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Leading Education Systems

ISBN: 978-1-80071-133-4, eISBN: 978-1-80071-130-3

Publication date: 3 June 2021

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(2021), "Index", Brown, S. and Duignan, P. (Ed.) Leading Education Systems, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-130-320211011

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INDEX

Academic culture
, 142

Agency
, 3–4

Alberta Initiative for School Improvement
, 46

Alignment
, 49

Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)
, 170

‘Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC)
, 203

Australian Catholic University (ACU)
, 189

Australian Church
, 203–204

Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL)
, 20

Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER), xxviii
, 180

Australian Educational Leader (AEL)
, 20

Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL)
, 179

Authentic engagement
, 21

Boundaries
, 20, 111

Capacity
, 50, 66

Catholic education
, 201–202

in Australia
, 202

context and mission of
, 206–209

Catholic Education, Diocese of Wagga Wagga (CEDWW)
, xxviii, 180, 182, 234

Central Office Staff
, 185–186

need for
, 187

principals and assistant principals
, 186

system improvement initiative
, 194

Catholic Education Diocese of Wilcannia Forbes
, 187

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA)
, 203

Catholic schools
, 206–208

Catholicism
, xxix

CEDWW Workforce Capability Framework (CWCF)
, 190–191

China, cultural and contextual antecedents for system leadership in
, 91–93

Chinese educational reforms
, 226

Classroom conditions
, 138–140

relative effects
, 141–142

Co-curricular activities (CCA)
, 112

Co-responsibility
, 212, 232

Coherence
, 16–17

Collaboration
, 16–17

Collaborative leadership
, 18

Collective capacity-building

for quality improvement
, 62–64

quality strategy based on
, 66–69

Collective leadership
, 18

Commission contract
, 94

Commissioned administration networks
, 94–95

Commonwealth Education Act (2013)
, 207

Communities of practice
, 122

Community-based learning
, 25

Compliant engagement
, 21

Compulsory Education Law
, 91–92

Connected partnership-based system
, 229

Consultation process
, 48

Cooperative learning
, 21

Cooperative seating
, 21

Courage
, 195, 230–231

COVID-19
, xxiii–xxiv, 1–2, 222

destructive forces
, 223

experience during
, 55

first wave
, 51

virus
, 87

Cross-cutting principles
, 68

Cultural and contextual antecedents for system leadership in China
, 91–93

Culture
, 209–210

Curriculum reform
, 46

Deep-level questioning
, 21

Dialogue
, 213, 232

District leadership

framework for
, 153–156

implications for
, 145–147

practices
, 135–137

in schools, classrooms and families
, 144–145

District(s)
, 133

characteristics
, 135–137

district/municipal-level teaching-research officers
, 98–100

effectiveness studies
, 133

governance
, 137

practices of district leaders
, 143–144

Ecological thinking in education
, 24

Economist Intelligence Unit
, 122

Ecosystems
, 222

Education change
, 37–38, 44

engagement of stakeholders
, 47–48

implications for system leadership
, 53–55

institutional and policy alignment
, 48–50

policy design process
, 45–47

in practice
, 50–53

processes
, xxiv, 39–40

traditional change approaches
, 40–44

Education Development Trust
, 174, 229

Education policymakers
, 55

Education policymaking
, 38, 44, 55

Education System Improvement Tool (ESIT)
, xxviii–xxix, 180

development and trial
, 182–186

‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’
, 159

Educational leaders
, 2

Educational leadership researchers and commentators
, 17

Educational reform leaders
, 26

Educational system

leadership
, 193

and organisations
, 20

Effective school leadership
, 142–143

Energy National Innovation Challenge
, 125

Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N)
, 125

Engagement of stakeholders
, 47–48

English education system
, 157–158

Equity
, 3

European Union (EU)
, 63

External evaluation
, 72–74

External partner-led networks
, 94–95

Fake news
, 124

Family conditions
, 138–140

relative effects
, 141–142

Finance Department of MOE
, 112

Finland curricular reform processes
, 48

Fixed mindset
, 6–7

Fixed-identity mindsets
, 5–6

Food security
, 125

Fourth Industrial Revolution
, 2

Free market
, 61

Funding of schools
, 112

Future leaders
, 170–172

Future school leaders programme
, 187–189

Future-ready learners
, 114

system leadership for
, 116–120

Future-ready life work, system leadership for
, 120–123

Future-ready living, leadership for
, 123–125

‘Getting to know our workforce’ inquiry
, 186–187

Global Dialogue
, 160, 162

Global Education Reform Movement (GERM)
, 3, 61–63

Global financial crisis (GFC)
, 19

Global value chains
, 123

Government-funded schools
, 111–112

Government-led networks
, 94–95

Growth mindset
, 6–7

Heroism
, 214

High-stakes culture
, 69, 73–74, 76

Hubei Province
, 92

Human capital
, 179

Human flourishing
, 202–203

context and mission of catholic education
, 206–209

context in society
, 205–206

context within church
, 203–205

system leadership imperative
, 209–216

Human resource (HR)
, 112

Idea generation (ideation)
, 121

Ingenuity
, 214

Inspectorates
, 73

Institutes of Technical Education
, 111

Institutional and policy alignment
, 48–50

Instructional leadership
, 98

Integrity
, 195, 231

International comparative educational studies
, xvi

Interpersonal effectiveness
, 195, 230

Jiaoyanyuan system
, 98–100, 103

Jointly determined change, adaptability, and culture-based accountability model (JAC model)
, 26–27

