The school, as an organisation, is a complex social system and in 21st century it is important to make process as simple as possible. Those systems vary from country’s national educational system, requirements, its capacity, traditions, etc. However, all schools have one main goal and converts resources made available to it into such outcomes as students’ development and achievement. To succeed in this it therefore needs to be managed effectively. Such role takes over educational leaders with all schools team (administration, teachers, other staff) and all members of school are crucial in reaching common goals.   Strategic management is one of key elements for successful schools nowadays and it helps them to keep up with changes and current trends. This course engage all participants to analyse and actively respond to the requirements that are set nationally and internationally, such as EU recommendation to all schools to adopt the European Development Plan, which requires building a systemic approach of organisation development and mechanisms for identifying priority areas for the coming years.   This course is dedicated to school leaders and its team members and designed to demonstrate, analyse tools for creating clear vision of the role of all elements of the organisation from single person to strategy of whole school. Practical exercises will provide participants possibility to learn methods in creation “whole school approach”, share good practices of Human Resource Management, learn effective strategic planning, increase knowledge how to establish effective cooperation with parents, etc. In all, participants will be empowered to organize their own quality system.   The daily programme can be found here.