WITHDRAWN: Reimagining the Principal

• In Event: 21.061 - MTCC Roundtable Session Five
  In Roundtable Session: 21.061-2 - Examining the Role of Leadership in Complex Context

Abstract

In the paper we challenge the present discourse regarding principals, characterized by accountability, focus on students´ outcome and training programs valued for effects in terms of measurable school results. The aim is to broaden this perspective. We ask: What can we discover if we follow leaders attending a mandatory training program while working?
Theoretically the paper brings together previous research on role, professional identity, leadership and learning making it possible to understand why learning leadership is such a complex matter. It identifies a missing link in the causality chain – the leader as a human learner.
The results reminds us that leadership can never be reduced to performance and tools, but must be lived through the individual.

Author

• Pia Skott, Stockholm University