JOURNEY OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

School Leadership Academy (SLA) was established in the year 2018 as per the guidelines of National Centre for School Leadership (NCSL), National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) and then shifted to State Institute of Educational Management and Training (SIEMAT) in the year 2020. Twenty Head Masters/Principals constituted core group members of SLA who were apprised on the modalities to be followed for School Leadership Academy through two online orientation programmes. Number of orientation programmes, activities, group discussions were conducted to empower school leaders for qualitative education and for holistic development of students. A detailed description on the preparation of the modules as per the identification of problems at school /regional levels were discussed through online mode. A format was given to write modules. Interviews were conducted with active school leaders from Andhra Pradesh. Video documentaries were developed on school transformation by the efforts of SIET and State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) in collaboration with SIEMAT, Samagra Shiksha. These video documentaries are uploaded in SLA, You Tube Channel. Leadership modules were developed by District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Srikakulam. It covered topics on Value Education, Stress Management, Gender Sensitivity, Time Management and Adolescent Education. These modules were submitted to NCSL-NIEPA. School development modules were translated into Telugu by DIET, Aangaluru Krishna district. Online orientation programmes were conducted by NCSL-NIEPA for school leadership core group members on the development of school leadership modules based on the critical awareness of the problems and solutions of school leadership in the state of Andhra Pradesh.