Build leadership in Australian schools

Building the skills required to become a school leader requires dedication and support. Our resources will help you build leadership in Australian schools. They're designed to be shared with your team, aspiring leaders, or the schools you work with.

Leading for impact: Australian guidelines for school leadership development

Leading for impact: Australian guidelines for school leadership development sets out evidence-based guidance to support a nationally coherent and standards-based approach to leadership development. The guidelines help systems and sectors, principals and others responsible for leadership development in schools to review, affirm and improve current approaches.

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Resources to build leadership in Australian schools

Guides, videos and reflection tools, based on the Professional Practices, from the Principal Standard and Leadership Profiles to support you in building leadership capacity in your school, system or sector.

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School leadership in rural and remote contexts

Explore ways to strengthen your leadership through these case studies and information guide, developed to support leaders in rural and remote contexts.

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Prepare future leaders

Explore AITSL's five key recommendations for preparing future leaders in Australian schools, and the evidence-based research that informs them.

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Evaluate principal preparation programs

Assess and improve your approach to principal preparation with this new framework for professional learning providers, schools and education systems in Australia.

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Leadership Scenarios

Drawing on the experiences of real school leaders, these videos, guidebooks and resources provide practical strategies to help new leaders deal with common challenges school leaders face.

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