JAMMU & KASHMIR

JOURNEY OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

The School Leadership Academy (SLA), Jammu and Kashmir was established in 2021 at State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT). The SLA has a mandate in tune with National Centre for School Leadership (NCSL), National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) of developing region specific curriculum and materials like training modules, capacity building (induction training, refresher course, orientation programmes, workshops, seminars/webinars etc.) of Heads of Schools, Key Resource Persons (KRPs), master facilitators, State Resource Groups & system level functionaries in education department, networking and institution building among all stakeholders of education institutions, research on region specific school leadership issues, challenges and solutions. The SLA-SCERT has a structure headed by Administrative Secretary SED & Director, SCERT, Joint Director (C) and Nodal officer at UT level. The SLA has 8 members comprising management and programme advisory committee, 2 divisional nodal officers from SCERT, 20 district nodal officers and 20 resource persons from District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) level. The SLA has 200 KRPs, 10 from each district including two from each level (Headmasters, Principals, Zonal Education Officers / Block Education Officers, Senior Level Officers, Head Teachers). The SLA-SCERT has a vision to transform schools in the UT as envisioned in NEP 2020. The motive of SLA is to “Lead by influence”. SLA has documented initiatives taken by SED during Covid 19 as best case studies and submitted to NCSL. SLA developed 14 region specific modules. SLA created video content of different school leaders who have outperformed in their respective schools and institutes. SLA has set a momentum for creating Professional Learning Communities at SCERT level and district level. SLA collaborated with national and international level institutions as per School Leadership Development Programme (SLDP) framework for capacity building of school leaders. SLA made 6 documentaries ranging from BAHAK Schools, Dal dwellers and schools in urban slum areas. SLA documented more than 50 best practices. SLA conducted webinars on diverse themes. SLA conducted more than 30 live shows. SLA translated Programme on School Leadership and Management (PSLM) in Urdu after detailed workshops and review processes. SLA has oriented school leaders on the importance of PSLM courses and succeeded in registering more than 10 thousand school leaders. Under continuous development programme on SLDP and pedagogical leadership, SLA conducted a series of programmes and also conducted SLDP at district levels in collaboration with DIETs in respective districts. SLA was directed to collect data of all 28000 Heads of institutions and system level functionaries. SLA succeeded in making a huge data bank of Heads of institutions across Jammu and Kashmir. SLA has created its own website. SLA is looking forward to capacity building of school heads as well as SCERT, DIETs and KRPs in its journey ahead.