Leadership in times of crisis: Dispositional, relational and contextual factors influencing school principals’ actions

Mutch, Carol

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.06.005

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“…As the pandemic took hold, it became clear that access to food and mental health supports initially needed to take priority over access to instruction. Our school leaders' emphasis on-and quick investments in-basic needs, social-emotional health, and technological access are underscored by the research literature's recognition of these stabilizing aspects of crisis leadership (see, e.g., Smith and Riley, 2012;Mutch, 2015b;Dückers et al, 2017;Mahfouz et al, 2019;McLeod, 2020b).…”

Section: Equity-oriented Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resilience, Reorientation, and Reinvention: School Leadership During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic

McLeod

Dulsky

2021

Front. Educ.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly across the globe, many schools struggled to react both quickly and adequately. Schools were one of the most important societal institutions to be affected by the pandemic. However, most school leaders have little to no training in crisis leadership, nor have they dealt with a crisis of this scale and this scope for this long. This article presents our findings from interviews of 43 school organizations around the globe about their responses during the early months of the pandemic. Primary themes from the interviews included an emphasis on vision and values; communication and family community engagement; staff care, instructional leadership, and organizational capacity-building; equity-oriented leadership practices; and recognition of potential future opportunities. These findings resonate with the larger research literature on crisis leadership and have important implications for school leaders’ future mindsets, behaviors, and support structures during crisis incidents.

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Section: Equity-oriented Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resilience, Reorientation, and Reinvention: School Leadership During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic

McLeod

Dulsky

2021

Front. Educ.

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“…The data used in this article were gathered as part of a wider study that set out to record the stories of how Christchurch schools coped with the earthquakes (see, for example, Mutch, 2014bMutch, , 2015Mutch, , 2016. Forest Park asked to join the project so that their school closure story could be recorded for posterity.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The interviews were transcribed, edited and have undergone several iterative analyses and contributed to other articles on the collective earthquake experiences of Christchurch schools (see Mutch, 2014bMutch, , 2015Mutch, , 2016. In this article, however, the focus is on this particular school and its story.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Over the coming months and years, schools continued to provide ongoing support to students, families and the wider communities as recovery and reconstruction got underway (Harris, 2013;Direen, 2016;Duncan, 2016;Education Review Office, 2013;McDonald, 2014;Mutch, 2014b;O'Connor & Takahashi, 2013). Years later schools are still bearing the brunt of on-going psychological distress, family and community dislocation, housing issues, increased family violence and young children unprepared for transition to school, while school staff try to hold their own lives together (Direen, 2016;Duncan, 2016;Mutch, 2015).…”

Section: Literature On the Place Of Schools In Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The following section outlines ten claims made by those affected by the closures or mergers. The sources used to synthesise these concerns include the Canterbury Principals Association review (Duncan, 2016), the Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) annual report (PPTA, 2013), a joint submission on the Canterbury earthquakes to the Human Rights Council (Baird, 2013), the Child Poverty Action Group report (Shirlaw, 2014), studies of Christchurch principals (Callaghan, 2013;Direen, 2016;Mutch, 2015); and the Ombudsman's investigation (The Office of the Ombudsman, 2013).…”

Section: The Implementation Of the Education Renewal Planmentioning

confidence: 99%

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