Earley, P;
Weindling, D;
(2007)
Do school leaders have a shelf life? Career stages and headteacher performance.
Educational Management Administration and Leadership
, 35
(1)
pp. 73-88.
10.1177/1741143207071386.
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Abstract
This article explores several issues about school leaders, career stages and performance. It draws upon various pieces of research, including the longitudinal study of secondary headteachers which began in the early 1980s at the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), to raise some key issues about headteachers' careers, the various stages of headship, and the relationship between length of tenure and school leader performance. The article concludes with some thoughts regarding the future of headship and what needs to be done to ensure that the quality of leadership remains as good as it should be. If leadership at the apex of organisations is as crucial as all the research and inspection evidence suggests, then what needs to be done to ensure a longer 'shelf life' for school leaders and is the notion of a limited or fixed-term contract worth revisiting? © 2007 BELMAS.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Do school leaders have a shelf life? Career stages and headteacher performance |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1741143207071386 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1533367 |
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