Distributing and Sharing Leadership: Reflections of a Novice Principal

• In Event: 66.080 - Roundtable Session 26
  In Roundtable Session: 66.080-3 - Exploring Leadership Frameworks That Empower School Communities

Abstract

This study describes a case study of one elementary principal throughout her first year of leadership and the processes employed to bring about change. It begins with a review of distributed leadership research and the research on leadership for learning, which serves as the theoretical framework for the study. It then presents findings from the case study; in the discussion and implications sections, comparisons are made to prior studies and recommendations for novice principal sharing leadership to bring about change. School community stakeholders were involved in change efforts; parents, teachers and students were part of the existing culture and served in a variety of roles in the change process.

Author

• Barbara Stacy Rieckhoff, DePaul University