Educational and Communication Leadership as a Dynamic and Lever for the Improvement of Educational Units

Ioannis Koukoumpliakos
(University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic)

Abstract: Through the present work, an attempt is made to highlight the role of educational and communication leadership, in times of intense adversity. A similar case is the one we are experiencing in the last year, with the appearance of the Covid-19 virus, which brought about an unprecedented health crisis around the world, which had an impact on the social, economic and educational level. More specifically, the educational community was called upon to deal with the effects of the crisis by activating new mechanisms of distance education, unprecedented for the data so far. To support the educational community, the contribution of the educational leadership was important, which had a supportive and guiding role. One can reasonably consider that educational leadership is a barometer for the proper functioning of educational institutions and expresses moral, social and educational standards. It operates on the basis of important concepts, such as the application of principles and values, the development of trust with all teachers, but also society itself. A methodological approach based on the bibliographic research, the text analysis and the connection of the research findings with the current situation was used to highlight the issue. The work is based on the study of secondary sources and texts. Then, examples of good educational leadership practices are presented and proposals for support for the organization and administration of education are submitted.

Key words: leadership, trainers, educational institutions