DISTRIBUTED LEADRSHIP

In this class we've been doing a research about distributed leadership. It has been an interesting task that we've done looking for some information in an article that clearly explains the concept. Moreover, we've learn a lot about the concept and what it concerns and involves.

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I wasn't aware before this class about what the distributed leadership involves. I used to think that this kind of leadership only envolved the government positions of the school without counting on the parents or the teachers who are in the teacher's board. 

I have learnt many things, such as that  the amount of studies that have been made about this subject. Moreover, it has really impressed me how this way of leading could influence the quality of eduaction and the knowledge of the students. I also learnt the differences between the styles of leaderships between the management and school context. It has surprised me that we can distinguish between five different styles which are: humanistic, technical, educational, symbolic and cultural.

The most difficult thing for me to learn was the different definitions that each author gives to the concept of distributed and how to implant the results of the study in our classes.

I think that I have to learn more about the paper that leaders have in school and how to be a good leader. 

After doing a huge and deep research, I think that this form of leading benefits the interpersonal relations between students, parents and teachers, ensuring the quality of education. Moreover, if all the school community works together, the level of the quality of education will raise because they will all work in the same way and this will improve the knowledge and motivation of students. 

My thought coincides with (Spillane et al. , 2001) who says that distributed leadership gives a huge importance to collaboration and collegiality,  which ends up being the core of distributed leadership .

Referencies:

Spillane, J., Halverson, R. and Diamond, J. (2001) ‘Towards a Theory of Leadership Practice: A Distributed Perspective’, Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research Working Article.