Developing human resources for effective school management in small Caribbean states |
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| Institution: | 1. Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom;2. Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;3. Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy;4. CiaoTech, 20131 Milan, Italy;5. School of Architecture Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Dublin D14 E099, Ireland;6. Italian Aerospace Research Center (CIRA), 81043 Capua, Italy;7. Agricultural University of Athens, Laboratory of Mineralogy-Geology, Iera Odos 75, 118 55 Athens, Greece;8. Region of Sterea Ellada, Kalivion 2, 351 32 Lamia, Greece;9. Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy;10. Naturalea Conservació S.L, Castellar del Vallès 08211, Spain;11. Natural Resources Institute Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland;12. Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction, Natural Sciences Sector, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Paris Headquarters, 75007 Paris, France;13. Innovative Technologies Centre, Alketou 25, Athens 11633, Greece;14. National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Psachna 34400, Greece;15. Built Environment Asset Management Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA, United Kingdom;p. School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus, DG1 4ZL, United Kingdom;q. Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Technikerstr. 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria;r. KAJO s.r.o, Sladkovicova 228/8, 01401 Bytca, Slovakia |
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| Abstract: | Rapid socio-economic changes and other emergent needs have combined to make educational systems in small states more complex and difficult to manage. Despite generous spending on educational services and a recognition of the need for training in educational management, these countries find it difficult to provide for adequate training of head teachers since they are forced to spend most of their funds to meet expansion needs of elementary and secondary level and, to a lesser extent, to train elementary teachers. This paper describes and analyses a collaborative venture with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), The Commonwealth of Learning (COL), The University of the West Indies (UWI) and Lakehead University, Ontario (LU). It particularly focuses on the collaboration, teamwork and planning aspects of the project and demonstrates how such a process can be used to meet crucial needs in small states. |
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