Do the Ways Teachers Share in School Leadership Affect School Organizational Functioning?

• In Event: Teachers as Leaders in School Improvement

Abstract

Contemporary researchers readily view the inclusion of teachers in school leadership as ultimately more influential on student outcomes than authoritarian leadership approaches. However, leadership literature does not clarify what teachers leaders do nor detail associations among what teachers do to lead and the impacts of their leadership. This study uses descriptive statistics, latent class analysis and logistic regression to identify what teachers do, assess if there are types of teachers based on what they do, and assess if types of teachers associate with support for key aspects of organizational functioning. Results identify what teachers do, that there are 6 types of teachers and that some of these types more closely associate with greater support for important organizational functioning than others.

Authors

• Joseph H. Gardella, Vanderbilt University

• Maury Nation, Vanderbilt University