All of the articles in this proceedings volume have been presented at the [International Conference on Management and Entrepreneurial Leadership for K-12 Education Excellence] during [23-25.04.2026] in [Sibiu]. These articles have been peer reviewed by the members of the [Scientific Committee] and approved...

The integration of digital technologies and artificial intelligence applications in education highlights the need for coherent pedagogical models capable of moving beyond the fragmented use of digital tools and supporting active and transferable learning scenarios across different disciplines. This paper...

Generative AI arrived in higher education after late-2022 large language model releases—and existing technology-adoption models weren’t built for it. We close the gap with the Adaptive AI Integration Framework (AAIIF). AAIIF runs in five stages—context assessment, pedagogical alignment, adaptive design,...

The accelerated integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into educational systems has transformed digitalization from a technological process into a broader institutional and governance-related phenomenon. While existing studies primarily focus on technological innovation and pedagogical efficiency,...

The digital transformation of education, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to the extensive integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into teaching and learning processes. This paper examines the role of AI in reshaping education through a systematic literature review complemented by a...

The article briefly presents the Italian model of teacher education for preschool and primary school teachers, with particular reference to the five-year single-cycle Master’s degree in Primary Teacher Education. The first paragraph outlines some of the key features and specific characteristics that...

The article analyzes the role and importance of the curriculum in contemporary education, highlighting its evolution from a content-centered model to one oriented toward competence development. The fundamental principles of curriculum development are presented, such as coherence, relevance, flexibility,...

This article analyzes the complex process of developing school leaders’ competencies in the context of implementing multilingual education in the Republic of Moldova, seen as an essential strategic direction for European integration and social cohesion. In a space characterized by remarkable ethnic and...

This study examines the management of early childhood education in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten units in Mureș County, Romania, with a focus on organization, resources, educational quality, and leadership practices. Based on questionnaire data collected from 27 educational units, the analysis shows...

This paper examines how distributed educational leadership is enacted within the Italian school context in response to two major contemporary challenges: managing emergency situations in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous learning environments, and enhancing middle management as a lever for...

We ran a quasi-experimental pre-post study, with a four-week follow-up, to examine the Integration Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education (IFAI-HE). The program is built around six modules and draws on Technology Acceptance Model 3, Rogers’s Diffusion of Innovations, the Concerns-Based...

The paper analyzes the management of the educational partnership between kindergarten, family, and the local community, emphasizing its role in improving the quality of early education and supporting the harmonious development of preschool children. Starting from the theoretical foundations of early...

Amid the rapid global transformations of society, university leadership is emerging as a decisive factor in redefining the mission and vision of higher education institutions. Driven by globalization, technological change, and internationalization, universities must redesign their strategies, while leadership...

Artificial Intelligence (AI), and especially generative AI, is reshaping education by changing how knowledge is accessed, produced, assessed, and governed. This chapter examines AI in education from a human-centered perspective, arguing that the central question is not whether AI will replace teachers,...

This paper explores the growth mindset as an emerging paradigm in educational management, analysing both its theoretical and neuroscientific foundations, as well as its practical implications for educational leaders, teachers and educational communities as a whole. The paper presents various aspects...

The paper examines inclusive leadership in education as a key condition for developing equitable, accessible, and diversity-oriented school systems. It analyzes the concept of the inclusive school, emphasizing the transition from integration-based approaches to systemic inclusion focused on removing...

This chapter provides a structured analysis of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education by examining its conceptual foundations, principal applications, benefits, risks, and strategic conditions for sustainable adoption. It introduces key AI domains - including machine learning, natural language processing,...

This paper examines intercultural competence in schools as a systemic and practice-oriented dimension of contemporary education, moving beyond compensatory or emergency approaches aimed only at migrant pupils. It argues that intercultural education should be understood as a whole-school project grounded...

This paper explores the role of transformative learning in the development and consolidation of educational leadership competencies, within the specific context of training school principals and members of school administrative boards involved in the national LEAD project in Romania. Continuous...

This study addresses the challenge of fostering media literacy in schools as a set of human capabilities that supports both overall development and digital competence. While existing frameworks such as DigComp provide structured competence goals, they offer limited guidance on how these competences can...

The expansion of virtual reality, augmented reality, extended reality and metaverse-related environments has intensified debate about their capacity to transform contemporary educational processes. However, immersive technologies do not produce educational excellence by themselves. Their value depends...

This paper explores the relationship between aesthetic perception in the visual arts and leadership models from a phenomenological perspective. The analysis highlights the role of perspective – linear and reverse – as a conceptual tool in the construction of visual meaning and in shaping leadership strategies....

Differentiation in education refers to tailoring instructional processes by considering each learner’s individual and age-related traits, ensuring nuances and particularisations in design, organization, implementation, and regulation (Bocoș, coord., et al., 2021a). Essentially, it is a proactive strategy...

In the context of global interdependence, the One Health approach transcends the traditional boundaries of public health administration and clinical medicine, positioning One Health management at the intersection of science, public policy, and governance. Diseases are not isolated phenomena, generated...

This chapter adapts the Entrepreneurial Leadership Bridge Model (ELBM), originally designed for higher education, to the developmental realities of European primary and secondary (K-12) schooling. The adaptation responds to a growing recognition that current K-12 systems across the European Union remain...

Contemporary educational leadership is increasingly mobilized to address digital transformation, student and teacher well-being, and inclusive education. Yet, these domains are predominantly operationalized as parallel and additive agendas, resulting in fragmented interventions that fail to reconfigure...

The growing complexity of K–12 educational systems, shaped by digital transformation and evolving societal demands, challenges the explanatory power of traditional leadership models. While transformational, entrepreneurial, and digital leadership have each been extensively examined, their combined influence...

Higher education institutions are entering the second half of the 2020s un-der compounding pressure — geopolitical instability, demographic decline, financial volatility, and the rapid integration of artificial intelligence into teaching, assessment, research, and governance. Against this backdrop, resilience...

This chapter presents the PAEDU Protocol as a strategy for inclusive, critical and distributed leadership implemented at IES Can Balo, the school re-sponsible for formal education within the Juvenile Justice Centres for Minors in the Balearic Islands. Against a backdrop of extreme educational exclusion,...

The training of future school leaders is a major challenge for the current education system, given two important aspects: 1. Social trends reshaping education systems, such as digitalization, inequality, demographic change, migration, and the aftereffects of the pandemic (OECD, 2025b); and ...

Future school leadership prototypes encourage the early exploration of both aspiring and skilled leaders’ emotional intelligence (EI) to develop the entrepreneurial leadership capacity for this population. The mixed-methods exploratory research focuses on the top leadership in K-12 education at the holistic...