school leadership

Who guides educators

School leadership refers to the people who direct educational institutions—principals, headmasters, superintendents, and administrators—or to the act of directing them.

The term encompasses both the position and the practice: She's been in school leadership for fifteen years.

It often appears in discussions of educational policy and reform, where effective school leadership is considered crucial to student outcomes.

Opposites
organizational role

school leadershipteaching staff

Educators employed at institution

subordinates · faculty · instructional staff · support staff · educators

power/authority structure

school leadershipstudent body

Collective term for enrollees

students · followers · pupils · subordinates · learners

organizational function

school leadershipsupport staff

Workers aiding main operations

administrative assistants · groundskeepers

Family

school, leadership, schools, schooled, schooling, schoolmaster, schoolhouse, scholar, scholarly

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