TY - JOUR

T1 - The importance of school leaders in school health promotion. A European call for systematic integration of health in professional development

AU - Leksy, Karina

AU - Gawron, Grzegorz

AU - Rosário, Rafaela

AU - Sormunen, Marjorita

AU - Velasco, Veronica

AU - Sandmeier, Anita

AU - Simovska, Venka

AU - Wojtasik, Tomasz

AU - Dadaczynski, Kevin

N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This research activities were co-financed by the funds granted under the Research Excellence Initiative of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Leksy, Gawron, Rosário, Sormunen, Velasco, Sandmeier, Simovska, Wojtasik and Dadaczynski.

PY - 2024/1/4

Y1 - 2024/1/4

N2 - School leaders such as principals are key not only for educational and school quality but also for initiating and sustainably anchoring any innovation in schools. Although there is widespread agreement about the importance of holistic approaches to school health promotion, the role of principals has received increased, but not yet systematic, attention. In this context, it is unclear which leadership competencies are needed and to what extent they are taught. Hence, this paper aims to reflect whether and to what extend health promotion plays a role in preservice and inservice training of principals in Europe. Based on the results we call for a more systematic analysis of existing teaching opportunities and teaching needs for health-promoting leadership, the development of a European competence framework for health-promoting leadership, the development and implementation of a European system that monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of those preservice and inservice training programs, and the development of case-studies to stimulate a mutual learning process.

AB - School leaders such as principals are key not only for educational and school quality but also for initiating and sustainably anchoring any innovation in schools. Although there is widespread agreement about the importance of holistic approaches to school health promotion, the role of principals has received increased, but not yet systematic, attention. In this context, it is unclear which leadership competencies are needed and to what extent they are taught. Hence, this paper aims to reflect whether and to what extend health promotion plays a role in preservice and inservice training of principals in Europe. Based on the results we call for a more systematic analysis of existing teaching opportunities and teaching needs for health-promoting leadership, the development of a European competence framework for health-promoting leadership, the development and implementation of a European system that monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of those preservice and inservice training programs, and the development of case-studies to stimulate a mutual learning process.

KW - competence framework

KW - Health Promoting School

KW - health-promoting leadership

KW - pre-service and in-service training

KW - school principals

KW - Psychology

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U2 - 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1297970

DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1297970

M3 - Journal articles

C2 - 38249376

AN - SCOPUS:85182409184

VL - 11

JO - Frontiers in Public Health

JF - Frontiers in Public Health

SN - 2296-2565

M1 - 1297970

ER -