While there has been considerable research activity in the area of middle
management/middle leadership since the late 1990s, the concept remains under-theorised …

This paper is the result of a review of Australian and international literature that aimed to
identify key themes emerging from middle leadership research dating from the 1990s to …

Middle leading refers to those teachers that both teach and have leadership roles, and thus
can bridge the gap between the practices of learning and the managemant of schooling …

This essay explores research on teacher and middle leadership. It begins by considering the
definitions and the conceptual overlap between teacher and middle leaders and briefly …

This article reports on factor analyses of the Middle Leadership Roles Questionnaire–School
Edition (MLRQ-SE) that were conducted to test a theoretical model. This work was …

This paper explores issues with defining teacher leadership and this causes confusion with
research on middle leadership. After providing a definition of middle leadership, four major …

Amidst ongoing calls for teaching improvement, there has been growing interest in the work
of middle leaders in leading school-based curriculum and professional development …

Although the concept of middle leadership has received some attention in the literature
since the late 1990s, it continues to be under-researched and under-theorised. A shift in …

Conclusion Middle leaders impact positively on teacher work and student outcomes; they
work to establish the conditions that lead to collective endeavor by teachers to improve …

Purpose There is a significant volume of literature relating to the mentoring needs of new
principals and vice/deputy principals, but little is known about the mentoring needs of …