The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional development
School leaders such as principals are key not only for educational and school quality but also for initiating and sustainably anchoring any innovation in schools. Although there is widespread agreement about the importance of holistic approaches to school health promotion, the role of principals has...
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| author | Karina Leksy Grzegorz Gawron Rafaela Rosário Rafaela Rosário Rafaela Rosário Marjorita Sormunen Veronica Velasco Anita Sandmeier Venka Simovska Tomasz Wojtasik Kevin Dadaczynski Kevin Dadaczynski |
| author_facet | Karina Leksy Grzegorz Gawron Rafaela Rosário Rafaela Rosário Rafaela Rosário Marjorita Sormunen Veronica Velasco Anita Sandmeier Venka Simovska Tomasz Wojtasik Kevin Dadaczynski Kevin Dadaczynski |
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| description | School leaders such as principals are key not only for educational and school quality but also for initiating and sustainably anchoring any innovation in schools. Although there is widespread agreement about the importance of holistic approaches to school health promotion, the role of principals has received increased, but not yet systematic, attention. In this context, it is unclear which leadership competencies are needed and to what extent they are taught. Hence, this paper aims to reflect whether and to what extend health promotion plays a role in preservice and inservice training of principals in Europe. Based on the results we call for a more systematic analysis of existing teaching opportunities and teaching needs for health-promoting leadership, the development of a European competence framework for health-promoting leadership, the development and implementation of a European system that monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of those preservice and inservice training programs, and the development of case-studies to stimulate a mutual learning process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ebc2615ce153433ba004408450aa84802024-01-04T04:34:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652024-01-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.12979701297970The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional developmentKarina Leksy0Grzegorz Gawron1Rafaela Rosário2Rafaela Rosário3Rafaela Rosário4Marjorita Sormunen5Veronica Velasco6Anita Sandmeier7Venka Simovska8Tomasz Wojtasik9Kevin Dadaczynski10Kevin Dadaczynski11Department of Social Science, Institute of Pedagogy, University of Silesia, Katowice, PolandDepartment of Social Science, Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia, Katowice, PolandSchool of Nursing, University of Minho, Braga, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra, Braga, PortugalResearch Centre in Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minho, Braga, PortugalInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, FinlandDepartment of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, ItalySchwyz University of Teacher Education, Goldau, SwitzerlandDanish School of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark0Regional In-Service Teachers Training Centre Metis in Katowice, Katowice, Poland1Department of Health Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Science, Fulda, Germany2Center for Applied Health Science, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Lueneburg, GermanySchool leaders such as principals are key not only for educational and school quality but also for initiating and sustainably anchoring any innovation in schools. Although there is widespread agreement about the importance of holistic approaches to school health promotion, the role of principals has received increased, but not yet systematic, attention. In this context, it is unclear which leadership competencies are needed and to what extent they are taught. Hence, this paper aims to reflect whether and to what extend health promotion plays a role in preservice and inservice training of principals in Europe. Based on the results we call for a more systematic analysis of existing teaching opportunities and teaching needs for health-promoting leadership, the development of a European competence framework for health-promoting leadership, the development and implementation of a European system that monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of those preservice and inservice training programs, and the development of case-studies to stimulate a mutual learning process.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1297970/fullschool principalshealth-promoting leadershippre-service and in-service trainingcompetence frameworkHealth Promoting School |
| spellingShingle | Karina Leksy Grzegorz Gawron Rafaela Rosário Rafaela Rosário Rafaela Rosário Marjorita Sormunen Veronica Velasco Anita Sandmeier Venka Simovska Tomasz Wojtasik Kevin Dadaczynski Kevin Dadaczynski The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional development Frontiers in Public Health school principals health-promoting leadership pre-service and in-service training competence framework Health Promoting School |
| title | The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional development |
| title_full | The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional development |
| title_fullStr | The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional development |
| title_full_unstemmed | The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional development |
| title_short | The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional development |
| title_sort | importance of school leaders in school health promotion a european call for systematic integration of health in professional development |
| topic | school principals health-promoting leadership pre-service and in-service training competence framework Health Promoting School |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1297970/full |
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