Hi Ronald in Singapore teachers like the very students they groom are amazing, gifted people with different aspirations. Currently I heard from my friends who is teachers told me they are three different career tracks:
* Teaching track
* Leadership track and
* Specialist track.
The institution like the National Institute Education consistently scans the horizon to monitor developing trends locally and globally and anticipate their impact on educational leadership development. Their mean function is to monitor and responses in the face of constant change and adopt novel strategies in the design of leadership programmes when merited. The change must not be at the expense of stability and suitability to the local context. Usually they will work with all stakeholders, conduct self evaluation, have high expectations and believe in the importance of balancing competing interests is paramount for the leadership development relevance and success. Receptivity to innovation and change requires challenging conventional thinking and moving away from a single discipline-based approach to leadership development to a multi-disciplinary approach.
