Purpose This paper aims to explore developments over the past 25 years in the knowledge
base on instruction-oriented middle leadership in schools. The authors document the trends …

This paper describes findings related to the effectiveness of secondary school middle
leaders as a contributor to within-school variation in academic results for students at …

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 …

This systematic review aimed to examine the evolution of middle leadership research in a 21-
year period, starting from 2002 to 2023, by employing bibliometric methods to examine the …

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 …

Emerging from an education world that sees professional learning as a tool to positively
shape teaching practice in order to improve student learning, Transformational Professional …

This chapter examines the practices of leading, as an important facet of the extended
professional work and experience of educators. It employs a site ontological lens to examine …

Over the past ten years, principals have witnessed significant transformation in their roles
and workload, which has challenged their ability to adapt, be flexible and resilient. There is …

In this paper, a site ontological approach to practice seeks to understand how educational
development can be accomplished through the practices of 'middle leaders'-educators who …

Investigating the social, structural, cognitive and individual enablers of principals' cross-
district professional relations is a challenging yet essential research endeavour. To that end …