ABSTRACT
Th is chapter takes up leadership in education as cultivating the continuous growth in professional competence of the teaching force. Th at is to say, we want to focus on the cultivation of human development inside the structure of the professional development of teachers. Because teachers belong to a profession, they are expected to bring to their work a familiarity with the theories and best pedagogical practices that bear on the professional practice of teaching. Likewise, the profession of teaching requires grounding in the academic disciplines that make up the content of curriculum they will be teaching. Further, the profession of teaching requires grounding in theories of learning and human development that enable teachers to design diverse learning activities appropriate to the cognitive and psychosocial developmental levels of their students.
