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Growing the Leadership Talent Pool: Perceptions of Heads, Middle Leaders and Classroom Teachers about Professional Development and Leadership Succession Planning within Their Own Schools
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Rhodes, Christopher; Brundrett, Mark – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This article reports on outcomes from a study funded by the National College for School Leadership designed to explore the factors that assist in the leadership development of teachers at a number of stages of their career development. More specifically, the study sought to identify issues associated with leadership talent identification,…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Talent Identification, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership
What Makes My School a Good Training Ground for Leadership Development?: The Perceptions of Heads, Middle Leaders and Classroom Teachers from 70 Contextually Different Primary and Secondary Schools in England
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Rhodes, Christopher; Brundrett, Mark – Management in Education, 2008
This article reports on outcomes from a study funded by the National College for School Leadership designed to explore leadership talent identification, development, succession and retention in contextually different primary and secondary schools in England. It draws upon this larger project and offers evidence not seen before elsewhere. It deals…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Leadership Training
Leadership Development and School Improvement
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Rhodes, Christopher; Brundrett, Mark – Educational Review, 2009
The chosen focus of this special issue is timely given the burgeoning international interest and investment in leadership development and school improvement. In many countries leadership and improvement have been closely linked and there is no doubt that this linkage has an international reach. Together, these articles review and extend some of…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Educational Improvement, Management Development, School Effectiveness
An Education Action Zone at Work: Primary Teacher Perceptions of the Efficacy of a Creative Learning and Collaborative Leadership Project
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Gkolia, Chrysanthi; Brundrett, Mark; Switzer, Jackie – Education 3-13, 2009
Education Action Zones (EAZs) have formed one of the key elements of government policy in trying to drive up standards and disseminate best practice. However, the initiative has been subject to a sustained critique and questions have remained as to the efficacy of such networks of schools. This article reports on study of one EAZ in the north-west…
Descriptors: Interviews, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Leadership
Leadership and Creativity
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Brundrett, Mark – Education 3-13, 2004
There has been a growing resurgence of interest in creativity in primary schools which has acted as a counterpoint to some of the more reductivist elements of the introduction of the National Curriculum and associated methods of testing. This article reports on a study of one primary school that has had some significant success in enhancing the…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Creativity, Creative Activities, Organizational Theories
Planning for Leadership Succession: Creating a Talent Pool in Primary Schools
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Brundrett, Mark; Rhodes, Christopher; Gkolia, Chrysanthi – Education 3-13, 2006
This article reports on a study that was funded by the National College for School Leadership in order to explore practices, drivers and barriers to leadership talent identification, leadership development, leadership succession planning and leadership retention within a group of contextually different schools. The article offers two narratives…
Descriptors: Talent Identification, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Change Strategies
The First Year of Beacon School Status: Maintaining Excellence and Sharing Success.
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Burton, Neil; Brundrett, Mark – School Leadership & Management, 2000
During summer 1998, the British government's Department for Education and Employment recognized 74 schools as model "beacons of excellence." A recent survey reveals that effective communication, coupled with a clear sense of purpose and vision, has enabled Beacon schools to maintain educational excellence while facilitating other…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education, Foreign Countries