Leadership in different contexts and settings
New Zealand has a wide range of school contexts and a devolved self-management model. This has major implications for leadership and management, professional development, shaping the curriculum, developing learning environments, managing resources, and engaging with communities.
Aiming for Student Achievement: How Teachers Can Understand and Better Meet the Needs of Māori and Pacific Island Students
by Jan Hill and Kay Hawk
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This SET article examines the development of the AimHi project and research. The research explores the links between the world(s) of the student; the world(s) of home, and the world(s) of school, and how the collision of these worlds can impact on learning and achievement.
Gender and School Leadership: The Experience of Women and Men Secondary Principals
by Marianne Coleman
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This paper draws on research data from two large surveys of secondary school principals in England and Wales to explore gender differences for secondary principals in New Zealand.
Heart and Soul
by Chris Presland
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This article outlines the programmes that define Airds High School's approach to improving outcomes for students. The principal makes the link between personally and collectively held values and how these can impact on practice.
Leading to Success: Judging Success in Primary Schools in Challenging Circumstances
by Stephen Englefield
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This research paper looks at critical success factors in managing primary schools whose contexts are regarded as challenging. The author interviewed 14 'successful' United Kingdom primary principals working a mixture of challenging contexts from inner city deprivation and rural isolation, to schools with a diverse community cultural mix.
Mission Impossible? A Strategic View of Efforts to Lead the Transformation of Schools
by Brian Caldwell
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This article considers the challenges and possibilities for school leaders as they seek to transform schools, and provides examples of schools trying different models of leadership.
