The contribution of leadership to build a shared vision of the school, centered on the learning of all students

• Autor(a) principal: Alexandre, Isabel Faria
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Mesquita, Diana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/investigacaoeducacional.2023.15930

This work is part of a research project, which aims to answer the question, 'why do(n't) schools learn?' We intend to study the factors that help and the factors that hinder organizational learning and develop a scientific understanding towards a school’s ability to learn, promoting the learning and integral development of all students, the professional and social development of teachers and the social advancement of families. In this context, it is important to know what vision the top leadership has set for the school and to what extent it is shared by the rest of the school staff, to ensure that all students learn. We present the data resulting from analysis of the interview carried out with the outgoing director of the school, subject of this study. Given the density of the data, we chose to present only those resulting from Category 1 – Learning of all students. We were able to infer that top leadership adopts a holistic approach to organizational culture and promotes a shared vision of the school, whose focus is for all students to learn. A culture of reflection, research and innovation also emerges, supported by a collaborative effort from teaching and non-teaching staff, which promotes professional learning. This culture is highlighted by the presence of the supervision indicator across most analysis categories. The data also reveals that the leadership promotes openness within the school community, affirming the social dimension of the school and creating partnerships with universities. However, we were unable to confirm the existence of a professional learning community