Global Leadership Shortage

07/03/2008

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.
Sally Koch

The World Forum project, Global Leaders for Young Children, was created by Joan Lombardi with the goal of "...improving life chances for young children by developing early childhood leaders who can become effective change agents and advocates for quality early childhood development in their home countries and regions." The project is nurturing the next generation of early childhood leaders worldwide.

Now an Education Week (April 16, 2008) story, "Lack of School Leadership Seen as Global Problem," highlights the importance and enormity of the challenge. The article reports that...

"A study of 22 nations conducted by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that the roles and responsibilities of school leaders have expanded dramatically in the past few decades. At the same time, the workforce of principals in many nations is nearing retirement, and a majority of countries studied reported difficulties in finding enough suitable candidates....

"The study found that countries should do more to make school leadership an attractive career. Across participating nations it found negative job images, insufficient salaries relative to responsibilities, and inadequate attention to recruitment and succession planning have discouraged people from entering the profession."

To learn more about the World Forum's Global Leaders program, contact [email protected].

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