International Confederation of Principals
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The International Confederation of Principals (ICP) is a global association of school leadership organisations. Founded in 1991, the ICP operates through a council with up to three delegates from each member organisation. This meets three times in a two-year period. Council elects an executive committee to work with and support the secretary general and the elected president of council. It has over 40 members, each member itself being a major independent organisation that supports the professional development and work of school leaders. The ICP represents school leaders across five continents and, as such, commands a unique global position as a major voice for school education. The ICP is non-political and non-sectarian.
The ICP Constitution has the following major goals.
The ICP seeks to:
1. Encourage closer relationships between school leaders of all nations;
2. Promote and enhance the image and professionalism of school leaders;
3. Promote the exchange of people and professional publications among the constituent groups and encourage participation in meetings and conferences across national boundaries;
4. Foster school curricula that encourages international understanding and goodwill, and a respect for the human rights and dignity across all races and cultures;
5. Promote the right and responsibilities of school leaders, and also their professional organisations, and the material and ethical interests of the education profession;
6. Promote and encourage equal opportunities for all young persons to learn and develop to their fullest potential in achieving a respectable and productive quality of life;
7. Develop a program of activities consistent with the purposes of the organisation.
Membership is open to any organisation of school leaders whose constitution contains nothing contrary to the constitution of the ICP.
ICP holds a biennial convention drawing together school principals from all over the world for dialogue and professional development.
The 8th convention will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, in April 2007.
Previous conventions were held in the following locations:
2005 Cape Town, South Africa
2003 Edinburgh, Scotland
2001 Gyeong-ju, Korea
1999 Helsinki, Finland
1997 Boston, U.S.A.
1995 Sydney, Australia
1993 Geneva, Switzerland
The current President is Mrs Kate Griffin, headteacher of Greenford High School and a former president of the Association of School and College Leaders and the General Secretary is Mr Ted Brierly AM.
