Leading schools is becoming almost daily a more complex & demanding job. Connecting Leadership & Learning reassesses the purpose of schools the nature of learning & the qualities of leadership that make schools authentic places of learning. Starting with a review of what we can claim to know
- & not know
- about learning leadership & their inter-relationship this book explores what it means to lead schools that place learning at the centre. Drawing on research from seven different country projects
- including the United States Australia & five European countries
- the authors offer five key principles for practice: a focus of learning an environment for learning a learning dialogue shared leadership accountability; internal & external. These key principles have been tested by teachers senior leaders & school students & found to be applicable across cultural & linguistic boundaries. The challenges faced by in inner city schools whether in London or New Jersey prove a stern test for the five principles yet as these schools testify they bring a new sense of hope & resolve that learning is for everyone. Based on rigorous research yet thoroughly grounded in practice this book aims to challenge the reader with big ideas about learning & leadership & to break new ground in thinking about where leadership & learning meet so that practitioners can see how it works in school & classroom practice. It should be of interest to all school leaders & those aspiring to the role.