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Leading through Covid-19

New Zealand secondary principals describe their reality

Bibliographic Data

ID21784375
AuthorsKenneth Thornton (0000-0001-7785-0204, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume49
Issue3
Pages393-409
Publication date2021-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Management Administration & Leadership (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1741-1432 • E-ISSN: 1741-1440
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1741143220985110
OpenAlexW3119385794
LanguageEN
Citations received48
References cited21

School principals were required to engage in crisis leadership throughout New Zealand’s first seven-week COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. Eighteen school principals from a range of secondary schools were interviewed about their experiences. The challenges they faced included preparing students and teachers for online teaching and learning for an unknown length of time, supporting student and staff wellbeing, and communicating clearly and compassionately to all stakeholder groups. Their opportunities related to strengthening digital teaching and learning, distributing leadership and resetting direction. This study identifies a number of implications for future crisis leadership practice including: preparing, attending to wellbeing, communicating effectively, leading collaboratively and taking opportunities

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Crisis management · Educational leadership · Instructional leadership · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Stakeholder · Teacher Leadership · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Disaster Management and Resilience · Medicine · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication

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Unique citing works48
Citations per year9,6
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 47

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