The role of the school leader in developing project work in educational process In the master work, the role of the school leader in developing project work in educational process is being discussed. Project work in educational process is chosen as the main object of the work. The objective of the research is to survey the organization of project work and to discover the peculiar role of the school leader in developing project work in educational process. The implementation of the project work method into educational process helps to perform one of the aims of the reformed school – to form a democratic, humane school life, establishing conditions for students‘ independence, creativeness and initiativeness to expand. In this work the theoretical aspects of one of the active methods – project work is being analyzed. The project work method is discussed as scholarly – pedagogic problem. The functions of the head of the school as a leader in the process of developing project work are presented. The role of the head of the school in developing project work is important as through it the perfection of the educational process of the school is achieved. The process of institutionalization of such practice is described. In order to analyse the experience of the teachers in project work and the attitude of the head of the school towards the application of project work method, the research was accomplished in the cities of Vilnius, Kedainiai, Marijampole, Alytus as well as in... [to full text]