Distributed leadership according to the evidence

By K. Leithwood, Blair Mascall, T. Strauss. 2009

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A study of the relationships between distributed leadership, teacher academic optimism and student achievement in Taiwanese elementary schools (2011, background): “Harris and Muijs’ (2005) ‘Improving Schools through Teacher Leadership’ study (conducted in the United Kingdom) found a positive correlation between teachers’ participation in decision making, students’ motivation to learn and selfefficacy. As the previous study demonstrated, higher levels of distri”
Distributed Leadership (2013, background): “While it is important to know what formal leaders do, and there is a vast volume of literature on this particular subject (see Leithwood et al, 2009), analysing and understanding patterns of influence gets us much closer to the actual practice of leadership.”
How does leadership affect student achievement? Results from a national US survey (2010, background): “This presumes that he or she is capable of providing constructive feedback to improve teaching or is able to design a system in which others provide this support.”
Mapping teacher collaboration for school success (2021, background): “Teachers’ attitudes and behaviors also determine their teaching practices (Hopkins & Spillane, 2014) and willingness to share good practices, and seek support and resources from their peers (Leithwood et al., 2009).”
Distributed leadership in action: leading high-performing leadership teams in English schools (2012, background): “Distributed leadership and high-performing teams Harris (2008, 2010) claims that successful schools have restructured and redesigned themselves so that leadership can be more widely shared and spread.”
Investing in Leadership: The District's Role in Managing Principal Turnover (2010, neutral): “Among the many different conceptions of leadership distribution in the literature (e.g., Gronn, 2002; McBeath, 2009; and Spillane, 2006), we have chosen to view it through a lens developed by Leithwood, Mascall, and Strauss (2009).”
Teachers’ Perceptions about the Relationship between 21st Century Skills and Managing Constructivist Learning Environments (2018, background): “Leithwood et al (2009) confirm that teachers are important school-based factors in impacting student achievement.”