The Role of School Leaders in Developing Teams: Sources and Triggers in School Health Promotion
Although teams are the cornerstone of school health promotion, sources of team learning and the role of school leaders in developing such teams is unknown. It is important to understand the sources and triggers of team learning in order to establish the role of school leadership in the development...
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Although teams are the cornerstone of school health promotion, sources of team learning and the role of school leaders in developing such teams is unknown. It is important to understand the sources and triggers of team learning in order to establish the role of school leadership in the development of such teams. The investigation adopted a qualitative approach and a single case study design. Six members of the school management team and 12 teachers from one school participated. Eight of the 12 teachers were members of health committees responsible for the implementation of health policies in the school. Data were gathered by means of individual and focus group interviews. The findings revealed three sources of team learning that may be regarded as triggers: routine health promoting activities in the school, policies and guidelines for implementation of health programmes, and collaboration with other role players. School leaders were found to play an essential and multi-faceted role in team development, in that they were responsible for establishing developmental training programmes including creating opportunities for evaluation and reflection, managing interpersonal relationships and roles, articulating a vision, and facilitation of an open dialogue about the implementation of the health policy.
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| spelling | doaj.art-296c4c174dd04b4299a9ccf667a24aa62023-12-03T13:12:40ZengOpenED NetworkResearch in Educational Policy and Management2691-06672023-12-015210.46303/repam.2023.23The Role of School Leaders in Developing Teams: Sources and Triggers in School Health PromotionMelody Mtimkulu0Siphokazi Kwatubana1North-West University, Potchefstroom, South AfricaNWU Although teams are the cornerstone of school health promotion, sources of team learning and the role of school leaders in developing such teams is unknown. It is important to understand the sources and triggers of team learning in order to establish the role of school leadership in the development of such teams. The investigation adopted a qualitative approach and a single case study design. Six members of the school management team and 12 teachers from one school participated. Eight of the 12 teachers were members of health committees responsible for the implementation of health policies in the school. Data were gathered by means of individual and focus group interviews. The findings revealed three sources of team learning that may be regarded as triggers: routine health promoting activities in the school, policies and guidelines for implementation of health programmes, and collaboration with other role players. School leaders were found to play an essential and multi-faceted role in team development, in that they were responsible for establishing developmental training programmes including creating opportunities for evaluation and reflection, managing interpersonal relationships and roles, articulating a vision, and facilitation of an open dialogue about the implementation of the health policy. https://repamjournal.org/index.php/REPAM/article/view/174School leadership rolesSources of team learninghealth policytriggers of team learningteam leadership |
| spellingShingle | Melody Mtimkulu Siphokazi Kwatubana The Role of School Leaders in Developing Teams: Sources and Triggers in School Health Promotion Research in Educational Policy and Management School leadership roles Sources of team learning health policy triggers of team learning team leadership |
| title | The Role of School Leaders in Developing Teams: Sources and Triggers in School Health Promotion |
| title_full | The Role of School Leaders in Developing Teams: Sources and Triggers in School Health Promotion |
| title_fullStr | The Role of School Leaders in Developing Teams: Sources and Triggers in School Health Promotion |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of School Leaders in Developing Teams: Sources and Triggers in School Health Promotion |
| title_short | The Role of School Leaders in Developing Teams: Sources and Triggers in School Health Promotion |
| title_sort | role of school leaders in developing teams sources and triggers in school health promotion |
| topic | School leadership roles Sources of team learning health policy triggers of team learning team leadership |
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