Successful School Leadership in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic: Fostering Resilience in Teachers and Schools in Poland

• Authors: Joanna Madalińska-Michalak

Title variants

PL

Skuteczne przywództwo w szkole w czasie pandemii COVID-19: Wspieranie adaptacyjności nauczycieli i szkół w Polsce

Abstracts

PL

W artykule podjęto problematykę skutecznych praktyk przywódczych dyrektorów szkół w zakresie wspierania zdolności adaptacji szkół i nauczycieli w czasie pandemii COVID-19. Prezentowane analizy skupiają się wokół odpowiedzi na podstawowe pytanie badawcze: jakie są główne sposoby działania skutecznych liderów na rzecz wspierania adaptacji szkół i nauczycieli w Polsce do nowych warunków w celu maksymalizacji możliwych pozytywnych rezultatów zdalnej edukacji w czasach pandemii COVID-19? W badaniach wykorzystano metodę studium przypadku. Odwołując się do pięciu studiów przypadków, przedstawiono siedem podstawowych praktyk skutecznego przywództwa w szkołach: podtrzymywanie świadczenia usług edukacyjnych i wprowadzanie innowacji; planowanie w kontekście niepewności i reagowanie na zmiany w polityce krajowej; przeformułowanie i rozszerzenie polityki bezpieczeństwa i higieny pracy w oparciu o dane dotyczące zdrowia i edukacji; przywództwo w całej szkole; zapewnienie integracyjnego programu nauczania; inkluzywne integracyjne partnerstwo z rodzinami dzieci oraz motywację, zaangażowanie i rozwój zawodowy nauczycieli. W artykule zaprezentowano implikacje dla dalszych badań oraz pytania dotyczące roli dyrektorów szkół w budowaniu bardziej odpornych systemów edukacyjnych.

EN

This paper analyses the successful school principals’ leadership practices in supporting school and teachers’ resilience in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research reported in this paper asks the question: what are the successful leaders’ main ways of supporting resilience in schools and teachers in Poland for maximising the possible positive outcomes of remote education in times of the COVID-19 pandemic? Drawing on five case studies, the paper shows seven core successful school leadership practices – sustaining education service delivery and innovations; planning in a context of uncertainty and responding to changes in national policy; re-framing and extending “Health & Safety” policies based on health and education data; leadership across the school; provision of an inclusive curriculum; inclusive partnership with children’s families; and teachers’ motivation, commitment and professional development. The paper concludes with implications for further research and with questions on school principals’ role in building back more resilient education systems.

Keywords

EN

educational leadership; successful school leadership; school principals; education in Poland; education and school leading during the COVID-19 pandemic; leadership practices in nurturing resilience

PL

skuteczne przywództwo w szkole; dyrektorzy szkół; edukacja w Polsce; praktyki przywódcze w pielęgnowaniu adaptacyjności szkół i nauczycieli; edukacja i przewodzenie szkołom w dobie pandemii COVID-19; przywództwo edukacyjne

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie. Instytut Spraw Społecznych
• Journal: Labor et Educatio
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 83-101

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Joanna Madalińska-Michalak

• University of Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000199806597

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Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/25439561LE.21.006.15360

Biblioteka Nauki

2010426