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Christopher Bezzina has been appointed vice president of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management.
Bezzina, an associate professor of educational leadership at the University, has been an executive board member of the council since 2010.
As vice president, Bezzina will have a leading role in the way the council operates over the next four years.
The council aims to foster links and exchanges among individuals and associations concerned with the improvement of educational leadership; encourage the development of national associations; support regional and international conferences; facilitate and disseminate knowledge about research and practice in the field and encourage high standards in the study, practice and preparation of educational leaders.
The council is currently piloting the Commonwealth School Leadership Capa-bilities Framework after being commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat to respond to the 17th Common-wealth Conference of Education Ministers 2009 communiqué, which had identified the need to continue identifying and training school leaders, based on their demonstrated leadership abilities.