News Brief

03/20/13

New Initiative to Focus on Leadership in Hawaii's Statewide School System

Pacific Business News (03/20/13) Blakely, Jenna

The Hawaii State Board of Education and the State Department of Education (DOE) have created the Leadership Institute, which will be led by Douglas Murata, the DOE's assistant superintendent for the office of human resources, as part of an initiative to focus on developing effective school leadership. The new Leadership Institute will help strengthen leadership department-wide as a way to foster a culture of learning to improve student and staff success. "The need for a new approach to school leadership is evident, especially as we face the potential retirement of a number of veteran principals. The challenges and opportunities for developing effective leadership starts where the leadership pipeline begins-identification, recruitment, development, and support of school leaders. The capacity to lead and manage change represents one of the largest risks to the department's efforts to transform Hawaii's system of education," says State Superintendent of Education Kathryn Matayoshi.
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