K–12 Leader Responses and Organizational Preparedness During COVID-19

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Six
  In Roundtable Session: Change and Turnover During the Pandemic: The Leader's Perspective (Table 2)

Abstract

Unlike most educational crises, the COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis K-12 leaders couldn’t have prepared for. But research is only starting to examine how leaders’ responses and organisational context have played a role. This mixed-methods study accordingly examines how leaders have mitigated challenges presented by COVID-19 pandemic, and what factors are most salient. Investigating two districts over two years in, we conducted extensive interviews with educational leaders (n = 41) and teachers (n = 18) and gathered responses to the Comprehensive Assessment of Leaders for Learning (CALL) survey (N = 111). We find those education organisations possessing a culture focused on instructional inquiry, more distributed leadership networks, and greater material resources were better positioned to respond to the unexpected crisis.

Authors

• Craig De Voto, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Presenting Author

• Benjamin M. Superfine, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Presenting Author