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Cultural and symbolic leadership – What does it look like? Personal reflection and the effective management and leadership of a small rural school.

Farrell, P.A.T.

Keywords:
Primary Embedding Mechanism, school management and leadership, personal reflection

Abstract:
The author, an experienced teaching-principal, used repertory grid technique to reflect on those tasks, professional relationships and school events impacting on his leadership. Use of supplied elements and a supplied construct facilitated the identification of the primary embedding mechanisms used to foster culture in his school, those factors most associated with his perceived effectiveness. Further reflection on these findings lead to the identification of future actions that might be profitably undertaken at the author’s school.