The professionalization of instructional leadership in the United States
Competing values and current tensions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11488232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Burch (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-214 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Education Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02680930601158943 |
| OpenAlex | W4239391642 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
While there has been considerable scholarship on the role of school and district leadership within instructional change, there has been little analysis of the values and orientations that undergird current policy debates about instructional leadership. This article outlines the importance of examining instructional leadership in the context of broader political and cultural debates about government and about how society should be organized. It identifies two distinct models of instructional leadership emerging as part of these dynamics: the market model and the polis model. Drawing on interviews and observations with 59 school staff across three cities and with 55 district administrators, it examines the tensions that these competing models create for school administrators working in improving schools within high poverty communities. In each district, system‐wide press to improve instruction activated district management practices that contradicted reform goals of building a professional community of educators and administrators focused on teaching and learning. Further, how district staff viewed and approached their work departed in significant ways from the management practices of school administrators. Based on this research, the article identifies the importance of administrators' professional contexts in studies of instructional leadership
Context (archaeology · Distributed leadership · Educational leadership · Government (linguistics · Instructional leadership · Leadership style · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Professional development · Professionalization · Public relations · Scholarship · Shared leadership · Social science · Sociology · Teacher Leadership · Work (physics · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Public Administration · School Choice and Performance · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Environments and organizations
The Rise of Professionalism
The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis
Standards Deviation
Towards a theory of leadership practice
Effective Schools
At the hard edge of change
Style and substance in education leadership
Educational change and new cleavages between head teachers, teachers and parents
The anatomy of accountability
No more managers-r-us! Researching/teaching 'schools in challenging circumstances
Move over Rover! An essay/assay of the field of educational management in the UK
Beyond Decoupling
Institutionalized Organizations
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |