European School Heads Association (Esha)

The European School Heads Association (ESHA) is the leading network for European school leaders. Members of ESHA are national associations for school heads and deputy school heads within primary, secondary and vocational education. Nearly all European countries are represented within ESHA by one or more associations. The ESHA members represent 66.000 school leaders in Europe. The ESHA network is an international community in which experiences, visions and views between the members, research organizations, policy makers and teachers are exchanged and in which new ideas are born The aim of ESHA is to research and disseminate good practices of innovation through the ESHA Magazine (17600 subscribers), regional conferences, the ESHA website and the ESHA community portal. ESHA works closely together with the EC to improve the quality of school leaders and by doing so, improving the quality of European education as a whole. ESHA is a partner in several European projects related to 21st century skills, entrepreneurship, science education, quality management, dropout prevention, child abuse and emotional intelligence. ESHA is also a partner in the European Policy Network on School Leadership.