School Crisis Management: A Challenge of School Principals’ Leadership

Abstract

Students, the main body of school members, typically have the issues of immature mental development and relatively low self-protection ability. Despite numerous crisis prevention efforts made by educational authorities, schools, and third-sector organizations, on-campus crisis incidents continue to occur (Sokol et al., 2021). The principal, as the school leader, is held accountable for the safety of the campus, teachers, and students. The crises they need to tackle are associated with multiple factors, including social media, diversity of values, the complex parent-school relationship, and education policy and legislation. The scope of campus crises is continuously expanding, and their occurrence is increasingly random and abrupt. Powered by the internet, their impact even extends beyond the campus boundaries, disrupting the normal order of society.