Keeping things on track: School principals as managers

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dc.contributor.authorEarl Rinehart, (Suzanne) Kerryen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorAlcorn, Noelineen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T22:29:34Z
dc.date.available2019en_NZ
dc.date.available2019-07-02T22:29:34Z
dc.date.issued2019en_NZ
dc.description.abstractLiterature about education in New Zealand and internationally over the past 30 years has increasingly focused on the need for effective school leadership. In New Zea- land a major Best Evidence Synthesis study (BES 2009) led to an emphasis on instructional leadership aimed at raising achievement. This emphasis has tended to undervalue management, linked to the status quo rather than change and improvement. However, extended interviews with rural primary principals revealed they saw management as crucial to responding to parental concerns, handling disruption, and keeping the school ‘on track’. Making use of local knowledge and taking advice, they held the core responsibility for an observable response. These principals believed that managing issues helped them build and sustain the trust of the school community, which was of value ‘next time’. Thus, aspects of management combine the relational and context-dependent work of school principals. Drawing on Mintzberg (1990) we argue that the recognition and valuing of management aspect of school leadership is crucial for principal effectiveness.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.citationEarl Rinehart, (Suzanne) K., & Alcorn, N. (2019). Keeping things on track: School principals as managers. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40841-019-00140-5en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s40841-019-00140-5en_NZ
dc.identifier.eissn2199-4714en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn0028-8276en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/12673
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLCen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfNew Zealand Journal of Educational Studiesen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40841-019-00140-5en_NZ
dc.rights© 2019 Springer Nature.This is the author's accepted version. The final publication is available at Springer via dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40841-019-00140-5
dc.titleKeeping things on track: School principals as managersen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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pubs.publication-statusPublished onlineen_NZ
pubs.user.infoEarl Rinehart, Suzanne (kearl@waikato.ac.nz)
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