Gyeongnam Office of Education Explores Vice Principals' Role as Innovative Education Leaders

Gyeongnam Office of Education is conducting a Happiness School Principals' Council for principals of Happiness Sharing Schools, Happiness Schools, and Happiness Welcome Kindergartens in 2021.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] On the 15th, the Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education held a Happiness School Vice Principals' Council for vice principals of the 2021 Happy Sharing Schools, Happy Schools, and Happy Welcoming Kindergartens at the Yi Sun-sin Leadership International Center in Jinhae-gu, Changwon.

Considering the COVID-19 situation, the council was held separately for kindergartens, elementary, and secondary schools.

The purpose was to help understand the operation of Happy Schools and to enhance the creative and cooperative leadership capabilities of school middle managers to foster a happy school culture of respect and consideration.

At the council, former Sejong City Office of Education supervisor Jeong Gyeong-ja emphasized the importance of relationship-centered capabilities and democratic leadership of vice principals as leaders of innovative education through presentations such as “Operation of Innovative Kindergartens with Learning and Growth,” Kim Jeom-jung, principal of Hwage Elementary School’s “Role of Happy School Vice Principals and Democratic Leadership,” and former principal of Deokyang Middle School Lee Jun-won’s “Cases of Democratic Management in Happy Schools.”

Following the training, group discussions focused on the role of vice principals as heads of the academic administration team, exploring methods for composing and efficiently operating the academic administration team, ways to build relationships between the academic administration team and homeroom teachers, and ways to reduce school workload and expand administrative support for managers.

In addition, Lee Oe-sook, Director of School Innovation, stated, “Happy School administrators need to demonstrate active leadership of empathy and cooperation to mediate diverse opinions and conflicts among members and to elicit spontaneity through communication.”

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