Principals’ environmental suffering in schools with poor indoor-air quality DOI Creative Commons
Eerika Finell,

Aino Walden

Environmental Hazards, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(2), P. 130 - 149

Published: June 29, 2023

The environmental suffering of contaminated communities has been analysed in depth. However, there is a lack knowledge about the such communities' leaders. Our study aimed to shed light on this issue through interviews with 20 principals working schools poor indoor-air quality Finland. Based reflexive thematical analysis, we identified three themes: (1) being burdened and powerless; (2) knife-edge; (3) worried face unknown. These themes were organised by interpenetrating key factors: power, uncertainty, responsibility. Although our shared same experiences as members general, their also differed from those. Altogether, leading school was highly burdensome stressful task. Research so far mainly concentrated contexts large-scale technological hazards disasters. Researchers should pay closer attention everyday other workplaces especially leaders since play important roles supporting well-being followers environments that are perceived threat.

Language: Английский

Resilience, Reorientation, and Reinvention: School Leadership During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic DOI Creative Commons
Scott McLeod,

Shelley Dulsky

Frontiers in Education, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 6

Published: March 12, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly across globe, many schools struggled to react both quickly and adequately. Schools were one of most important societal institutions be affected by pandemic. However, school leaders have little no training in crisis leadership, nor they dealt with a this scale scope for long. This article presents our findings from interviews 43 organizations around globe about their responses during early months Primary themes included an emphasis on vision values; communication family community engagement; staff care, instructional organizational capacity-building; equity-oriented leadership practices; recognition potential future opportunities. These resonate larger research literature implications leaders’ mindsets, behaviors, support structures incidents.

Language: Английский

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The Role of Adaptive Leadership in Times of Crisis: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework DOI Creative Commons
Michele Kremer Sott, Mariluza Sott Bender

Merits, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(1), P. 2 - 2

Published: Jan. 22, 2025

Leading multidisciplinary teams requires not only strong leadership skills, but also a supportive organizational environment. This study examines the key characteristics necessary for adaptive and identifies main factors that facilitate its development. A systematic literature review, following PRISMA-P protocol, was conducted, analyzing 33 studies on traits of leaders relevant factors. Based these findings, we propose conceptual framework representing feedback cycle process within organizations present three propositions associated with this model. The results indicate primary include flexibility, empathy, innovation, long-term vision. Conversely, possess can either or hinder development leadership, such as culture, structure, innovation history, strategy. findings emphasize orchestrating during times crisis is especially challenging, requiring additional competencies in resilience adaptability. contributes to by identifying essential capabilities discussing considerations practitioners seeking transition from traditional leadership.

Language: Английский

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Developing adaptability and agility in leadership amidst the COVID-19 crisis: experiences of early-career school principals DOI Creative Commons
Venesser Fernandes, Winnie Wong, Michael Noonan

et al.

International Journal of Educational Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 37(2), P. 483 - 506

Published: March 3, 2023

Purpose During the COVID-19 crisis in Victoria, Australia complexity of school leadership increased greatly for principals. This study focused on lived experiences early career principals independent sector from March to November 2020 Australia. It investigates transformative work that was undertaken by these leaders leading their schools over a protracted crisis. Design/methodology/approach The builds constructs leadership, adaptive agile and emotional intelligence, exploring approaches twenty-two Using narrative inquiry approach, across three temporal points 2020, storied productions drawn findings present four emergent types emotionally intelligent These are presented as commander-leader, conductor-leader, gardener-leader engineer-leader with each approach demonstrating both organisational well individual styles used they led schools. Findings have direct implications professional development programs focusing aspiring emphasis importance developing skillsets use during periods rapid change or high insight into support useful first five years principalship. Originality/value uses unique intelligence understand after

Language: Английский

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Surviving, navigating and innovating through a pandemic: A review of research on school leadership during COVID-19, 2020–2021 DOI Open Access
Bernard J. Treves Brown, Ting Wang, Moosung Lee

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International Journal of Educational Development, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 100, P. 102804 - 102804

Published: May 5, 2023

Language: Английский

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Inclusive Leadership in Times of COVID-19 Crisis: The Role of District and School Leaders in Fostering School Sense-Making Processes within a National Inclusion and Integration Reform DOI
Sherry Ganon-Shilon, Idit Finkelstein, Revital Sela‐Shayovitz

et al.

Leadership and Policy in Schools, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 22(4), P. 992 - 1012

Published: March 30, 2022

COVID-19 requires educational leaders to collectively make sense of their inclusive practices. This qualitative study explores how crisis shaped Israeli superintendents' and principals' role in fostering school sense-making processes during a reform based on Amendment No. 11 the Special Education Law. Data were collected with 22 Jewish Arab district via Zoom interviews. analysis yielded three major themes: (1) Developing shared vision direction; (2) Building capacity for inclusion: (a) nurturing culture collective responsibility (b) maintaining mental-resilience skills well-being; (3) Fostering collaboration trust stakeholders.

Language: Английский

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Trauma‐informed education for pupils with adverse childhood experiences and social, emotional and mental health needs: Special school headteachers' lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic DOI Creative Commons

James Waite

British Journal of Special Education, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 1, 2025

Abstract This doctoral study explored headteachers' lived experiences of leading trauma‐informed education in their special schools for pupils with adverse childhood (ACEs) and social, emotional mental health (SEMH) needs throughout since the coronavirus (Covid‐19) pandemic. Five headteachers SEMH day England participated semi‐structured interviews late 2023. Transcripts were examined using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The focused on participants' perspectives leadership during pandemic, including light Government policy guidance, perceived impacts schools, themselves. Key lessons include recommending that policymakers seek to understand sector better by consulting those experience leading, working at, attending schools. In doing so, this understanding should inform smarter supports ACEs future emergencies. research also identifies need provide more effective support times crisis.

Language: Английский

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Navigating Change and Trauma: Essential Leadership Insights for Higher Education DOI Creative Commons

Ali Corey,

Lemuel W. Watson

Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(1), P. 169 - 184

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Coping with the unexpected: A job demands/resources study exploring Italian teachers’ remote working experience during the COVID‐19 lockdown DOI
Amelia Manuti, Maria Luisa Giancaspro, Cataldo Giuliano Gemmano

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Teaching and Teacher Education Leadership and Professional Development, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 1, P. 100010 - 100010

Published: Sept. 7, 2022

Language: Английский

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Secondary school principals’ adaptive leadership practices amid the quality education crisis in Amhara regional state, Ethiopia DOI Creative Commons
Abebaw Ayana Alene,

Misganaw Alene Tsegaye,

Getu Shiferaw Wolle

et al.

Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11, P. 101349 - 101349

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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School leadership: Dilemmas in dealing with crises DOI Creative Commons

Kjersti Beate Rørstad Welle,

Ann Elisabeth Gunnulfsen

Educational Management Administration & Leadership, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 14, 2025

This paper examines peer-reviewed research articles from Western countries on school leadership in times of crisis published 2013 to 2024. The objective this review is enhance our understanding the features school-level crises, challenges principals face, and effective roles actions they undertake during such events. We aim contribute existing body by uncovering dilemmas leaders encounter when managing crises. literature identified 51 relevant across 14 countries, 32 which are about principal amid COVID-19 pandemic. Based findings, four have been discussed: (1) whether prioritize individual power responsibility over shared leadership, (2) render care support or strictly fulfill managerial duties, (3) be true one's core values beliefs respond quickly (4) give up control provide stability constant uncertainty. Our findings indicate that, should strike a balance between exercising facilitating collaboration, relational aspects operational expectations, collective decision-making, being uncertainty providing predictability.

Language: Английский

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