Critical Issues for Senior, Middle and Other Levels of Leadership
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102). This special issue belongs to the section "Curriculum and Instruction".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2024 | Viewed by 1223
Special Issue Editor
Interests: educational leadership; organisational communication in schools; teacher job attitudes; classroom management
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Dear Colleagues,
After more than two decades of intensified research activity, we know a lot more about how educational leadership works. In particular, it is now widely accepted that leadership in education does not constitute only principals, centre directors, deans, etc. To use the context of schools, for example, non-principal leadership is increasingly being recognized as important to the success of these organisations, especially in relation to teacher capabilities and student outcomes.
Despite the increased attention to, and appreciation of, these other leaders, there is much work still to be performed in the field, as many knowledge gaps and conceptual/theoretical problems exist. Confusion still prevails over which formal positions might be considered senior or middle leadership and, indeed, whether these notions are static or fluid. A strong body of research has emerged in the area of middle leadership at the same time that a rise in research outputs on teacher leaders has occurred, and these two types of leaders are often conflated even though they are also seen as notionally distinct, at least conceptually. There is also a need to re-examine leadership theory to include the possibility of first-level leaders, a concept whose time, I believe, has come. There are knowledge gaps relating to middle leadership roles, the professional development needs at different leadership and career levels, and many other areas.
The aims of this Special Issue are to:
- Provide authors with opportunities to share new research into all aspects of senior, middle and other non-principal/non-CEO leadership roles;
- Explore new or unique theoretical insights relating to these levels of leadership.
Suggested topics and themes might include, but are not limited to the following:
* Theories on middle or senior leadership;
* How school culture influences middle leader development;
* How senior and middle leadership interact;
* Notions of teacher leadership;
* Teacher leadership and student achievement;
* Middle leader roles and student outcomes;
* The roles senior leaders play in (your institution);
* Junior leadership.
Dr. John De Nobile
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- senior leadership
- middle leadership
- teacher leadership
- first level leadership
- emergent leaders
- junior leaders
