Focus on school management: New concept for future -oriented education!

Focus on school management: New concept for future -oriented education!

Haus der Industrie, Wien, Österreich - On June 18, 2025, the event "Leadership Macht School" took place in the Haus der Industrie in Vienna, which was carried out by the Industrial Association"> (IV) was organized. The focus of the discussion was the role of headmaster and school leaders as central managers in the education system. Representatives from education policy, science, economy and school practice come together to discuss the importance of effective leadership for school quality and development.

The opening of the event was made by Martin Netzer, the Secretary General in the Federal Ministry of Education, and Christoph Neumayer, the Secretary General of the IV. Education Minister Christoph Return emphasized the essential role of the school management and made it clear: "A school is always as good as its leadership." Neumayer added that sufficient scope for action for school management was essential to master the challenges in the field of education.

leadership as the key to educational success

The focus was also on the focus in the discussions: Mag. Thomas Angerer from HTL Vienna West, Mag. Dr. Michl Fleck from AHS Anton-Krieger-Gasse and Mag. Erika Tiefenbacher from MS Währing. They shared their experiences and invited the participants to think about the future of leadership at school. Dr. Therese Niss, Mag. Nikolaus Griller and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Schratz strengthened the discourse through her expertise and insights.

The IV sees itself as responsibility to contribute to the implementation of the educational policy goals, which are anchored in the government program 2025-2029. In part of this program, qualification measures and mentoring programs for school management are. Neumayer pointed out that Leadership is crucial for the future of the education system at schools.

research and empirical knowledge

The relevance of managers in educational institutions is also evident in current research. According to the Dieter Schwarz Foundation , it is essential that leaders contribute to improving school design in order to enable optimal learning. The educational expert and managing director of the Hector Institute for Empirical Educational Research, Professor Trautwein, warns of simplified answers and emphasizes that research has not yet fully recorded all aspects of teaching and learning.

He relies on evidence -based approaches and emphasizes the need for quality management in schools to enable data -based feedback. Together with colleagues, Trautwein reconstructed the role of school management and emphasized its importance for school success. This is done not least in view of the fact that there is no systematic success control in many schools.

global challenges and recommendations

The context of the discussion about school management is also described by the UNESCO World Education Report, which was presented in Berlin on February 10, 2025. This report entitled "Leadership in Education" addresses the need for well -prepared managers and the challenges with which they are confronted, such as the increasing administrative burden and the lack of freedom of choice. Representatives of different ministries, including the Federal Foreign Office and the German UNESCO Commission, were present and discussed the central role of Leadership for improving education.

• Important tasks of managers:
  • set clear goals
  • promote learning success
  • strengthen cooperation
  • support personnel development
• recommendations from the World Education Report:
  1. create trust and enable scope for maneuver.
  2. Determine and develop school lines through inclusive procedures.
  3. strengthen cooperation between schools and community.
  4. invest in managers at system level.

With all these findings and initiatives, it is clear that the role of school management in the education system not only has to be recognized, but also actively promoted. This becomes particularly important in order to achieve the global sustainability agenda for inclusive and high -quality education, which should apply to all people by 2030