ASSAM

JOURNEY OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

Government of Assam declared the Directorate of State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Assam as School Leadership Academy (SLA) in 2016 with a purpose of transforming school education in the state and expanding school leadership development among the School Principals in collaboration with National Centre for School Leadership (NCSL), National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA). The SLA, Assam has constituted 17 State Resource Group (SRG) members to carry out the plan and activities of NCSL. The SRG members of Assam have conducted 10-days Capacity Building Programme (CPD) for School Principals and translated the 10-days CPD module into Assamese. The SLA, SCERT conducted a One Month Certificate Course for Principals of Secondary Schools in collaboration with NCSL. SLA, SCERT has collected the best practices adopted by the School Principals in the form of case studies and videos. The handbook in Assamese on School Leadership Development has also been translated by SLA and submitted to NCSL. The SLA has submitted online modules on School Leadership and Management with resource materials (translated and adopted in Assamese) to NCSL which was launched in presence of the Commissioner and Secretary, Education Department on NCSL website. The SLA has also submitted online modules in Bengali and Bodo language with resource materials to NCSL for launching on the NCSL website. The SLA, SCERT has also conducted an Online 64 hours Continuous Professional Development Programme for Principals of Secondary Schools in Assam. The online programme was conducted in four phases in 2022 followed by interaction and discussion. Online programmes on School Leadership and Management, Handbook on School Leadership and Management, Resource Book – One Month Certificate Course on School Leadership and Pedagogical Leadership for Learning in Secondary School were discussed during the programme. The SLA continues its journey of school leadership development looking for active involvement of all stakeholders.