MANAGEMENT COMPETENCES OF A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: MODERN TRENDS

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of development of management competences of school principals. The author makes a review of world education trends, pays attention to the new approaches of modern competences such as critical thinking, analysis, and problem solving which have been regarded as key indicators for success. Taking into account the theoretical & methodological foundations of the problem which was researched by many Ukrainian & foreign scientists, the author underlines the importance of solving some social & economic problems in order to make modernization of secondary school education system. Very important is to use new approaches of 21st Century Pedagogy: teach how to ‘learn to learn’, promote teamwork, exploit technology to support learning, foster students’ creativity & others. Special attention is paid to World Bank Report 2018 where the analysis of the world education situation is given & to main approaches to competences of a modern person which are described by Association for Talent Development. All these materials are used for scientific research & experimental work on the problem of development of management competences of school principals which are done by the University of Education Management. Analyzing the results of experimental work, the author underlines the fact that all school leaders which took part in the research are ready to learn & to develop their management competences. In the process of the development of such competences a very important thing is to use modern principals: transparency, integration, rights & freedoms, innovation, activity, dynamic & mobility. Critical thinking, knowledge management, performance improvement, instructional design, learning technologies, managing learning programs, coaching, integrated talent management, managing learning programs should be developed in the process of professional activity of school principals.