Too many organisations still approach recruitment like a transaction. A role becomes vacant. An ad goes live. Applications come in. Interviews happen. A placement is made. Then everyone hopes for the best. But leadership recruitment, particularly in education, has never really been that simple. The problem with transactional recruitment is that it often focuses on…
School leaders make dozens of consequential decisions every week. Most of them are made quickly, under pressure, with incomplete information and competing concerns. A staffing issue before first period. A parent escalation at morning tea. A welfare concern that needs a response before the end of the day. And yet we rarely talk about school…
That might sound simple, but it’s something that is not always done well across the sector. On paper, the role appears clear: A defined position description A set of responsibilities A list of capabilities But when you look more closely, something doesn’t quite hold. Because many roles have been shaped by: Competing expectations Historical structures…
“What’s changing runs much deeper” Across the work we’re doing, one thing is becoming increasingly clear. We’re expanding the search for education leaders. Organisations are looking further afield than ever before. Nationally. Internationally. Beyond the usual pathways. But what’s becoming just as important is this: Are we actually ready for what that brings? The role…
Early in my career as a school leader, I was asked in an interview: “What’s your leadership style?” I gave the answer I thought they wanted – something about being collaborative, building trust, empowering teams. And it wasn’t untrue. But it wasn’t the whole truth either. The whole truth? I didn’t have a single style….
Over the past few years, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about this question: What will it take for educational leaders to sustain leadership over the long term? Through our work at ialign, in collaboration with PBC, we analysed the human side of school leadership in our white paper, Will Principals Be…
As Aspire2’s Voices of Change: Women Shaping International Education series continues, a powerful pattern is beginning to take shape. Through conversations with women leading schools and systems around the world, a shared story is emerging about what leadership in education is becoming and what it may need to be if it is to meet the…
LinkedIn is now the world’s largest professional networking platform, with over one billion members globally. For teachers and education leaders, it has become far more than an online resume; it is a professional portfolio, a networking hub, and a powerful platform for thought leadership. At Switch Education, we work with schools and education systems across…
Schools are some of the busiest environments anywhere. The pace is relentless – terms move quickly, demands are constant, and there’s always something that needs attention now. So, when a key leader announces their departure, the instinct to move fast makes sense. Parents want certainty. Staff want to know who they’ll be working for. The…
Relief teaching is sometimes described as “stepping in for the day.” In reality, it’s a role that requires rapid professional judgement, adaptability, and emotional intelligence, often in environments that are unfamiliar and moving quickly. A relief teacher might arrive to find: a class midway through a unit they haven’t seen before a timetable that’s changed…