Leadership theory

NCSL Leadership Development Framework

The National College for School Leadership is one of the leading organisations in relation to their awareness of the importance of distributed leadership. Recent years have seen an increasing move from the competency-based approach of the Hay McBer Model to the development of a Leadership Development Framework.

The outcomes of a Think Tank report lead to 10 propositions about school leadership.

School leadership must:

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  be purposeful, inclusive and values driven
  
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  embrace the distinctive and inclusive context of the school
  
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  promote an active view of learning
  
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  be instructionally focused
  
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  be a function that is distributed throughout the school community
  
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  build capacity by developing the school as a learning community
  
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  be futures oriented and strategically driven
  
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  be developed through experiential and innovative methodologies
  
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  be served by a support and policy context that is coherent and implementation driven
  
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  be supported by a National College that leads the discourse around leadership for learning
  

These propositions have been actualised through a series of programmes aimed at five different stages in a school leader’s career:

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