System Leadership and School Leadership

System Leadership and School Leadership Gurr, David; Drysdale, Lawrie Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, v3 n2 p207-229 Dec 2018 This article describes research on system and school leadership from three perspectives. At the system level, leadership was evident at the senior levels of the central and regional systems, with principal network leaders having potential to exercise occasional leadership. Principals tended not to operate as system leaders because they had limited influence across multiple schools. At a regional level, it was clear that directors acted as system level leaders, exerting wide influence on clusters of schools to improve. At a school level, the work of the principal, other school leaders, and critical friends was more important to the improvement journey of the school than system leadership. It seems that whilst system leadership can be important, it needs to work in conjunction with school leadership to maximize influence on school success. Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Styles, Administrator Responsibility, Instructional Leadership, Educational Administration, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Context Effect, Administrator Characteristics, Performance, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Networks EARDA Turkish Educational Administration Research & Development Association. Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Faculty of Education, Izmir, Turkey 35150. e-mail: eyedderinfo@gmail.com; Web site: http://dergipark.gov.tr/real Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education Audience: N/A Language: English Sponsor: N/A Authoring Institution: N/A Identifiers - Location: Australia David G.; Lawrie D.(2018) System Leadership and School Leadership Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, v3 n2 p207-229 https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1207461.pdf