Keyword: educational leadership

ABSTRACT: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping school leadership within Education 4.0, offering enhanced decision-making and organisational efficiency while intensifying ethical concerns regarding transparency, bias, and accountability. Existing research has largely treated these opportunities and risks as separate phenomena, overlooking the relational processes through which AI is enacted in practice. This paper advances a process-based conceptualisation by positioning trust as the central mediating mechanism in AI-enabled school leadership. It argues that AI does not produce outcomes directly; rather, its effects are contingent on how it is accepted, interpreted, and enacted within school contexts. The proposed framework shows that trust shapes whether AI leads to constructive outcomes, including ethical use, professional engagement, and improvement, or to disruptive consequences such as resistance and mistrust. Leadership is conceptualised as a key antecedent of trust, highlighting the centrality of relational governance in the effective and responsible integration of AI in schools.

ABSTRACT: Teacher burnout has become a critical issue in education, threatening the sustainability of schools by diminishing the well-being and effectiveness of educators. This qualitative study explores the causes, consequences, and potential interventions for teacher burnout through in-depth discussions with eleven participants. The study draws on thematic analysis to uncover key stressors, including excessive workload, lack of administrative support, and systemic pressures. Our findings highlight the impact of burnout on classroom management, teacher-student relationships, and institutional cohesion. The discussion underscores the importance of strategic planning by school districts, emphasizing the need for well-paced, teacher-friendly programming to support educators. The study concludes that reducing administrative burdens and fostering a supportive work environment is essential to mitigating burnout and ensuring a sustainable education system.