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headship Definition

head·ship (heds̸hip′)

noun

the position or authority of a chief or leader; leadership; command

headship Synonyms

headship

n.

primacy, authority, control; see administration 1, command 2, leadership 1, power 2.

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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