| What kind of training is required in your country to become a headmaster? | Who provides these initial trainigs | How long does the training take in your country? | How satisfied are you with the way headmasters are trained in your country? | |
| Austria | In the past no initial training was required, but in the first 4 years of being a headmaster we had to attend a school management course (7 days, online training and reflective paper). At the moment the requirements are changing: From 2023 onwards all applicants have to have attended a 20 ECTS pre-training for basic qualifications in school management + 60 ECTS training when they have been appointed. |
Regional school authorities | 51 to 75 days | 3 |
| Belgium | Having min 5 years experiences as a teacher and a master degree or a bachelor degree + 5 training periods of +/- 3 days each 5 modules of around 5 days each : 3 from official education training center and 2 from school network training center (catholic, provinces and cities or official) |
Ministry of Education, Other governmental organisations Universities |
15 to 30 days
about 160 hours |
2,6 |
| Germany | This may differ across the country but generally no specific training is required. | – | less than 15 days less than 15 days 15 to 30 days less than 15 days more than 100 days more than 100 days2 years 2,5 years ( 4 x 2 days; 4 x 1 day educational law) |
3,3 |
| Slovakia | Minimum 6 years of practice as teacher, then first atestation (1. preparation of teacher´s atestation portfolio – a paper – and its defence + 2. an oral exam). This is followed by Functional training of school managers (Funkčné vzdelávanie vedúcich pedagogických pracovníkov) which takes 2 years and consists of 320 hours of training (done in present form). | Other governmental organisations Universities |
All of it takes 320 hours = 40 working days (8 hours per day) but it is divided into basic module and additional modules. The basic module has to be done before appointing into headmaster position and the additional modules might be done across fisrt 5 years. | 2 |
| Sweden | When you start working as a headmaster, you had to go a 3 year course at the university while you are working at school as well. | Universities | 3 years | N/A |
| Denmark | A full teachers degree – master is preferred preferaply eg – a diploma in leadership |
Non-governmental organisations University colleges |
more than 100 days The full teacher education – normally 4 years = 240 ECTS – a diploma in leadership would be another 30-60 ECTS |
N/A |
| UK | As of now nothing, though the NPQH is still seen by many schools as a prerequisite. | Non-governmental organisations Universities |
more than 100 days | N/A |
| Israel | pedagogical education or higher education and 72 hours of pedagogical training | Universities | less than 15 days | N/A |
| Bulgaria | Applicants prepare and pass an exam which largely covers administrative competencies. There is some training intended to continue building skills, but to the best of my knowledge, there is no full standardized curriculum. | Ministry of Education Other governmental organisations Universities |
less than 15 days | N/A |
| Portugal | Functional education | Ministry of Education Other governmental organisations |
30 – 32 days | N/A |