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Analysis of the Tasks of School Principals in Secondary Education in Catalonia: Case Study

Analysis of the Tasks of School Principals in Secondary Education in Catalonia: Case Study

Georgeta Ion, Marina Tomàs, Diego Castro, Esther Salat
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781466665910|ISBN10: 1466665912|EISBN13: 9781466665927
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6591-0.ch003
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Ion, Georgeta, et al. "Analysis of the Tasks of School Principals in Secondary Education in Catalonia: Case Study." Multidimensional Perspectives on Principal Leadership Effectiveness, edited by Kadir Beycioglu and Petros Pashiardis, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 39-58. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6591-0.ch003

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Ion, G., Tomàs, M., Castro, D., & Salat, E. (2015). Analysis of the Tasks of School Principals in Secondary Education in Catalonia: Case Study. In K. Beycioglu & P. Pashiardis (Eds.), Multidimensional Perspectives on Principal Leadership Effectiveness (pp. 39-58). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6591-0.ch003

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Ion, Georgeta, et al. "Analysis of the Tasks of School Principals in Secondary Education in Catalonia: Case Study." In Multidimensional Perspectives on Principal Leadership Effectiveness, edited by Kadir Beycioglu and Petros Pashiardis, 39-58. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6591-0.ch003

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Abstract

School principals have important jobs. To achieve a better understanding of their working lives, this chapter uses the professional diary and timetabling data of all the secondary School Principals, from schools in the Sant Cugat area of Catalonia, Spain. It begins by describing the context of the Catalonian educational system, its leadership and managerial model from a double perspective: on the one hand, the normative requirements; and on the other, the “day-to-day” tasks. The authors adopt a qualitative methodology. The analysis of the school principals' diaries and timetables was conducted over the course of one month (November 2013). The results permit us to relate the day-to-day tasks of the school principal to those tasks identified in the local and national school regulations and in the Education Law. This examination will lead to a better understanding of how the distribution of their activities and their time management is related to these requirements.

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