What is a Career in School Headship?

I find a Career in School Headship very interesting. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What School Headship actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into School Headship. I was Googling about a Career in School Headship and was lucky to find: https://www.lifepage.in/career/20170628-0001/Arts/Education Management/Career-in-School-Headship/english

Late Dev Lahiri's perspective!

Late Dev Lahiri is an experienced professional with 24 years in School Headship. Late Dev Lahiri has worked in School Headship as Head of School in Welham Boys School. In Late Dev Lahiri's own words, this is how Late Dev Lahiri got into School Headship: "After completing my Bachelors and Masters from St Stephens, Delhi i did my post graduate course in Social Sciences from Oxford University. After that i worked with the Doon School for 9 years as a housemaster. Later i even worked with Lawrence Lovedale, Selaqui. In the year 2003 i joined Welham Boys School as a headmaster." Late Dev Lahiri has a profile in Resume 2.0 format on: https://www.lifepage.in/page/devlahiri

Career Video on School Headship

In a video, Late Dev Lahiri has talked about various aspects of a Career in School Headship. Late Dev Lahiri started by explaining School Headship as: "School Headship will happen to you if you are a good teacher.Education is a field that is changing rapidly almost every single day. As a teacher you should keep yourself well informed with these changes. You definitely need to have a masters and a BEd degree.For a good school head you have to equip yourself with the knowledge that is required. The point in India is that there is a great scarcity of school heads. Today lots of new schools are coming up and they are looking for someone to head their school." I watched the full video and I absolutely loved it.

It was a welcome change to see the video touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at School Headship, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter School Headship. Late Dev Lahiri touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:

Management
Marketing
Public Relations
Psychology

This Career demands specific Skills which only an experienced professional can lay out.
Late Dev Lahiri then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in School Headship:

Leadership
Care and Concern
Patience
Communication

This Career has an interesting list of Positives.
Late Dev Lahiri believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in School Headship:

Change Maker
Impact people life differently
Self Satisfaction
Respect and Recognition

There are a few Challenges in this Career which one needs to be cognizant of.
And, Late Dev Lahiri believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in School Headship:

High Responsibility
Lack of Formal Training
24x7 Working

In the final section of the video Late Dev Lahiri talks about How a day goes in a Career in School Headship. This video is by far the best video on a Career in School Headship, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20170628-0001

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