In Collaboration with A Research Team from the University of Auckland.. A Study at UoB Finds Effective Leadership Practices that Positively Affect the Achievement of Intermediate Students

Sakhir – University of Bahrain
16 January 2022
A recent study conducted at the University of Bahrain (UoB) found a number of effective leadership practices that indirectly contribute to raising the academic achievement of students in some intermediate schools that received the grades of “excellent” and “good” in the evaluations carried out by the Education and Training Quality Authority.
The administrators and affiliates of the participating schools in the study sample indicated that some practices – such as providing professional development programs for teachers, building partnerships with parents and the local community, as well as having clear vision, plans and strategic goals for the school – contributed to providing an ideal school environment, which enhanced the efficiency of teaching and learning processes in the classroom, which positively affected the students’ academic achievement.
The study entitled “The Impact of Student-Centered School Leadership on the Performance of Learners in Intermediate Schools in the Kingdom of Bahrain” was presented by Salman Yousef Zayed, a lecturer from the Bahrain Teachers College at UoB, at the annual conference of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), which was held on 5-6 and 10-11 January 2022 on Zoom.
These results come within the first phase of the study, which seeks to identify the best leadership practices, which can indirectly affect the academic achievement of students in intermediate schools with grades of “excellent” and “good”, and this study is the first of its kind in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as it is based on the theory of students-centered leadership. In its second phase, the study aims to measure the potential contribution of these best leadership practices to raising the performance of students in intermediate schools that received my ratings of “satisfactory” and “inadequate” in the evaluations of the Education and Training Quality Authority.
It is worth noting that the study came as a result of cooperation between a team from the Bahrain Teachers College consisting of Professor Salman Zayed, Dr. Faten Abdulhamid, and researchers from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, with the aim of benefiting from the best international experiences and transferring them to the educational field in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
On the margins of the Conference, Lecturer Salman moderated a dialogue session that brought together a number of educational decision-makers, academic researchers, and school leaders from around the world.

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