Transition Leadership in a Shifting Policy Environment

Autor/inn/en	Goldring, Ellen; Crowson, Robert; Laird, David; Berk, Robert
Titel	Transition Leadership in a Shifting Policy Environment
Quelle	In: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 25 (2003) 4, S.473-488 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3737
DOI	10.3102/01623737025004473
Schlagwörter	Transformational Leadership; Principals; Leadership Responsibility; Administrator Role; Public Policy; Elementary Schools; Middle Schools; School Desegregation; Educational Change; School Districts; Case Studies; Court Litigation; Equal Education; Urban Schools; High Risk Students; Administrator Attitudes; Discipline; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Principal; Schulleiter; Öffentliche Ordnung; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Integrative Schule; Bildungsreform; School district; Schulbezirk; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Rechtsstreit; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Problemschüler; Disziplin; USA
Abstract	While transformational leadership has received much attention in recent years, the purpose of this article is to explicate the concept of transition leadership and its centrality to understanding policy implementation and school change through a case study of one district and its school principals, transitioning from court-ordered desegregation to unitary status. The article begins with a discussion of the concept of transition leadership and then examines school principals' transitional leadership, that is, the process of helping to guide an organization's response to a very significant change in citywide policy. Data reported in this article are based on a series of open-ended, in-depth interviews with a sample of the district's elementary and middle school principals. Analyses suggest that transition leadership entails an unmaking of past policy while simultaneously remaking new policies and a heavy reliance on establishing a social fabric and sense of community. The conclusion calls for added attention to the balancing of continuity and change that may be necessary to the leadership of a policy transition. (Contains 1 figure and 2 notes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10