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Support for School and Institutional Improvement and Accountability

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Accountability; Institutional improvement; Institutional leadership; Instructional leadership; School improvement; School leadership

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Support for school and institutional improvement refers to the suggestions and guidelines for institutional leaders to be instructional leaders who are accountable for improving instructional practice and developing human capacity. An instructional leader inspires the institution in achieving a shared vision, develops policies related to the vision, builds a culture of data for decision-making, develops instructors’ capacities in technology and pedagogy, and provides the technology infrastructure and strategies for community involvement.

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Administrators, either as heads of schools or managers and governors of higher education institutes, have a prominent leadership role. They influence the condition of their staff’s work life, which can in turn influence staff effectiveness and students’ achievement outcomes (OECD 2009;...

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DeWitt, D., Alias, N. (2019). Support for School and Institutional Improvement and Accountability. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60013-0_119-1

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