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Leadership Decision-Making Process When Developing School Improvement Programs: Case of Irkutsk Region

Student: kostenko natalya

Supervisor: Maria Ozerova

Faculty: Institute of Education

Educational Programme: Education Administration (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2024

State policy requires the director to focus on developing the school to improve the quality of its results. The scientific problem is that, on the one hand, the director is obliged to perform the function of strategic development of the school, and on the other hand, the priority of this function among Russian directors is lower than that of their colleagues from PISA research leader countries. Strategic development management in school is inseparably linked to its development program. The aim of the study is to investigate and describe the mechanisms of making strategic management decisions in the development of school programs. Approaches to strategic management of the school were considered, subjects and main stages of the mechanism for making strategic management decisions were identified. Based on the results of interviews conducted with directors of twelve schools in the Irkutsk region, peculiarities of mechanisms for making strategic management decisions in the development of school programs were studied and analyzed. Three different decision-making mechanisms were identified: administrative, participatory with minimal involvement of teachers and no other interested parties; participatory with involvement of teachers and interested parties. An author's classification of options for teacher participation in processes of preparing and making strategic management decisions was carried out depending on the degree of their involvement. The data obtained during the study show significant differences in the mechanisms used for making decisions by different management teams, with some schools still maintaining an administrative management model. The results of interviews indicate a situation where leaders underestimate the importance of identifying and analyzing problems when making strategic management decisions.

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