Apréli@-TESSA Share Resources for School Leaders

This collection for School leaders is part of a collection endogenous Open Educational Resources for African schools aimed at Continually improving the Quality of Learning (CIQOL) within an Extended Professional Learning Community. Besides these resources for School Leaders, it offers:

• resources for teachers
• resources for teacher educators who can be resources person that are internal or external to the school

School leaders have a crucial role to play in ensuring the quality of teaching-learning in their institutions.

The article From India to Sub-Saharan Africa: supporting school leaders in transforming their schools into Extended Professional Learning Communities (EPLeC) explains how the TESSA Share-Apréli@ Collection for School Leaders supports them in developing the pedagogical dimension of their role.

Resources for school leaders: 

Leading teachers' professional development 

Leading teachers' professional development

What school leaders can learn in this booklet

The resources, activities, pauses for thought and case studies in this booklet will help you to:  

• Know how teachers' professional development can impact on school improvement and student learning outcomes 
• Generate some ideas to help your teachers assess their professional development needs
• Plan, monitor and enable professional development of all teachers

Supporting teachers to raise performance

Supporting teachers to raise performance

What school leaders can learn in this booklet

The resources, activities, pauses for thought and case studies in this booklet will help you:

• To assess teachers' performance 

• To plan to improve the performance of individual teachers.

• Develop some ideas on how to conduct constructive meetings with teachers about performance.

• Develop some ideas to use to maintain the performance of teachers.

Accompanying teachers: coaching and mentoring 

Accompanying teachers:coaching and mentoring

What school leaders can learn in this booklet

The resources, activities, pauses for thought and case studies in this booklet will help you:

• to distinguish between mentoring and coaching, and how both can be used to support staff learning
• to have conversations with members of staff that improve teaching and learning in your school
• to plan and deliver coaching and mentoring sessions with agreed outcomes.
• to consider the benefits of a coaching culture in your school.

Leading the use of technology in your school

Leading the use of technology in your school

What school leaders can learn in this booklet

The resources, activities, pauses for thought and case studies in this booklet will help you:

• gain insights into the range of technology that might be used in your school
• consider the creative use of ICT tools and devices in school
• consider ways to use the internet to support your own learning
• support your teachers in using the internet for their own learning and in their classrooms.

Leading the School Development Plan

Leading the School Development Plan

What school leaders can learn in this booklet

The resources, activities, pauses for thought and case studies in this booklet will help you:

• discover the main features of an effective school planning process
• plan for school-wide improvements in student learning
• engage stakeholders and especially the SMC in school development planning
• write an effective school development plan that makes a difference to outcomes for students