Leadership and Culture
Walker and Riordan’s article entitled “Leading collective capacity in culturally diverse schools,” explores five key areas in which leadership within schools can improve holistically, but mainly to improve student learning. They authors at the outset argue that the collective nature of schools personal and professional relationships should be to form and develop shared values (Walker, 2010, p. 51). The introduction helps focus the primacy of these relationships with the leadership, formal and informal within the school in which the leaders play a crucial role in constructing the culture. And while I think this article does a great job of exploring how leaders can be more aware of areas to help strengthen and support diverse staff, the article failed to show how this collective capacity would directly or indirectly improve student learning. It is in that sense that I failed to see the main thrust of their argument extending this to student learning, and not simply for a good workpl...
