Middle Leading in Australian Schools: Professional Standards, Positions, and Professional Development

Autor/inn/en	Lipscombe, Kylie; Grice, Christine; Tindall-Ford, Sharon; De-Nobile, John
Titel	Middle Leading in Australian Schools: Professional Standards, Positions, and Professional Development
Quelle	In: School Leadership & Management, 40 (2020) 5, S.406-424 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lipscombe, Kylie) ORCID (Grice, Christine) ORCID (Tindall-Ford, Sharon) ORCID (De-Nobile, John)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-2434
DOI	10.1080/13632434.2020.1731685
Schlagwörter	Middle Management; School Administration; Assistant Principals; Leadership Role; Role Perception; Expectation; Administrator Responsibility; Professional Development; Management Development; Standards; Educational Policy; Catholic Schools; Public Schools; Elementary Schools; Secondary Schools; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mittlere Führungskraft; Principal; Principals; Stellvertretende Schulleitung; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Expectancy; Erwartung; Standard; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Katholische Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Sekundarschule; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	In Australia, there is a national education agenda for school improvement with an increasing focus on how school leaders can fulfil this agenda. As school principals are arguably faced with increasing demands, the importance of school middle leaders is increasing. This article presents the initial findings from a larger project on middle leadership in Australian schools, the first phase of which is a documentary analysis of significant texts including policy documents, websites and reports. The purpose of the document analysis was to examine expectations placed on, and support provided for, school middle leaders in Australian schools to make explicit the potential implications for policymakers, leaders and researchers investigating this field. We argue there is a lack of clarity about the role of middle leadership across Australia, with unclear policies, and variations in expectations, titles and levels of support. What is evident is that middle leaders play a pivotal role as they lead teaching, learning, and pastoral care. They carry out these roles in subject areas, key stages and classrooms, and among teachers. While there are a range of professional development provisions for middle leaders across different states, middle leadership needs to be an area of increased focus across Australia. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01