School Leadership Succession and the Challenges of Change

摘要: Background:Throughout the Western world, fallout from standards/standardization agenda has resulted in potential leaders questioning educational leadership as a career path. Moreover, aging of baby boom generation created shortage qualified principals many jurisdictions. Policy makers have responded to these twin pressures by initiating major programs identify, recruit, and prepare future leaders. Leadership succession, whether planned or unplanned, become an accelerated cumulative process that is including people increasing levels inexperience. Succession now chronic rather than episodic crisis.Purpose:This article argues succession not key issue. What crucial degree autonomy can exercise on behalf their school community.Findings:During 30 years Change Over Time? study (described elsewhere), we seen this eroded point managers syst...