Evaldas Bakonis (NASE, Lithuania) Selection and Competition for the Position of School Heads in Lithuania Evaldas Bakonis (NASE, Lithuania)

Context for School Headship Number of GE students and GE schools Year Students Schools 1995-1996 537 200 2 361 2005-2006 538 541 1 534 2015-2016 335 202 1 193 Educational institutions (2015) Number GE schools 1193 Kindergartens 771 Multifunctional centres 54 Vocational schools 79 Schools for informal education 266

Selection of School Heads till 2011 Methods for Selection: 1) Knowledge based test 2) Conversation 3) Presentation of paper on the future of the school Selection Committee (5 members): 2 from the MOES 2 from the Municipality 1 from the School Council

Candidate for the Director must: Have a university degree. Have a teacher’s qualification and teaching experience. Have no less than one year experience in managing a group (groups) of people; Be able to use information technologies. Speak one of the three EU working languages. Head’s competences assessed by NASE must be no less than satisfactory level.

Selection/Competition (from 2011) Methods for Selection: General mental ability test Group task Individual task Interview Assessors: Independent HR consultants (NASE) Selection Committee (6 members): 2 from the MOES 2 from the Municipality 1 from the School Council 1 from School Directors Association Methods for Selection: 1) Conversation 2) Presentation of paper on the future of the school

Competencies to be assessed During the NASE assessment Personal efficiency Strategic thinking and change management Learning ability People management Management for teaching and learning During the competition in municipality Strategic management of an educational institution Management of teacher professional development Management of the institution structure, processes and resources Management of the partnership and cooperation in an educational institution Management for the communicating and informing

Competence assessment procedure in NASE Assessment is conducted to groups of 3 – 4 candidates. A group of 3 – 4 assessors is formed for each assessment. Assessment lasts approximately 4 hours with breaks between the tasks. Tasks for the assessment process are universal and non-specialized for specific types of institutions.

Methods of assessment in NASE 1. Competence-based in-depth interview. 2. Individual practical management task. 3. Group management task. 4. General thinking ability (cognitive) test.

Five levels of competence assessment Very poor (1 point) Poor (2 points) Satisfactory (3 points) High (4 points) Excellent (5 points).

Let’s think: Is it possible to prepare yourself… … to be self-confident? … to be positive and broad-minded? … to be able to develop people, reveal their potential and give support? … to be able to listen, hear and understand? But... ... to be able to share your leadership?

Issue: The success in assessment of competencies (in %)

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