Provides a classification and description of school leadership models found in contemporary, Western, English-language research literature, focusing on instructional leadership, transformational leadership, moral leadership, participative leadership, managerial leadership, and contingent leadership. For each category, the paper clarifies…

According to a model of leadership based on aesthetics, leaders display aesthetic properties enabling them to (1) direct and (2) engage their followers, (3) reflect the values of their times, and (4) exhibit uniqueness and originality. These properties are developed through the leaders' artistry in dramatizing, designing, and orchestrating events.…

Concerned with organizational approaches to student behavior, this paper first describes the key elements of organizational structure and leadership. These include articulation of organizational goals, such as ensuring an orderly environment conducive to learning and cultivating responsible student behavior and good character. The school's control…

Linking his observations with existing research on teacher and school effectiveness, the author identifies four leadership functions directly related and two functions indirectly related to the achievement of instructional effectiveness. Questions to ask to identify effective principals are provided for each of the six leadership functions.…