School-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS) is a school-wide approach to create a safe and positive school climate. SWPBIS is a framework in which core features and procedures need to be adjusted to its specific school context, referred to as contextual fit. Implementing with fidelity …

Het begrip ‘teacher leader’ duikt steeds vaker op, in publicaties, masteropleidingen en (boven)bestuurlijke professionaliseringstrajecten. Het verwijst naar leraren die rollen op zich nemen die de eigen lespraktijk overstijgen en een bijdrage leveren aan onderwijsontwikkeling en onderwijskwaliteit. Die …

Many countries in Europe use some kind of competence framework to define the quality of teachers. They typically formulate one level of teaching quality which defines the competence level that teachers must have acquired after completing initial teacher education. In addition, most countries provide …

Despite the notable strides that have been made in terms of participation in sport, women continue to be underrepresented in sport leadership roles such as coaching and officiating. The 2014 United Nations (UN) International Working Group on Women’s Sport (IWG) noted that: ‘Women are significantly under-represented …

Pedagogical tact concerns a teacher's ability to adequately handle complex classroom situations that require immediate action. As such, pedagogical tact can be viewed as an enactment of teachers’ intuition. While most teachers, teacher educators, educational leaders and scholars readily recognise the …

Wat is teacher leadership precies? En hoe kun je dit stimuleren in je school? Informeel, collectief leiderschap lijkt de beste kansen op succes te geven, volgens Marco Snoek in dit artikel in Didactief.

Deze publicatie gaat over het leiderschap van leraren, internationaal aangeduid als ‘teacher leadership’. Leraren kunnen veel verschillende vormen van leiderschap uitoefenen. Persoonlijk leiderschap heeft bijvoorbeeld betrekking op de mate waarin leraren regie over hun eigen werk en eigen ontwikkeling …

In the wake of neo-liberal informed global trends to set performance standards and intensify accountability, the Dutch government aimed for ‘raising standards for basic skills’. While the implementation of literacy standards was hardly noticed, the introduction of numeracy standards caused a major backlash …