Khalid - mseam

CLAIMS
RELATING TO
LEADERSHIP
FOR TURNAROUND SCHOOLS AND
TEACHERS’ MOTIVATION
THE MALTA SOCIETY FOR EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
MSEAM
[mseam.info]
Dr. Khalid Arar (The College for Academic Studies and Sakhnin College)
Date: 24 March 2015
Time: 5:30pm — 7.00pm
Venue: MUT Headquarters,
Republic Street,
Valletta.
The MSEAM, in collaboration with the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT), presents the
seminar entitled ‘Claims relating to Leadership for turnaround schools and teachers’
motivation.’
Seminar Brief
Many broad-based studies conducted in recent years to examine factors influencing
school success and the leadership role have indicated that school quality and success
largely depends on the quality of the teachers and what do they do. It is claimed that
pedagogic leaders who have succeeded in turning their schools around were
characterized by their ability to influence this factor. This presentation has four goals:
(1) to identify characteristics of educational leaders that have succeeded in turning
their schools around by synthesizing findings from four international broad-based
studies, combined with findings from in-depth research; (2) to characterize the
influence of pedagogic leadership on student achievements; (3) to point up the
importance of context and its influence on motivation to teach and learn and (4) to
conclude with insights and practices that can turn around schools.
Speaker
Khalid Arar (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer at the Center for Academic Studies and co-head
of MA degree in Education Administration at Sakhnin Academic College. His studies
focuses in issues of diversity, equity and ethnicity in education in general and in
educational leadership and higher education in particular. His most recent books
include Jordinzation of Higher education among the Palestinians in Israel (2010,
Flursheimer, in Hebrew, with Kussai Haj Yehia); Arab women in management and
leadership (2013, Palgrave, with Tamar Shapira; Faisal Azaiza and Rachel Hertz
Lazarowitz). Correspondence to: Dr. Khalid Arar, email: khalidarr@gmail.com.