The Concept of Leadership

Abstract

The social status of the school, the qualitative expectations of the beneficiaries of education, the contradictory changes in the pre-university education system and the social dimension of the school organization are factors that underline the imperative of the educational leadership, presented in the literature as an innovative leadership paradigm. Based on competencies (selfknowledge, self-mastery, social consciousness and relationship management), leadership from change perspective is present in the following areas: education, health, politics, army, or religion.

Keywords

• leadership
• education
• education quality
• teacher quality
• school access