PEDAGOGICAL LEADERSHIP IN SCHOOLS AND THE EDUCATIONAL INSPECTION SERVICE

Abstract

The educational demands of the 21st century make it necessary to rethink the traditional models of management and leadership in schools and opt for an approach centred on pedagogy, distributed leadership, participatory and collaborative development of the school and on the professional growth of teachers.

Pedagogical leadership encompasses all these aspects and is emerging in current educational research as the most effective model for achieving sustained improvements in schools, being of great importance in achieving better results as it plays a major role in the motivation of teachers and in the school environment, which is why this leadership should be a priority in education systems around the world.

In Spain, with the new law that regulates our education system, headmasters and headmistresses of public schools are given the opportunity to exercise greater pedagogical and managerial leadership, seeking a balance between administrative and pedagogical tasks.