Event
2024/5 GEM Report consultation with UNESCO Institute for Education Planning on system leaders
The GEM Report and partner UNESCO鈥檚 International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP) will convene a consultation examining the role of leaders at the local level (also called middle tier leaders). Acting at the local level as district education officers, inspectors, supervisors and superintendents and within ministries responsible for planning and resource allocations, they can exercise leadership through their commitment to the achievement of national education goals, through their effectiveness in carrying out their responsibilities, to support teachers and principals in their functions and contribute to educational outcomes and the creation of positive learning environments.
The consultation will build off and examine existing studies on middle tier leadership undertaken by IIEP and the Education Development Trust (EDT), including a recent project investigating the evidence and promising practices from around the world, with six national case studies.
The objectives of the consultation include:
- Share the early thinking of the GEM Report team in preparation for the 2024 GEM Report
- Provide a space for participants to provide substantive feedback to the proposed lines of research with a particular focus topics of system leadership at the local level.
- Hear from the IIEP and EDT research teams and country partners on their ongoing research studies focused on the role of system leaders to act as catalysts for change in school reforms.
