新加坡的學校領導：COVID-19大流行期間的變化、挑戰和機遇

School leadership in Singapore: Changes, Challenges and Opportunities during COVID-19 pandemic

在COVID-19大流行的過去18個月中，新加坡學校的學校領導面臨前所未有的挑戰。新加坡學校領導欣然接受了政府官員對於安全管理措施的多項指示，並及時傳達了這些指示，以便學校盡快落實相關工作。本研究係在COVID-19大流行開始時，針對26名學校領導者，對他們身為未來學習領導者角色不斷變化之看法。應對21世紀新常態的變化、挑戰和機遇，學校領導需要展現“LEADER''品質。

Challenges faced in school leadership in Singapore schools over the last 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic have been unprecedented. Singapore school leaders readily braced up to numerous directives from senior officials on safe management measures and promptly communicated such directives for expedient implementation by the school staff. Disruptions in the pre-COVID teaching and learning environment were inevitably extensive. Research conducted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the perceptions of 26 school leaders in relation to their changing roles as leaders of future-ready learners. Responses of these leaders on the knowledge, competencies and skills necessary for effective leadership in the post-COVID era provided useful data for implications on school leadership. In response to the changes, challenges and opportunities in the 21^(st) C new normal, school leaders need to demonstrate 'LEADER' qualities.