Professional Development of Principals

PRINCIPAL CENTERS 校長中心

      Just like teachers, principals' professional development must be planned, long-term, embedded in their jobs, focused on student achievement, and supportive of reflective practice. It needs to include opportunities to work, discuss, and solve problems with colleagues (Drake and Roe, 2002). Principal centers were designed to provide practicing and aspiring principals the chance to meet in settings to explore and reflect on current school and leadership topics. Their programs are varied and meet the unique needs of principals through conferences, forums, study groups, workshops, seminars, institutes, and grants to pursue self-designed school based projects. Many of the centers are modeled after The Principals' Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the first of its kind dedicated to the professional development of school leaders. Founded in 1981, the Center is the springhead for 150 principal centers existing today throughout the United States. Many of these centers are connected to the International Network of Principals' Centers, where members are also linked with educators throughout the world.

校長中心

    就像教師一樣，校長的專業發展，他們的工作必須整合長期性的計劃，側重于學生成就與支持反思性實踐。它必需包括工作機會、討論、與同事一起解決問題（Drake and Roe, 2002）。校長中心提供一個探索和反思當前的學校和領導議題的機會，給有志願和實踐校長的人。有各式各樣的計劃來符合校長的獨特需求，例如透過研討會、論壇、研究團隊、工作坊、專題研討會、進修機構和補助金，以追求自我風格的學校為基底的方案。許多這些中心仿照校長中心在哈佛教育研究學院，它是第一個學校領導專業發展中心。成立於1981年，該中心在美國各地現有150個校長中心。許多校長中心連接形成一個校長中心國際網路，在成員也與世界各地的教育工作者聯繫在一起。