Complying with School Accountability Requirements and the Impact on School Leaders

Autor/inn/en	Lock, Graeme; Lummis, Geoff
Titel	Complying with School Accountability Requirements and the Impact on School Leaders
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 39 (2014) 2, Artikel 5 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Compliance (Legal); Accountability; Program Effectiveness; Audits (Verification); Foreign Countries; Educational Administration; Leadership Effectiveness; Administrator Responsibility; Leadership Role; Job Satisfaction; Semi Structured Interviews; Principals; Educational Resources; Time on Task; Cost Effectiveness; Institutional Autonomy; Administrator Attitudes; Educational Policy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Ausland; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Führungseffizienz; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Principal; Schulleiter; Bildungsmittel; Zeitaufwand; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Institutionelle Autonomie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Australien
Abstract	Within an era of seemingly ever-increasing school accountability to both Federal and State jurisdictions in Australia, the impact of such requirements has received little attention in the literature. This research project was designed specifically to investigate the impact of compliance requirements on school leaders' workloads. The literature reviewed finds that detraction from the key role of leading teaching and learning due to spending so much time on compliance requirements leads to disenchantment with the role of the principal and is a leading contributor to why so few aspirants are pursuing a career as a principal. Eleven semi-structured interview questions were developed and analysis of the data revealed three broad themes: the use of resources required to meet compliance; the perceived value of the request for compliance; and, the impact of compliance on the independent nature of the school, educational leadership and personal cost. The findings not only have implications for current school leaders, but also undergraduate and postgraduate course structures, particularly in educational leadership units, as the nature of the demands revealed in this study should be considered within course content. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10