• What is our best present understanding
  of good school leadership?


• How do I lead my school to make it
  relevant to students of the 21st century?

The idea for this book grew out of an
international conference organized by the
National College for School Leadership,
An International Future: learning from
best practice worldwide, which explored
innovative and significant aspects of
educational leadership and brought together international
colleagues to generate new understandings. The conference proved a
dynamic forum for debate for researchers, academics, policy-makers
and practitioners. It was clear at the conference that there was a
consensus of understanding around certain key themes that crossed
national boundaries. In Developing Leadership, well-known
international contributors explore this consensus to promote the key
themes which reflect our best present understanding of good school
leadership, and to inform school leaders about leading edge thinking
which bears on their role.

These key ideas, which are highlighted at various points throughout
the book, are built around professional learning communities;
distributed leadership; strategic thinking about ICT; sustainability;
internship; mentoring and coaching.

Contributors: Ray Bolam, Martin Coles, Gary Crow, Clive Dimmock,
Dean Fink, David Green, Andy Hargreaves, Sing Kong Lee, Bill
Mulford, Fred Paterson, Tony Richardson, Geoff Southworth, James
Spillane, Louise Stoll, Ken Stott, Allan Walker, John West-Burnham