K-12 school-based education
, 25

KnowledgeWorks
, 19, 22, 25

innovators and reformers
, 23

Lattice-like leadership
, xv

Leaders of schooling systems
, 3

Leadership
, xii, (see also Quality leadership)

capacities
, 14

for future-ready living
, 123–125

implications for
, 100–105

teams
, 54

Leading education change
, 50–53

Leading Education Systems
, xiii, xxiii, 222

Learning

communities
, 12

organisations
, 50

system
, 64–66

learning-oriented organisational improvement processes
, 136

Life-deep learning
, 119–120

Life-wide learning
, 118–119

Lifelong learning
, 117–118

Linear thinking
, 10

Local Leaders of Education (LLEs)
, 167

London Challenge
, 159

Love
, 214

Market approach
, 71, 79–80

Mingshi
, 103

Ministerial Public Juridic Person (MPJP)
, 202, 207, 210

Ministry of Education (MOE)
, xxvi, 92

objectives
, 111

Multi Academy Trust (MAT)
, 161

National Assessment Programme in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
, 179–180

National College
, xiv–xv

National College for School Leadership (NCSL)
, 88

National Exceptional Teaching for Disadvantaged Schools Programme (NETDS Programme)
, 190

National Improvement Hub
, 71

National inter-diocesan improvement network, formation of
, 193–194

National Leaders of Education (NLEs)
, 167

National Leaders of Governance (NLGs)
, 167

National qualifications and examinations in upper stages
, 74–76

National School Improvement Tool (NSIT)
, xxix, 180–182

Neo-liberal political agenda
, 61

Networked leadership
, 194

Networked teacher PLCs
, 96–98

New public management approach
, 61

Normal-level exams (N-Level exams)
, 113

Norway Competence Development for Schools
, 46

Online falsehoods
, 124

Ontario leadership framework (OLF)
, 138

Open systems
, 111–112

Ordinary level exams (O-level exams)
, 113

Organisational environments
, 222

Partnership-based education system
, 157, 172

connected and
, 160–162

future of system leadership in VUCA world
, 172–175

self-improving systems
, 162–170

sustainability and future leaders
, 170–172

Partnerships
, 157, 159, 229

Pathways to School Leadership: Leading With Impact Programme
, 187

Peer observation
, 102

Peer-to-peer learning
, 19

Performance excellence
, 195, 230

Personal attributes
, 195, 230–231

Pioneer School Networks
, 48

Plenary Council
, 203

Policy cycle
, 41

Policy design process
, 45–47

Policy enactment
, 43

Policy-oriented board of trustees
, 137

Policymakers
, 42, 45

Polytechnics
, 111

Post-secondary education
, 25

Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE)
, 112

Professional capital
, 88–91

Professional development (PD)
, 98, 123, 136, 226

Professional leadership development
, 137

Professional learning communities (PLCs)
, 89

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), xvi
, 62, 91

Public education
, xiii

Quadrant-based model
, 164

Quality assurance strategy
, 59

Quality control
, 63

Quality indicators (QIs)
, 70

Quality leadership for learning systems
, 59

evaluation and appraisal of teachers and school leaders
, 79–81

evolution of quality strategies within school systems
, 60–61

external evaluation
, 72–74

implications for leaders and system leadership in VUCA world
, 81–83

learning system
, 64–66

national qualifications and examinations in upper stages
, 74–76

quality strategy based on collective capacity-building
, 66–69

school self-evaluation
, 70–71

stakeholder engagement
, 78–79

student assessment progress at earlier stages
, 76–78

theories of change
, 61–64

Quality strategies

based on collective capacity-building
, 66–69

evolution within school systems
, 60–61

Quality systems
, 224

Radical inclusion
, 28

Recruitment process, example of use of framework in
, 191–193

Relational leadership
, 214

Relationships
, 137

Reliability
, 69

Religious Institute (RI)
, 202, 207, 210

Resilience
, 195, 230–231

Return of Large-Scale Reform, The
, xvi

Revert, reboot, reframe and replace (four Rs)
, 4

Rural–urban collaborative consortiums
, 96

Scaling successful educational reforms
, 32

School and system improvement
, 180

clarity of vision and purpose
, 184–186

CWCF
, 190–191

example of use of framework in recruitment process
, 191–193

formation of national inter-diocesan improvement network
, 193–194

future school leaders programme
, 187–189

‘getting to know our workforce’ inquiry
