Role of the School Leader

Role of the School Leader - "Determining the principal’s role is not just an abstract exercise. If schools lack clarity and consensus about the principal’s mission, they may simply add new duties to an already extensive list, creating job overload. Van Cooley and Jianping Shen (2003) found that secondary principals reported they were engaged in new roles that had simply been “layered” over the old job. That is, instead of replacing former responsibilities or being integrated into the job, the new duties were simply added to what was already there."