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Do you want to become (or be) a principal? No, thank you. The difficulties of forming an administrative team in the basque public schools

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Los equipos directivos de los centros escolares tienen una importancia relevante tanto en el desarrollo de un liderazgo pedagógico acorde con las necesidades de la sociedad actual, como en la organización eficiente de los centros. Sin embargo en la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca (CAV) hay serias dificultades para que miembros del claustro del profesorado accedan a ocupar cargos de dirección. El objetivo de esta investigación ha sido investigar las dificultades para asignar canditatos/as para estos puestos de vital importancia para las comunidades educativas y entender las razones que tiene el profesorado para no presentarse al citado puesto de trabajo. Desde una perspectiva cualitativa se ha llevado a cabo un estudio de caso centrado en la escuela pública de Elgoibar (Gipuzkoa)School administrations not only have the important responsibility to develop the school’s pedagogical leadership in accordance with the needs of today's society, but they are also responsible for the efficient organization of the school itself. However, in the Basque Country (CAV), there are serious difficulties for teachers to transition into the leadership positions of the school’s administration. The objective of this research has been to investigate the difficulties in finding candidates for these positions of vital importance to the educational communities; and to understand the reasons why teachers aren’t presenting themselves for these administrative positions. From a qualitative perspective, a case study has been carried out focusing on the public school of Elgoibar (Gipuzkoa

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