School Leadership. A Qualitative Analysis in a Cape Verdean Private School

Academic Paper from the year 2017 in the subject Pedagogy - General, grade: B, ( Atlantic International University ), course: INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, language: English, abstract: Leadership is very significant in education, and it is one of the most important skills an educator and any school personnel should have. In addition, being an effective school leader is extremely important to successful teaching and learning process, and effective leadership plays an important role in the whole school achievement. The purpose of this study is to know the behavior of a Cape Verdean private school leader, his ability of communication, organization, and self-assessment in order to identify if he has an efficient style of leadership and if so, to demonstrate if his leadership actually works as an added value in institutional terms.

The participant of this study is a Director of a private education institution that promotes educational activities from 1st cycle (7th and 8th grade) to the 3rd cycle (9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade) of secondary education. This research focused on qualitative data collection and the data was collected through semi structured interviews. After analyzing and discussing the obtained data, the results demonstrated that the characteristics of the private educational institution and the director interviewed are consistent, and the characteristics of the director are the most suitable for the leadership of a private educational institution. In addition, the results demonstrated that the existence of supervision and control over activities, teaching methods and pedagogical practices is very important, in order to guarantee a high standard of satisfaction and good school results.