The effective headmaster of second chance schools

Abstract

The importance of the headmaster’s role in the improvement of their school is derived from Greek and international bibliography. Various are the typologies for the characteristics of the efficient headmaster. This article concerns the characteristics of the efficient Second Chance Schools (SCS) headmaster, according to the views of SCS headmasters/mistresses. The findings of the research show that the characteristics of SCS headmasters/ -mistresses, according to the sample, are not equivalent to those of the headmasters/ -mistresses of the typical schools of secondary education. Specifically, it is not experience and the management knowledge and com­petencies that are considered of vital importance, but embrace of SCS prin­ciples and philosophy, social and communication skills and leader charac­teristics.