The new principal preparation program model in Israel: Ponderings about practice-oriented principal training

Izhar Oplatka; Duncan Waite

doi:10.1108/S1479-3660(2010)0000011006

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The new principal preparation program model in Israel: Ponderings about practice-oriented principal training

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Title:	The new principal preparation program model in Israel: Ponderings about practice-oriented principal training
Author(s):	Izhar Oplatka, Duncan Waite
Volume:	11 Editor(s): Anthony H. Normore ISBN: 978-0-85724-445-1 eISBN: 978-0-85724-446-8
Citation:	Izhar Oplatka, Duncan Waite (2010), The new principal preparation program model in Israel: Ponderings about practice-oriented principal training, in Anthony H. Normore (ed.) Global Perspectives on Educational Leadership Reform: The Development and Preparation of Leaders of Learning and Learners of Leadership (Advances in Educational Administration, Volume 11), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.47-66
DOI:	10.1108/S1479-3660(2010)0000011006 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	In September 2009, a special committee of the Israeli Institute of School Leadership has published its final report in which new perspectives, contents, and teaching strategies are suggested to replace old, traditional forms of principal preparation programs in this country. The purpose of this chapter is to describe, first, the new construction of leadership development programs in Israel and its underlying principles and historical background, and, second, to raise some ponderings into its applicability and its quality in terms of practical suggestions and expected teaching strategies. The chapter includes the following elements: a brief introduction of the current principal preparation programs in Israel (briefly), the special committee, the aims of this chapter, importance, and organization of the chapter; the theoretical background based on the research on principal preparation programs worldwide, its shortcomings, and impediments; a historical debate of principal training in Israel – the current state, American influences, weaknesses, rational, basic principles, the new model, purpose, contents, and instructional methods; and critical and future considerations including the weaknesses of the new model, the “chances” to apply this report into the Israeli (or any) educational system, and the potential facilitating versus impeding factors.