EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM & PRACTICE IN JAPAN

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	The revision of the School Education Law in 2007 enabled schools to have new positions such as “assistant principal,” “senior teacher,” and “advanced skill teacher.” “Assistant principal” has clearer authority as an administrative position than “vice-principal,” and “senior teacher” is placed between assistant or vice principal and teacher. “Advanced skill teacher” has a leader’s role for other teachers as to teaching skills. School organization was said to have a horizontal structure except for principals and vice principals, just like a pot lid, which didn’t allow the leadership of principals to function. Creating these positions is an attempt to provide clearer vertical structure in school organization.