Transformational approach to school leadership: Contribution to Continued improvement of education
Transformational approach to school leadership: Contribution to Continued improvement of education
Author(s): Anca NedelcuSubject(s): Education, Social development, Management and complex organizations
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: transformational school leadership; shared instructional leadership; distributed leadership; school improvement and development;
Summary/Abstract: Over the last decades, an impressive number of conceptual models in the field of educational leadership have emerged; contingency or trait theories, situational, instructional, shared or distributed school leadership approaches, all tried to demonstrate their specific impact on school development and students achievement. The present paper is focused on exploring one of the foremost models, subject of systematic inquiry and controversial debates developed in relation with school or in non school organizations: transformational school leadership. The approach is considered a relevant support for school change process.Its contribution is analyzed in comparison with the benefits of other competing models, the aim of the paper being not to establish hierarchies but to gather significant solutions for better schooling. As a reconciliation solution, the integrative leadership model is also advocated.
Journal: Manager
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 237-244
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English