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Carolina Marlen Luna Perez and Jennifer Ana Domínguez Rodríguez

Summary of School Leadership Approaches and Dimensions
Table 3.2 and table 3.3 provide a comparative view of the educational
leadership frameworks in the analysed countries. The first table sum-
marizes the general approaches adopted by each country in relation to
the five key pillars of school leadership, such as educational manage-
ment, pedagogical leadership, and public administration. The second
table, meanwhile, provides a detailed breakdown of the specific dimen-
sions addressed by each school leadership programme, such as staff pro-
fessional development, resource management, and engagement with
the educational community. Together, they serve as a visual synthesis
of the approaches and dimensions discussed earlier, allowing for a more
direct comparison between the regulatory frameworks of the different
countries.
These tables offer a clear and concise representation of educational

Table 3.2 Summary of Regulatory Frameworks by Country
Axis Chile Canada Singapore Australia
Educational Focus on strate- Promotes re- Management Encourages
Manage- gic manage- source manage- oriented to- principals’
ment ment for con- ment to sup- wards resource autonomy in
tinuous im- port student efficiency, with school man-
provement. Use performance an emphasis on agement under
of data and self- improvement continuous ed- clear national
evaluation to through collab- ucational im- standards.
adjust pedagog- oration. provement.
ical practices.
Educational The mbdle The olf estab- The lep fosters The aps pro-
Leadership guides princi- lishes collabora- integral lead- motes peda-
pals as pedagog- tive and peda- ership, empha- gogical leader-
ical and strate- gogical leader- sizing teaching ship centred on
gic leaders. ship, focusing and learning learning and
on learning im- improvement. continuous im-
provement. provement.
Dimensions Pedagogical Leadership in Promotion Leadership in
of School leadership, school direc- of pedagogi- teaching, orga-
Leadership management of tion, staff de- cal leadership, nizational man-
teaching teams, velopment, and strengthening agement, and
and relation- performance of the school development
ships with the improvement. community, and of relationships
educational organizational with the school
community. management. community.
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