VMG launches framework for vet leadership standards

2021 ◽  
Vol 188 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Standards

scholarly journals An Examination of Principal Professional Development and its Alignment to Professional Standards and Professional Development Constructs

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-80
Author(s):  
SUZANNE RODRIGUEZ ◽  
Jennifer Moradian-Watson ◽  
Mariya Yukhymenko
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Principal Professional Development ◽  
Principal Development ◽  
Leadership Standards ◽  
Effective Professional Development ◽  
District Administrators ◽  
School District Administrators ◽  
Professional Leadership

Principals need and require specific professional development that is rigorous, effective, and aligned to professional leadership standards and effective professional development constructs. This case study examined the professional development strategies, and practices, used by school districts and their alignment to the California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (CPSEL) and effective professional development constructs. School district administrators and principals representing the Southern San Joaquin Valley, a predominantly rural area of California, participated in this research via interviews and focus groups. This research is critical as rural areas are often underrepresented in educational research. The findings indicate a lack of intentional alignment of principal professional development with professional standards and professional development constructs. The findings call for districts to take an intentional approach to principal development that is aligned with these frameworks to ensure principals are provided with effective and rigorous support for their educational leadership, growth, and development.

scholarly journals Standards and competency frameworks for school administrators: Global, comparative and critical perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Augusto Riveros ◽  
Wei Wei
Keyword(s):  
School Administrators ◽  
Global Leadership ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Leadership Standards ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Competency Frameworks ◽  
Knowledge Competencies ◽  
Policy Mobilities ◽  
Implementation Of Standards ◽  
Selection Of

In this introduction to the special issue, we highlight the increased transnational interest in standardizing the knowledge, competencies, and practices that relate to educational leadership. While acknowledging the thematic convergences in leadership standards and competency frameworks from heterogenous localities, we propose that it is critical to interrogate the policy mobilities and the recontextualization of the discourses that have contributed to the formulation and implementation of standards. To achieve this aim, this special issue stages a global dialogue about this global leadership turn by including a selection of articles that discuss the emergence and adoption of education leadership standards in diverse linguistic, social and cultural contexts.

scholarly journals Overcoming the Obstacles of Implementing the Educational Leadership Standards in the Distance Learning Program in the Light of Corona Pandemic from the School Principals’ Perspectives in the Directorate of Education of the Northern Mazar District / Jordan

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Faisal Al-Jarrah
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Leadership Standards ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Distance Learning Program

This study aimed at overcoming the obstacles of implementing educational leadership standards in the distance learning program in light of Corona pandemic from the school principals’ point of view in the Directorate of Education of the Northern Mazar District / Jordan. To achieve the aims of the study, the researcher purposefully selected the research sample (44 principals) in the Directorate of Education of the Northern Mazar. The descriptive-analytical approach was used. The study emphasized the importance of implementing the educational leadership standards by school principals in the Directorate of Education of the Northern Mazar. Moreover, the study revealed that there were no statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 5.0) between the responses of the study sample in the practice of school principals to the following educational leadership standards: leading the development of the school, the directorate development program, the community school. In addition, the study concluded that the leadership in the educational system is based on standards in the Directorate of Education of the Northern Mazar in the distance learning program according to the Gender variable. The study recommended that the standards of educational leadership should be implemented in distance learning programs, as an advanced technological system, to meet the challenges of the educational process. Keywords: Standards, educational leadership, obstacles, distance education program, school principals

scholarly journals Current Trends In Educational Leadership For Student Success Plus Facilities Planning And Designing

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Hilliard ◽  
Barbara Talbert Jackson
Keyword(s):  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Safety ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
School Leader ◽  
Leadership Standards ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Special Programs

Many school leaders today are experiencing many challenges to ensure that their schools are successful.  Since the passage of No Child Left Behind Act, school leaders have been faced with making sure that all students, regardless of language and/or background, are successful on the state assessment test.  If students do not make AYP Annual Yearly Progress based on set standards, the school leader is viewed as not being effective.  The school leader/administrator is at the front-line for their school’s progress on a daily basis and just to name a few items, school safety, appropriate curriculum and accommodations for students, high quality instruction service to all students and utilizing technology to enhance instruction and management tasks (Lashway, 2003).  This research paper will discuss aspects and trends in leadership in the following areas:  leadership standards, leadership development, shared leadership, support for school leadership, change in mission, facility planning and designing, classroom configuration, use of school time, early programs, special programs, school transfer, use of technology and virtual schools.

