How to Improve School Leadership (in Beijing's High Schools)

Anqi Zuo

doi:10.54097/jeer.v6i1.14214

Authors

Anqi Zuo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/jeer.v6i1.14214

Keywords:

Educational Instructors, Educational Leadership, Education System, Leadership, School Leaders, School Leadership

Abstract

Educational leadership plays a crucial role in the academic performance and direction of students' education. Currently, schools in Beijing are prioritizing the impact of educational leadership. This paper contributes to the author's scholarly research, synthesizing various factors that affect educational leadership in Beijing schools. The paper is structured into four parts. Firstly, it presents the background and current developments regarding the research topic. Secondly, the methodology section outlines the scope of literature search and the search method employed in this paper. The main part of the literature review provides a critical reflection and narrative analysis of the influencing factors on educational leadership in Beijing schools. The paper analyses five key topics related to educational leadership in Beijing's high school education system. These topics are Changes in the roles and responsibilities of educational leaders, Collaboration and Partnership in Educational Leadership, Distributed Leadership, Instructional and Transformational Leadership, Practical Training for school leaders, finally draws conclusions so that future research can further explore how to enhance and improve educational leadership in Beijing's high school education system.

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