A Team-based Approach to Leading and Managing a Rural Primary School

This study explored a team-based approach to leading and managing a rural primary school. A requirement in a team-based approach to make quality decisions and improvements in the school, comes from people working in harmony. In noting that teams are more effective than individuals, this study explored how a team-based approach to leading and managing schools plays itself out in a rural primary school. The objectives of this study were to determine how a team-based approach is operationalised in a rural primary school and to determine the challenges and possibilities associated with a team-based approach. The study employed an interpretive meta-theoretical approach with a case study research design. . Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews. The key findings that emerged from the research were that to ensure achievement of school goals, teamwork is necessary.

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Poovalingum Govender [Julian] is the Deputy Principal of Shakaskraal Primary School in Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa. He obtained his Bachelor of Education Honours Degree [BEd.] and Masters Degree [MEd.] in the Discipline Education Leadership, Management and Policy at the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal [UKZN], Edgewood Campus.