Middle leaders in schools are increasingly recognised as playing pivotal roles in school
improvement. Although some school systems provide formal professional development for …

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 …

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 …

Several studies have examined the crucial role played by middle leaders in school
improvement, but little is known about the experiences of novice middle leaders during their …

Reducing inequity is the moral imperative confronting today's educational leaders. Central to
reducing inequity is leaders' ability to solve the school-based problems that contribute to it …

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 …

To address inequity and underachievement, middle leaders need skill in collaboratively
solving instructional problems preventing students from making expected progress. A theory …

Middle leadership is recognised as being critical in and for school-based professional
development. Increasingly over the last decade, the nature, role, and practices of middle …

This study explains the impact of a leadership intervention in collaborative problem-solving
on the behaviour of eight middle leaders, on the teachers of those leaders, and on the …

Middle leaders play an essential role in schools but for many their position is characterised
by tensions caused by 'being caught in between or sandwiched between senior …