School Leadership 101

School Leadership 101 - Understanding the principles of effective leadership leads to better schools. " Educational leadership can be madness or it can make a contribution to improve our schools. It can be a frantic effort to fix everything or it can be concentration on a few important items. It can be a futile exercise of power or it can empower individuals to help themselves. In the face of dramatic social change, a troubled sea of governance conflict, and excessive demands being made on schools, it can be said that one who aspires to school leadership must either be mad or a supreme egotist. Since educational leadership is extremely complex, simple models do not adequately explain the individual or the character of leadership. But here is a quick overview of some of the most prominent leadership theories."