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Leaders under pressure: SLT wellbeing during the pandemic

Leaders under pressure: SLT wellbeing during the pandemic

1st January 2021 · article · International Teacher

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Following an October 2020 survey of over 700 school leaders, former international school head, Dr. Helen Kelly concluded that colleagues in leadership positions ended 2020 under unprecedented pressure.

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