China's Primary And Secondary School Principals Training Model Study

An excellent principal is equal to a splendid school", which means the development of school is under the influence of the principal's management ideas and level, so we must place great importance on the principal preparation programs. The government of China has done much for the educational leadership programs since 1980s, and has accomplished its initial assignment. Today, to make the principals become educational management experts is the government's new farther goal. Based on the training pattern at home and abroad, this paper is just to bring forward some advices to the training programs.First, this paper reviews and analyzes the literature pertaining to the evolution of educational leadership preparation programs.The second chapter addresses the training models, which are commonly used in China, such as the Curricula-Based Training Model, the Issue Researching Model, the Site-Based Training Model and the Network-Based Training Model.The third chapter highlights the training models used in American, Australia and so on, which are the Problem-based Model, Peer-Assisted Leadership, Syndicate Model, the Center for Advancing Principalship Excellence, Systems Thinking/Systems Changing-a Computer Simulation.The fourth chapter highlights the estimate of the principals. As far as I'm concerned, the principals have the direct voice in Principal Preparation, for they are actually final training objects. According to my surveys, we find that:(1) Generally, the principals affirm the effect of principal preparation programs, because they can benefit from their trainers' feedback, the information produced during the whole training process. Besides, the principals expect to keep close contact with the trainers and the training institutions.(2) The principals are not fully satisfied with the current principalpreparation. Most of them point out that they have little selectivity, that the cost of training is too high, and that the training institutions need to be improved,Through reading, investigating and interviewing, the author in the final chapter present the following views to improve the principal preparation:(1) Converting people's ideas about training.(2) Transforming the function of several branches.(3) Advancing the growth of training market.(4) Strengthening the relation of different departments and constructing solid training system.(5) Using the advanced educational technology and constructing opening system.(6) Absorbing the excellent experience from the oversea research and practice.