About the Journal

The All-Ukrainian scientific-practical journal "Headmaster of the School, Lyceum, Gymnasium" was founded on November 22, 1999.

The initiative to create such a journal belongs to the Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogical Creativity of the NPU named after M.P. Drahomanov Olha Ivanivna Vyhovska, who introduced the author's special course "Pedagogical Creativity" for the training of modern teachers in the educational process of the higher school.

The idea of creating a professional journal for the heads of schools, lyceums, high schools was strongly supported by the Ministry and Academy, the NPU named after M.P. Drahomanov, the "Pedagogical Press" publishing house - the first and at the moment of foundation the only professional journal for the leaders and managers of secondary education appeared in Ukraine!

In 2014, the agreement on the foundation of the periodical was renegotiated, which attests to the certificate on its state registration of the print media: series КВ № 20652-10472 PR dated 31 March 2014, issued by the State Registration Service of Ukraine.

Founder (co-founders): Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Institute of Pedagogy of National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov, Institute of Psychology named after G.S. Kostiuk of the NAPS of Ukraine, All-Ukrainian Centre named after M. Pyrohov.

Publisher: Charitable organization "Centre for Promoting Social Development named after Mykola Pyrohov". 

Publication status: national, all-Ukrainian

Sphere of distribution: nationwide, international

Categories of readers: Heads of schools and educational institutions

Type of publication by purpose: scientific and practical

Scientific specialization / scientific fields: included in the List of scientific professional editions of Ukraine in 3 scientific fields: psychology, philosophy, pedagogy. The Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 1279 of 6 November, 2014.

Program goals: systematic scientific and informational support for all types of Ukrainian schools, including management of the modern school.

Thematic focus: Science for schools: philosophical and methodological foundations of the “New School”; psychological and pedagogical support of the human-centered, creative-spiritual educational process. Providing of methodological, practical and scientific assistance to the heads of schools, gymnasiums, lyceums; teaching staff the management of educational institutions.

Language(s):

- Articles: Ukrainian, Russian, English, Polish, German, French (mixed languages)

- annotations: Ukrainian, Russian, English, from 2020 - Ukrainian and English.

Frequency of publication: 6 times per year

International Standard Edition Number:

ISSN 2309-7744 (since 2013)

Key title: Direktor školi, liceȗ, gimnaziї

List of scientometric and abstract databases, which includes editions: Google Scholar since 2013

List of other databases that include the publication: NBUV since 2000 and 2006.

Website: https://director.npu.edu.ua або https://director-ua.info