1st Edition

Distributed School Leadership Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

By Alma Harris Copyright 2008
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Tomorrow’s schools will need new forms of leadership. The old hierarchical models of leadership simply do not fit any longer. We need to develop new leaders at all levels of the system if we are serious about sustaining improvement and change. But, how do we go about this? The book focuses on the why, how and what of distributed leadership by offering a practical insight into what it looks like... Read more

1. Leadership in a Changing World  2. Leadership in Crisis  3. Distributed Leadership  4. Distributed Leadership: the Theory  5. Distributed Leadership: the Evidence  6. Distributed Leadership in Context  7. Distributed Leadership Practice: Within Schools  8. Distributed Leadership Practice: Between and Outside Schools  9. Distributed Leadership and Knowledge Creation  10. Future Leadership

Biography

Alma Harris is Pro-Director (Leadership) and Professor of School Leadership at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She is also Associate Director of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.

" Distributed Leadership is more than a book on leadership. It is a bold statement about how educational organizational structures and cultures, along with their leadership practices, must change to meet the demands of a 21st century educational system."  - Journal of Educational Administration and Education Management Administration and Leadership