Standard of a school headmaster as a means of life-long education and the evaluation of school headmasters by their founders

AUTHOR: Ing. et Bc. Lenka Návratová DEPARTMENT: Centrum školského managementu SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Václav Trojan, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: This thesis focuses on current status of a school headmaster, his/her roles, function and competence. The aim of the thesis is to determine the level of respondents'opinions for the needs of introducing the headmaster`s profession and its influence on the quality of the school management with a potential impact on the overall level of education in the Czech Republic. The thesis also submits analyses of levels of knowledge in certain areas of management competences and assesses their importance for management work of the headmaster as basis for setting standards and headmaster` s career. The first part of the thesis include theoretical knowledge of school management. It introduces the preparation and filling of school managerial staff. It also introduces the creation of a competency model as a tool for selection, evaluation and further development of training school headmasters. This thesis includes a science part which is made of empirical research carried out by the questionnaire method. It is focused on mapping the managerial skills and knowledge of school headmasters and the need to set the school standard. Consequently the comparison of the development level of selected..