CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO RESEARCH IN LEARNING INNOVATIONS

In the educational arena, it is often claimed that success or failure of the school system is explained by the type of leadership. School leaders are expected to act as agents of change and facilitators who improve the school culture and its effectiveness by transforming the professional learning community. They are expected to build human capital by working collaboratively with every teacher and employee in the school. Effective school leadership has been examined through multiple lenses, sometimes from a distributed perspective and other times from the principle of servant leadership or moral imperative. Regardless of perspective, it is obvious that tomorrow’s school will need a new breed of leadership to bravely face the challenges of sustainable development, lead from the center, increase teacher empowerment and collective decision making, and create successful learning communities