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Distributed Leadership in Practice in Finnish Schools
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Lahtero, Tapio Juhani; Lång, Niina; Alava, Jukka – School Leadership & Management, 2017
The aim of this study is to explore what aspects the principals and the members of the management teams in the primary and upper secondary education schools in Vantaa support distributed leadership in their school and how necessary they see that distributed leadership is extended to the students in matters concerning the curriculum and the…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Participative Decision Making, Instructional Leadership, Foreign Countries
Female Principals Leading at Disadvantaged Schools in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Naidoo, Bhaigiavathie; Perumal, Juliet – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
South African democracy precipitated many changes and excavated many dormant issues, one of which was equity in the workplace. This extended into the sphere of education - a sector in which women were rarely seen in leadership positions. Following the implementation of several redress policies, women have managed to penetrate the gender equity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Women Administrators, Females
A New Perspective on the Work of Managers.
Rutherford, William L.; And Others – 1983
The purposes of the research reported in this paper are, first, to study the actions taken by school principals to facilitate a curriculum change in their schools and, second, to determine the relationship between those actions, the leadership style of the principal, and the extant situational variables. Data were collected by means of bimonthly…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Qualities
District Level Curriculum Leaders in Missouri Schools: Perceptions of Ideal Functions, Competencies and Leadership Style.
Goslin, Lawrence Warder – 1980
A questionnaire survey in Missouri was conducted to determine the characteristics of the state's district-level curriculum leaders and to determine what the curriculum leaders and elementary and high school principals perceive to be the ideal curriculum leader's functions, competencies, and leadership behavior. The characteristics covered include…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Competence
Case Studies of Four Teacher Corps Projects. An Appendix to The Role of the Principal in Change: The Teacher Corps Example.
Rosenblum, Sheila; Jastrzab, JoAnn J. – 1980
The ways in which principals have influenced or been influenced by four Teacher Corps projects are described and explained in case studies based on field interviews, observations, and a review of the documents produced in the course of the projects. The studies also provide the background both for an analysis of factors affecting the role of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Advisory Committees, Case Studies
Reflections on Courageous Leadership
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Paterson , Jim – National Middle School Association (NJ1), 2005
Middle level educators can't always define it succinctly, but they know courageous, collaborative leadership when they see it. Examples of courageous leadership can range from a cancer-stricken teacher who inspires a whole school, to an educator who makes little strides by modeling the art of "hanging out" for students for whom social interaction…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Instructional Leadership, Interpersonal Relationship, Instructional Improvement