504 Leadership

Leadership must be shared. This is the key idea in the readings for this topic. If leadership is shared then change becomes sustainable.
If change is to be sustainable then leadership must be distributed. This does not mean the end of the principal and the executive. It means that the principal and executinve need to be the driving force, while empowering others through professional development, choices, flexibility and positive working relationships.
Leadership in schools cannot be the domain of the few. In order to sustain change then the impatus for change cannot leave whent he prinipcal or executive leaves.
The teacher librarian is in a unique position to provide leadership. In order to effectively fulfill their role they must work in collaboration with others. They can use these collaborations to both lead and follow change. They can be leaders by sharing in and promoting change. They can display leadership by ensuring professional development needs are being met both by leading professional development and by maintaining a print and digital collection that will meet users needs.