, 186–187

implications for system leadership and leaders in uncertain times
, 194–197

phase
, 180–181

university school/faculty of education partnerships
, 189–190

School conditions
, 138–140

relative effects
, 141–142

School districts

framework
, 135–140

mediating conditions
, 138–140

methods
, 140–141

results
, 141–145

School leaders, xiv–xv
, 54

evaluation and appraisal of
, 79–81

School(s)
, 111

different forms of school consortiums
, 93–96

education systems
, 11, 64

leadership
, 116, 138

school-based partnerships
, 159

school-to-school collaboration
, 157

self-evaluation
, 70–71

system, xxviii

Schooling

agenda
, 3

systems
, xxvii

‘Schools Achieving Success’
, 158

Schools at the Crossroads of Innovation in Cities and Regions
, 24

Second Vatican Council
, 208

Self-awareness
, 214

Self-improving systems
, xv, 162

system leader
, 166–168

well-connected and constantly maturing system of partnerships of schools
, 163–166

well-functioning systems and structures
, 163

work on mindset and culture change
, 168–170

Self-management
, 195, 231

Self-sovereign mind
, 6

Self-transforming mindset
, 6–7

Sensus fidelium
, 214

Shanghai Education Authority
, xxvi

Shared leadership
, 13

Singapore

education system
, 114

multiculturalism
, 124

schools
, 112

Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate
, 113

SkillsFuture
, 117–118

SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
, 118

‘Spaces for students’ learning
, 21

Special-class Teachers
, 97

Specialist Leaders of Education (SLEs)
, 167

Stakeholders engagement
, 47–48, 78–79

Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood (SCSEEC)
, 181

Stewardship
, 211, 232

Strategic thinking in action
, 195, 230

Struggling school-led networks
, 94–95

Student

assessment progress at earlier stages
, 76–78

high-stakes tests
, 40

talk
, 21

Subject Leaders
, 97

Subsidiarity
, 212, 232

Success education
, xxvi, 94

Surface level questioning
, 21

Sustainability
, 170–172

System leaders
, xxiii, 15, 59, 77, 221, 224, 227–228

challenges
, 29

complex systems
, 31–32

in education
, 2–3

ethical and moral guidelines
, 30–31

guiding principles for
, 211–213

implications for
, 29

insufficient preparation for VUCA challenges
, 29

nuanced leadership best in uncertain times
, 33

reform
, 30

scaling successful educational reforms
, 32

System leadership
, xiii–xiv, xviii, xx, xxx, 166, 228, (see also Quality leadership for learning systems)

cultural and contextual antecedents for system leadership in China
, 91–93

in everyday
, 213–215

future of system leadership in VUCA world
, 172–175

for future-ready learning
, 116–120

for future-ready life work
, 120–123

imperative
, 209–216

implications for
, 53–55, 100–105

movement
, 171

opportunity
, 215–216

and professional capital
, 88–91

purposes of education
, 113–116

system reform initiatives
, 93–100

System perspective
, 12

System reform initiatives
, 93

different forms of school consortiums
, 93–96

district/municipal-level teaching-research officers
, 98–100

networked teacher PLCs
, 96–98

System regeneration
, 4

Systemic leadership
, 4

TALIS
, 102

‘Teach Less, Learn More’ initiative
, 113

Teacher(s)

evaluation and appraisal of
, 79–81

professional development approaches
, 46

talk
, 21

teacher–student relationships
, 21

Teaching School Alliance (TSA)
, 161

Teaching schools
, 161

Teaching-research officers
, 98–100

Technology
, 122

Theories of change
, 61–64

Third Global Education Industry Summit
, 24

Third way approach
, 61

Top-down implementation
, 43

Traditional change approaches
, 40–44

Transparency
, 69

Trust
, 68–69, 210

UK National College for School Leadership
, xiv

UK–Shanghai comparative study
, 104

Uncertainty
, 206

‘Understanding Our Workforce’ survey
, 186

Universities
, 111

school/faculty of education partnerships
, 189–190

Validity
, 69

Vision-oriented learning
, 137

Visionary leadership
, 8

Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity (VUCA)
, xxiii–xxiv, xviii–xix, xxi, xxiii, 170

future of system leadership in VUCA world
, 172–175

implications for leaders and system leadership in
, 81–83

times
, 54

world
, 1, 6, 8, 10, 59, 222

‘Voluntary but inevitable’ principle
, 160

Water security
, 125

Welsh system
, 168

Workforce Capability Framework
, 187