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The Power of Team-Based Simulations in Educational Systems

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The Power of Team-Based Simulations in Educational Systems

Toward Mid-Leaders’ Mentoring in Periods of Routine and Crises

By

Orly Shapira-Lishchinsky

Bar-Ilan University, Israel

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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About the Author

Prof. Orly Shapira-Lishchinsky is the Head of the Department of Educational Administration and Leadership in the Faculty of Education at Bar-Ilan University. She is also the Head of the Institute for Social Integration at Bar-Ilan University. Professor Shapira-Lishchinsky was a visiting scholar and instructor at different universities outside of Israel in the United States, such as Michigan State University, Columbia University, Fordham University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and the University of Alabama, and was also a research scholar at the State University of New York, in Albany, New York. Prof. Shapira-Lishchinksy has also participated in different professional delegations and committees at Kent University in the United Kingdom, Zurich University in Switzerland, and in the Open University of Cyprus.

She began her career in the educational system as a high school chemistry teacher and homeroom teacher, and continued as a mentor for science and technology teachers. Professor Shapira-Lishchinksy headed a project for the integration of science and technology in the Ort educational network in Israel.

Professor Shapira-Lishchinksy's research focuses on the relationships between perceptions of organizational ethics and teachers' retention and their withdrawal behaviors, such as tardiness, absences, turnover, and attrition. Her work explores the development of ethical codes in educational systems throughout the world through strategies of leadership and expertise and facilitation of group simulations. Her recent studies compare different educational systems in the world.

Professor Shapira-Lishchinksy's research has been published in leading academic journals that focus on educational administration, including: Educational Administration Quarterly; Journal of Educational Administration; and Educational Management Administration & Leadership. She has lectured at prestigious conferences, such as the AERA, CIES, ECER, and the UCEA. In addition, Professor Shapira-Lishchinksy is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Educational Management. Her research has been funded by different foundations, including the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Foundation, the Shalem Foundation, and the Israeli Ministry of Education. Professor Shapira-Lishchinksy also serves as an expert for research services for the MSCA-IF evaluator (European Commission) and for the Head Scientist at the Israeli Ministry of Education.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my colleagues in Israel and outside of Israel: researchers, school principals, vice principals, educational coordinators, midlevel educational leaders, and teachers in different formal and informal educational systems, working in different school levels – elementary, middle schools, and high schools. Their curiosity about the research on midlevel leaders, their drive to understand how to deal with pandemics, possible future pandemics, and post-COVID periods, and their real desire to increase resilience among educators in different roles, including midlevel leaders, encouraged me to write this book on mentoring, based on different styles of team simulations.

I wish to also thank all of my mentees, who were studying for their Master and doctoral degrees, for the learning process that we experienced together. I extend my thanks to the midlevel leaders in educational systems, throughout the world, who have a real desire to offer solutions for increasing teachers' resilience.

Further thanks go to Iris Gat for her designs of the figures, and to Dr. Julia Chaitin for her help in editing this book. And finally, I would like to thank my mother, Dalya, and my core family, Alon, Yaarit, Aharon, Shani, Arad, Renana, and Yogev for your support. I love you!