the new role is
called a confrontation to grow.