Hacia un liderazgo sostenible, más profundo, más prolongado, más amplio (Towards sustainable, deeper, longer and broader leadership)

Abstract

The succession of the principals is always a risk for the sustainability of the improvement in the school. Hence the need posed by the author to look for sustainable models of leadership in the educational field that, extrapolating the concept of environmental sustainability, allow preserving learning and keeping moving forward. In this context, he recalls seven basic principles of sustainable leadership: depth, duration, breadth, justice, diversity, inventiveness, and conservation. He emphasizes that sustainable leadership and educational improvement preserve and develop deep learning for everything that spreads and lasts, and they do so not to harm, but to generate benefits for their environment.

Resumo

A sucessão dos diretores é sempre um risco para a sustentabilidade da qualidade da escola. Por isso a necessidade de o autor buscar modelos sustentáveis de liderança no campo educacional que, extrapolando o conceito de sustentabilidade do ambiente, permite manter o aprendido e seguir avançando. Nesse contexto, ele lembra sete princípios básicos da liderança sustentável: profundidade, duração, abrangência, justiça, diversidade, inventividade e conservação. Enfatiza que liderança sustentável e melhora educacional preservam e desenvolvem o aprendizado profundo para tudo o que se espalha e dura, e fazem isso não para prejudicar, mas gerar benefícios para o seu entorno.

Resumen

La sucesión de los directivos es siempre un riesgo para la sostenibilidad de la mejora en la escuela. De ahí la necesidad planteada por el autor de buscar modelos sustentables de liderazgo en el ámbito educativo que, extrapolando el concepto de la sustentabilidad medioambiental, permitan preservar y seguir avanzando. En ese contexto, recuerda siete principios básicos del liderazgo sostenible: profundidad, duración, amplitud, justicia, diversidad, inventiva, y conservación. Subraya que el liderazgo y la mejora educacional sostenibles preservan y desarrollan aprendizajes profundos para todo aquello que se propaga y perdura, y lo hacen procurando no dañar, sino generar beneficios para su entorno.

Keywords: Succession of principals, Leadership models, Sustainable leadership, Educational improvement.

Palavras-chave: Sucessão de diretores, Modelos de liderança, Liderança sustentável, Melhora educacional.

Palabras claves: La sucesión de directores, Modelos de liderazgo, Liderazgo sostenible, Mejora educativa.

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