PACS Failure Mode and Effects

2010 ◽  
pp. 193-206
Author(s):  
Carrison K.S. Tong ◽  
Eric T.T. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Failure Mode ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Medical Error ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
The United States ◽  
Drug Dose ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Leadership Standards ◽  
The Cost

There are some medical errors for which preventability is rarely questioned. These include medical errors such as wrong site surgery, wrong procedure, wrong patient operations (Seiden & Barach, 2006; Michaels et al., 2007; Lee et al., 2007), wrong drug/dose/duration (Pugh et al., 2005) or incompatible organ transplantation (Cook et al., 2007). Less preventable medical errors include judgment type errors such as case studies reported in journals, where one or more experts review the treatment decisions of a clinician and conclude that the clinician’s judgment was incorrect (Lukela et al., 2005). Many healthcare managers first heard about Failure Mode and Effects Analysis FMEA when Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) released its Leadership Standards and Elements of Performance Guidelines in July 2002 (JCAHO, 2002). The purpose of performing an FMEA for JCAHO was to identify where and when possible system failures could occur and to prevent those problems before they happen. If a particular, failure could not be prevented, then the goal would be to prevent the issue from affecting healthcare organizations in the accreditation process. FMEA is a tool that when performed adequately, can reduce the risk of preventable medical errors. Hospitals in the United States that are accredited by JCAHO are required to perform at least one FMEA each year. The main output of FMEA is a series of mitigations, each of which is some process change implemented to reduce the risk of error. Because resources are limited, implementing all mitigations is not possible so the challenge is to find the set of mitigations that provides the highest reduction in risk for the least cost. Hence, preventability may be viewed in terms of the cost and effectiveness of mitigation. A low-cost and effective mitigation is associated with a highly preventable medical error, whereas a high-cost and or less effective mitigation is associated with a less preventable medical error. Currently AAPM TG 100 (2007) is reviewing reports from previous task groups and from several professional organizations. This group is also reviewing ISO guidelines in an effort develop a suitable general QA approach that “balances patient safety and quality versus resources commonly available and strikes a good balance between prescriptiveness and flexibility.” The TG 100 initiative identifies three industrial engineering–based tools as potential components of a QA management system in radiation therapy and FMEA is one of them.

Rekindling the Heart and the Soul of Management

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Leadership Standards ◽  
The Right

A concerted set of initiatives over the last 50 years has transformed management into a profession and a popular discipline for formal study. However, there has been a steady deterioration in the quality of working life in modern organizations. Contrary to the oft-repeated cliche about people being valuable assets, they are increasingly being treated as liabilities that can no longer be afforded. This is best reflected in the frenzy of ‘rightsizing’- a weak euphemism for turning employees out. Those who are lucky enough to survive are then subjected to a mechanistic culture devoid of human sensitivity. The focus is on squeezing the maximum out of them but not doing enough to make them feel wanted or to enhance their sense of self-worth and self-respect. Compounding these problems is the more dramatic fall in leadership standards. As the spate of recent scandals suggest, many organizations have fallen into the hands of greedy impostors masquerading as leaders. Simultaneously, the public image of business corporations has been severely tarnished. Because of frauds and other misdemeanours that have been uncovered and publicized, they are perceived less as creators of social wealth and progressively more as exploitative organizations seeking to prosper at the expense of the common good. Business ethics, good governance, and corporate social responsibility may be fashion- able themes for conferences but they are not much in evidence in practice. Any insightful observer is, therefore, likely to infer that modern corporations have lost their hearts (and hence the people-are-liabilities mindset) and their souls (hence their lack of sensitivity to social well-being). This paper underscores the urgent need for rekindling the corporate heart and soul — reorienting the prevailing approaches to dealing with employees and changing the mindset about corporate purpose. What people require is a genuinely supportive environment and a persevering, diligent leader to show the way. For creating the right kind of environment, the author suggests the following measures: appoint the right person treat people like assets - not liabilities invest generously in culture-building cultivate the right attitudes. For rekindling the corporate soul, the following initiatives are suggested: follow ethical conduct appoint ethical people get oriented towards social responsibility. Only when all these are achieved will business organizations provide enriching work experiences to their employees and ultimately succeed in transcending profit-making in its narrow sense to attain their more altruistic, nobler purposes. Among the various prescriptive measures, the most crucial is the selection of individuals for leadership roles. The importance of character is vital. Yet, it is perhaps the one requirement that is most often compromised.

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