A Model of Successful School Leadership from the International Successful School Principalship Project

David Gurr
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David Gurr: Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Room 708, 100 Leicester Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia

Societies, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: The International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP) has been actively conducting research about the work of successful principals since 2001. Findings from four project books and eight models derived from this project are synthesised into a model of successful school leadership. Building on Gurr, Drysdale and Mulford’s earlier model, the work of school leaders is described as engaging within the school context to influence student and school outcomes through interventions in teaching and learning, school capacity building, and the wider context. The qualities a leader brings to their role, a portfolio approach to using leadership ideas, constructing networks, collaborations and partnerships, and utilising accountability and evaluation for evidence-informed improvement, are important additional elements. The model is applicable to all in leadership roles in schools.

Keywords: successful school leadership; leadership; principal; middle level leadership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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