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Commonwealth
Council for Educational Administration and Management
( CCEAM ) |
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| The CCEAM was established as a non-governmental
organisation (NGO) within the Commonwealth. The
Commonwealth is an association of 53 sovereign countries,
the majority of which are developing countries.
The CCEAM has also established active links with
other national associations of educational administrators,
managers and leaders. CEAM was brought into existence
as the Commonwealth Council of Educational Administration
(so initially CCEA) by a meeting in 1970 at the
University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales,
Australia, which was convened at the conclusion
of the second International Intervisitation Programme
(IIP) by Professor Bill Walker of that university.
In the intervening four years Professor Walker had
undertaken considerable preparatory work. In particular
he had generated support in London for the proposed
venture within the recently established Commonwealth
Foundation. This body had as its mission the promotion
of professional bodies across the Commonwealth,
assisting them to increase communication particularly
between younger professionals through visits and
conferences, helping them to set up national associations
where none existed, and the reducing of such bodies'
centralisation on the United Kingdom.
Steps were quickly taken to establish the Australian
Council of Educational Administration and regional
councils in various parts of Australia. Next followed
the British Educational Administration Society,
later to be renamed BEMAS, (British Educational
Management & Administration Society). Councils
followed in other parts of the Commonwealth, the
New Zealand body being established in 1975. |
Purposes
The purposes of the CCEAM are:
- to foster close links and exchanges among
individuals and associations concerned with
the improvement of educational administration,
management and leadership.
- to encourage, in the Commonwealth and more
widely, the development of national associations
for educational administration, management and
leadership.
- to organise and support regional and international
conferences on various aspects of educational
administration, management and leadership.
- to work with national associations to promote
international understanding and collaboration.
- to facilitate and disseminate knowledge about
research and practice in educational administration,
management and leadership and
- to encourage high standards in the study,
practice and preparation of educational administrators,
managers and leaders.
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| Membership
Membership of CCEAM is through affiliated organisations
in Commonwealth countries. A national educational
administration, management and leadership association,
or other professional body for educational administrators,
managers and leaders, may apply for affiliation
to the CCEAM. That organisa t ion will be admitted
formally if its constitution coheres with the
objects of the CCEAM and if its members are offered
compulsory or optional CCEAM membership through
the national association or professional body.
Individual memberships of CCEAM are open to any
person with an interest in the practice and /
or study of educational administration, management
and leadership who does not reside in a Commonwealth
country. For 2005 we have a total of 1883 members
from around the Commonwealth.
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| Publications
Dissemination of research findings
and knowledge developed through CCEAM collaborative
efforts is accomplished through regional workshops
for school principals and other educational leaders
, and the CCEAM biannual conferences which constitute
one of the major international events in Educational
Administration. The CCEAM biannual conference
is designed to share current research and program
innovations, to stimulate discussion and debate
on reform issues, and to advance an agenda of
research on the essential problems of practice.
The conference also provides opportunities for
graduate student research mentoring and career
development.
CCEAM also publishes the International
Studies in Educational Administration, which is
highly regarded as one of the most authoritative
journals in the field. It is published three times
a year. Further, the CCEAM publishes its Newsletter,
the Education Management Matters which is published
thwice a year both in paper and electronically.
Finally, all member associations publish their
own journals, newsletters, etc., either in English
or in their own language. For the period of 2004-2008
the CCEAM headquarters are located at the University
of Cyprus, P.O.Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, CYPRUS.
The phone numbers are: +(357) 22753739 or +(357)
22753705 and the Fax number is: +(357) 22377950.
For more information visit the CCEAM web page
at : http://www.cceam.org/
The cureent president of the CCEAM
is Professor Petros Pashiardis from Cyprus, who
is one of the editors of this handbook.
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