This topic comes from a question Denise commented on in a previous post... Denise wondered if any of the schools in Finland had the business model for adminstrators without an education background...
My experience in all the schools that I have visited (7 so far) is that every administrator has an education degree and has taught. It is very common that the adminstrators (both principals and assistant principals) teach 1 or more classes during the week. In addition, if I have not said it yet, the school is much more autonomous from their city's department of education. Thus, they do not have all the mandates from the local government to do -- they focus on the national curriculum and what the team of teachers at the school identifies as best methods and strategies to teach it.
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