Educational leadership regarding municipal school support services in Iceland
The purpose of this research is to shed light on the educational leadership practices regarding school support services at the municipal level in Iceland from the point of view of actors from both municipal and school levels. Furthermore to explain how those views are shaped by the structural arrang...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/17411432221076251 2023-05-15T16:47:52+02:00 Educational leadership regarding municipal school support services in Iceland Sigurðardóttir, Sigríður Margrét Sigurðardóttir, Anna Kristín Hansen, Börkur Ólafsson, Kjartan Sigþórsson, Rúnar Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture The Research Fund of the University of Akureyri 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17411432221076251 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/17411432221076251 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/17411432221076251 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Educational Management Administration & Leadership page 174114322210762 ISSN 1741-1432 1741-1440 Strategy and Management Education journal-article 2022 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432221076251 2022-04-14T04:45:12Z The purpose of this research is to shed light on the educational leadership practices regarding school support services at the municipal level in Iceland from the point of view of actors from both municipal and school levels. Furthermore to explain how those views are shaped by the structural arrangements and human resources of the services, population density and geographical location. Leaders of municipal educational support services, preschool principals and compulsory school principals responded to a questionnaire about practices regarding school support services. A framework of desirable leadership practices was used as an analytical tool to measure this leadership. The findings revealed that leadership practices regarding school support services match poorly with the leadership framework. Human resources are important elements of the leadership practices regarding the school support services, but the services’ structural arrangements, municipal population density and geographical location are less so. It is suggested that it is necessary to focus on improvements in leadership practices in general, regarding the school support services. For that purpose, more engagement is needed in the development of professional capacity, and a focus on creating a shared understanding between the services and school principals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Educational Management Administration & Leadership 174114322210762 |
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The purpose of this research is to shed light on the educational leadership practices regarding school support services at the municipal level in Iceland from the point of view of actors from both municipal and school levels. Furthermore to explain how those views are shaped by the structural arrangements and human resources of the services, population density and geographical location. Leaders of municipal educational support services, preschool principals and compulsory school principals responded to a questionnaire about practices regarding school support services. A framework of desirable leadership practices was used as an analytical tool to measure this leadership. The findings revealed that leadership practices regarding school support services match poorly with the leadership framework. Human resources are important elements of the leadership practices regarding the school support services, but the services’ structural arrangements, municipal population density and geographical location are less so. It is suggested that it is necessary to focus on improvements in leadership practices in general, regarding the school support services. For that purpose, more engagement is needed in the development of professional capacity, and a focus on creating a shared understanding between the services and school principals. |
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Educational leadership regarding municipal school support services in Iceland |
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