The Challenges for New Principals in the 21st Century: Developing Leadership Capabilities Through Professional Support

This book series, International Research on School Leadership focuses on how present—day issues affect the theory and practice of school leadership. For this inaugural book, we focused on the challenges facing new principals and headteachers. Because the professional lives of school leaders have increasingly impinged on their personal well—being and resources have continued to shrink, it is important to understand how new principals or headteachers share and divide their energy, ideas, and ...