... States centered in culture war debates. It is important to understand how superintendents have dealt with such challenges. The present study accordingly seeks to understand superintendents’ experiences with professional networks in politically contentious times. It also seeks to identify what other forms...

... deeper learning practice. Design/methodology/approach The author examines how the leaders of a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) created the conditions for teachers to share their deeper learning practices through a case study. The case study centers on one school team’s learning through...

... role in driving knowledge transfer and development and as such are an important social capital asset supporting organizational change. Building on the growing scholarship around a social network approach to understanding educational leadership and systems change, the study draws from network concepts...

... focusses on the establishment of Regional Improvement Collaboratives in Scotland; an example of an attempt to generate system-wide change and a shift from the hierarchical cultures characterised by bureaucratic organisations to more egalitarian cultures characterised by mutualistic, laterally networked...

... including all central office and site leaders. All leaders were asked to assess their social relations and perception of innovative climate. The data were analyzed through a series of social network indices to examine the structure and positions of high school principals. Findings Results indicate...

...Heather E. Price and Nienke M. Moolenaar; Nienke M. Moolenaar; Peter J. C. Sleegers Purpose – While in everyday practice, school leaders are often involved in social relationships with a variety of stakeholders both within and outside their own schools, studies on school leaders’ networks often...

... that principals influence students through their teachers in the US charter school environment. The mediating influence of latent beliefs of trust and support are tested in this process. Design/methodology/approach – By analyzing pooled network and survey data collected in 15 Indianapolis charter schools...

...Charles F. Webber This report describes the evolution of a technology‐mediated leadership development network from its origin as a local e‐mail discussion group to a loosely‐coupled international leadership web. The report includes a description of the components of the network, which include face...

... leadership development network described by Webber offers a glimpse of how a low‐cost, relatively low‐tech intervention such as a listserver can profoundly change a learning community. This article describes the challenges posed and the possibilities realized through the establishment of a small local e...

...Marc Dussault; Bruce G. Barnett Presents a study that verified the effects of the peer‐assisted leadership programme (PAL) on communication networks and professional isolation of educational managers. The study used a one‐group pre‐test post‐test design to test its hypotheses. The subjects were 41...