System-School Alignment in Support of Teacher Leadership: An Australian Case Study

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Conway, Joan M., Andrews, Dorothy and Trimmer, Karen. 2025. "System-School Alignment in Support of Teacher Leadership: An Australian Case Study ." International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership. 21 (3). https://doi.org/10.22230/ijepl.2025v21n3a1517

Article Title	System-School Alignment in Support of Teacher Leadership: An Australian Case Study
Article Category	Article
Authors	Conway, Joan M., Andrews, Dorothy and Trimmer, Karen
Journal Title	International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership
Journal Citation	21 (3)
Number of Pages	18
Year	2025
Publisher	Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Place of Publication	United States
ISSN	1555-5062
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.22230/ijepl.2025v21n3a1517
Web Address (URL)	https://ijepl.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/ijepl/article/view/1517
Abstract	This article reports on a case study from Australia contributing to a global research project that explores concepts and definitions of teacher leadership in 12 countries using a three-phase data collection approach: an initial literature review; a survey developed from themes in the literature and conducted in each of the countries; and semi-structured interviews designed to explore in depth the understanding of teacher leadership as perceived by the participants in each country, which is the focus of this article. The findings show a lack of coherence regarding expectations of teachers as leaders and teacher leadership, and emphasizes the need for a system-school alignment in support of teacher leadership wherein the principal and the teachers are respectfully acknowledged and supported as the custodians of their context.
Keywords	teacher leadership; system-school alignment; educational leadership; international study; school-based; context / leadership enseignant
Contains Sensitive Content	Does not contain sensitive content
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	3902. Education policy, sociology and philosophy
Byline Affiliations	University of Southern Queensland

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Dancing on a shifting carpet: reinventing traditional schooling for the 21st century L. Degenhardt and P. Duignan

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Collective intelligence in schools: an exploration of teacher engagement in the making of significant new meaning

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Parallel leadership: a clue to the contents of the 'black box' of school reform

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Exploring elements for creating an online community of learners within a distance education course at the University of Southern Queensland

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Building sustainable futures: emerging understandings of the significant contribution of the professional learning community

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Cocreation of knowledge: roles of coresearchers in research teams

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A research report on the implementation of the IDEAS project in Victoria, 2004-8

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Case study two synopsis - Meadow Fair North Primary School (MFN)

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Power to the profession

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Capacity building for sustainable school improvement: an Australian research study

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Building and sustaining capacity in your school - the COSMIC C-B model

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The contributions of research design and process facilitation in accessing adolescent views of leadership

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School change and development: the influence of a reflective practitioner

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Enabling teachers to become pedagogical leaders: case studies in two IDEAS schools in Singapore and Australia

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Parallel leadership: changing landscapes for principals

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Working together to enhance school outcomes: an Australian case study of parallel leadership

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Teachers as leaders in a knowledge society: encouraging signs of a new professionalism

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Transforming practice from within: the power of the professional learning community

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3-dimensional pedagogy-the image of 21st century teacher professionalism

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