The Role of Educational Leadership for School Effectiveness System Theory and the National Leaders of Education Program in the UK

Abstract

The importance of principles and headships of educational organizations has in recent years been raised more often, where international studies and research reviews argue for the significant role of leadership for school effectiveness and high performances. While the role of successful leadership is becoming more and more evident for organizations reaching their goals, a variety of theories and models have emerged within the field with the purpose to identify which factors of leadership that ultimately leads to success. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how system theory, more specifically system leadership, in education can lead to school effectiveness and improvement.