Leadership as Shared Practice in Outstanding Schools and Colleges in England

• In Event: Roundtable Session 28
  In Roundtable Session: Educational Leadership From a Global Perspective

Abstract

This paper draws on leadership theory and empirical research in schools and colleges in England to analyse strategies for developing outstanding leadership as shared practice. Shared practice involves governors, principals, head teachers, assistant heads, other teacher leaders, students, pupils, parents and other stakeholders working collaboratively to lead and manage change in their schools, colleges and communities. Using theoretical perspectives from democratic and distributed leadership and data from interpretative research the paper will present illuminative case studies of outstanding schools and colleges. A novel method of presentation, a video case study of a college in a low socio-economic neighbourhood, will illustrate the journey to outstanding leadership and the passion for social justice and democratic values in leadership practice.

Author

• Jaswinder Kaur Dhillon, University of Worcester