[5]The School Administrators Leadership Training program (LT) in Armenia focused on three areas: educational leadership training for school administrators, school climate, and collaboration between school and community.
A program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the US Department of State, the LT program provided a unique environment for training school administrators, enabling them to become leaders in their communities.
This project is now closed.
• Develop and strengthen school administrators’ educational leadership capacity
• Support the advancement of a child-centered school environment
School Administrators Training in Educational Leadership: The LT program provided training to school administrators in educational leadership. Training sessions helped school administrators develop a clear vision for their school, improved leadership skills, and modernized management, supervision, and assessment methods.
Improving School Climate: Emphasizing the adoption of an open and democratic leadership style, the LT program helped school administrators to work effectively with teachers, students, and parents. This collaborative leadership methodology led to the development of innovative child-centered classrooms.
Strengthening the Relationship between Schools and Communities: The LT program was committed to building strong relationships between schools and their surrounding communities. Strong school-community relations provide a base of support for educational leadership reform, build community spirit, and encourage civic participation, volunteerism, and collaboration with a variety of organizations.
• Over 250 school principals and vice principals of primary and secondary schools were trained by a 25 member Educational Leadership Trainers Corps
• Three handbooks were published on primary and secondary school educational leadership, management, and supervision methodologies and training