Middle Leadership in Schools: A practical Guide for Leading Learning

• Leadership matters in education, and it matters at all levels and in all domains of education. We have known for a long time that leadership is important in education, and that good leadership is a critical factor in successful schooling. This assertion is grounded in over 40 years of research into educational leadership from across a range of countries and continents across the world. However, while there is a plethora of literature on educational leadership, almost all of it is about principals and positional heads. But we know that in schools, and other educational institutions, leadership is not just the prerogative of the principal – there are many others who are leading the education in a school site. It is these leaders that we want to address in this book, and to think about how their leading practices can be understood and developed. We describe these leaders as “middle leaders” In the past middle leaders have not received much attention, but their work in schools, with teachers, with students and with principals are critical to the provision and development of education in schools, early childhood centres, vocational training colleges, and other educational institutions. It seems to us that middle leaders are generally offered little professional development, training, or support for their roles, and so here we want to provide some ideas that can fill that gap.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogiskt arbete (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogical Work (hsv//eng)

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middle leading

professional learning

action research

practice theory

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