A Collective Act Leading a Small School

The Educational Leadership Dialogues series creates a bridge between educational research and practice, and provides resources that support educational leadership. The series teams up researchers and experienced school principals to write short, evidence-based, practical guides on topics of significance, while engaging in a rich dialogue about practice and research A Collective Act: Leading a small school explores the characteristics of, the context for, and the challenges to successful leadership. It identifies what the research says about small school leadership and then tells five compelling stories of leading in such settings, from across Australia. Together, the research and the cases present a strong argument for better understanding this distinct context of leadership.