Professional Supervision for Principals

A Primer for Emerging Practice

Bibliographic Data

ID5801828
AuthorsMary Ann Hunter (0000-0003-4159-0716), Geoffrey Broughton (0000-0001-6609-0932)
Year2025
Publication date2025-01-07
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueProfessional Supervision for Principals (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781009430685
OpenAlexW4406108521
Open LibraryOL57739008M
ISBN9781009430685
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited54

School leaders work in increasingly complex systems. Alongside leading learning, they daily navigate the needs and expectations of educational departments, teachers, students, parents, society, and themselves. Leadership can therefore be a dynamic vocational calling, but studies show that principals' professional agency, career sustainability, and wellbeing are diminishing. This Element brings a fresh perspective to how educational leaders can be better served and supported by collaborative, co-agentic partnerships at this time. It makes the case for professional supervision, a practice commonplace in clinical and pastoral professions that offers facilitated, action-oriented attention to the interplay of role, 'soul', and context. As a practice-based primer, this Element reclaims supervision against outdated associations with performance management by drawing on interdisciplinary research and the authors' own experience as supervisor partners with principals. It proposes a new schema of professional supervision in education informed by curiosity, unlearning, resonance, and attunement in a rapidly changing world

Attunement · Curiosity · Schema (genetic algorithms · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Social Work Education and Practice

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