DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-958-7-0150

UDRŽITELNOST FUNKCE ŘEDITELE STŘEDNÍ ŠKOLY V KONTEXTU VZNIKAJÍCÍHO STŘEDNÍHO ČLÁNKU V ŘÍZENÍ VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ

Eva Urbanová

The principal of a secondary school should first and foremost be the leader of the educational process. In the Czech Republic, the headmaster performs many roles, which is made possible by the high autonomy of schools, thanks to which the headmaster implements the concept of school development in various areas (pedagogical, personnel, material, financial). Is his function sustainable if he has to engage in activities that, although not directly related to the management of the pedagogical process, have a great influence on it? Without facilities supporting the healthy physical and mental development of pupils, the school would not fulfil its ecological function; without quality teachers, the school could not be of good quality and fulfil its economic function; without the implementation of the principles of the state’s educational policy, it could not fulfil its political function, etc. The headmaster of a secondary school must continuously develop the competencies to manage the school, but some of them must be delegated in order to be able to focus on the key ones. The Middle Layer in Educational Governance as a current education policy issue could be a solution. The aim of this paper is to find out, based on a questionnaire survey conducted among 240 secondary school principals in the Czech Republic, which activities can be delegated in order to be able to devote himself to key school management activities and to make his function sustainable within his term of office. Research question: Which activities of a secondary school principal can be delegated so that the sustainability of the principal’s position is not compromised by activities that may be performed by others?

Keywords: school principal, secondary school, competence, sustainability, middle layer in educational governance

pages: 150-163, online: 2023