School Librarian Leadership: Research and Practice

School librarian as teachers: learning outcomes and evidence-based practice

In the context of the development of the librarian as a teacher, this paper focuses on the instructional role of the school librarian, particularly in relation to student learning outcomes. It first identifies some of the research that shows the contribution of the school librarians’ instructional role to student learning outcomes. It further identifies some significant challenges seen essentia...

Study of School Leadership: Working Paper - Measuring Leadership Practice

Comments View on the CPRE website. " If you ask a manager what he does, he will most likely tell you that he plans, organizes, coordinates , and controls. Then watch what he does. Don't be surprised if you can't relate what you see to these four words. " (Henry Mintzberg, 1975) While Minztberg's studies have focused on the private sector, his quote captures in part the complexity of studying le...

University ’ s repository of research publications and other research outputs Judging the impact of leadership - development activities on school practice

Judging the Impact of Leadership Development Activities on School Practice

344 The nature and effectiveness of professional-development activities should be judged in a way that takes account of both the achievement of intended outcomes and the unintended consequences that may result. Our research project set out to create a robust approach that school staff members could use to assess the impact of professional-development programs on leadership and management practi...

Primary school leadership practice: how the subject matters

Teaching is a critical consideration in investigations of primary school leadership and not just as an outcome variable. Factoring in instruction as an explanatory variable in scholarship on school leadership involves moving away from views of teaching as a monolithic or unitary practice. When it comes to leadership in primary schools, the subject matters. More sophisticated constructions of te...