headship
headship
Definition
head·ship (hed′s̸hip′)
noun
the position or authority of a chief or leader; leadership; command
headship
Synonyms
headship
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- assume: Both incoming professors will be expected to assume the headship at some point in their tenure of the posts.
- include: His working life was spent in education, and included a headship at Lisnasharragh High School, Belfast.
- hold: He also seemed to question whether anyone with creationist views should be allowed to hold headship of a state school.
- share: Within school the shared headship has allowed more of our excellent staff to have leadership opportunities.
Adjective modifier
- deputy: Individual advice on preparation for deputy headship will be offered.
- male: Perhaps male headship is more important to people than I'd realized.
- female: Not only do they seem to be disproportionately concentrated among low-income groups, but female headship itself is seen to exacerbate poverty.
- executive: Primary executive headship ( 2006, NCSL ) A study of heads who are leading one or more primary schools.
- primary: There is an increasing shortage of good candidates for Primary headship.
- first: Insights into the experience of preparing for first headship Recently, Peter Tomlins was appointed to his first headship.
Modifies a noun
- qualification: If there is to be a compulsory Headship qualification, how will that affect future Heads of Services?
- post: EPS helps governing bodies with the administration of almost all headship posts advertised.
- rate: The base year uses headship rate projections that are 9 years ahead of the last known data point.
- experience: The County currently has a list of over 40 trained mentors, each with over three years of headship experience.
- time: Are Heads of Services, for example, entitled to dedicated headship time?
- position: You should also be working toward gaining your first headship position in an urban school within four years of starting the program.
Noun used with modifier
- school: Unfortunately, her heart remained in schools and she therefore returned to primary school headship in 2002.
Preposition: in
- school: Reach a position where he or she is ready to take on a headship in a school in challenging circumstances.
Preposition: of
- department: Headship: We have a model which links headship of the department to the James Mackenzie Chair of General Practice.
- school: He also seemed to question whether anyone with creationist views should be allowed to hold headship of a state school.
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