Hi, I am also building strong leadership in school today. If you want to focus on sustainability you must direct your action plan with your institutions PMV to align

Dear  Gamze Kasalak,

I read very interesting article, I hope it will help you.

Best regards

Andrija

Gamez, I have been doing this for over 45 years and there are three things you must learn and practice as a leader in any leadership capacity if you really want to be a dynamic leader. First, you must build relationship with those whom you are trying to lead;  secondly, with the relationships you build, you will earn trust from them, and lastly, the relationships you have build and the trust you have earned will now give you the influence you will need to lead them somewhere. 

I would recommend researching the benefits of mentoring.

Hello Gamze,

You have much helpful data so far...You do not indicate which schools you mean but in any case you might be interested in the Dutch certification for sustainability. It exists for higher education(enclosed) and others as well only I could not locate an English version for you for the other levels. It still gives you the base for sustainability dimensions and maybe other countries have such a system. It is not compulsory to have this certification. It is advised/available via Hobeon which is an official educational certification body. Like all developments it starts with awareness and knowledge and you will see that the list of criteria with different levels is very useful to bring that to any school actually.

Good initiative to investigate further this subject, the world badly needs it(!) 

http://www.hobeon.nl/thema_s/mvo/keurmerk_duurzaam_hoger_onderwijs

My first study were in médiation "how to manage conflicts" one of the best method is very simple : RESPECT

First, you have to tend to help every person in conflict to express their position/point of vue.

Second, help them to recognise each other point of vue

Finaly help everybody to find THEIR solution to the conflict

This method is about 80% succesfull...

It is also called ambutsman, you can find a description (in french) here : http://www.cmfm.fr/

Here are some of the readings on school/educational leadership. http://site.iugaza.edu.ps/magha/files/2014/05/seven_principles1.pdf;

http://files.hbe.com.au/samplepages/SA3980.pdf

http://80.248.162.139/export/sites/default/OPM/Tapahtumakalenteri/2006/09/eu_28_2909/Andy_Hargreaves.pdf

Could you clarify the question for me?  In other words, are you implying that school administrators are weak, poor planners, inconsistent, indecisive, etc.?  Is there a retention problem with quality administration?

Or are you referring to individual teachers maintaining control and leadership in class?

Also, in what country are you basing the study?

Hargreaves and Fink principles of sustainability were included in this study. I really value their work, easily understood ideas for the profession.

Hello Gamze

Hargreaves and Fink work on sustainable leadership offers a good conceputal framework, so does Davies (2009) work. Lambert (2011) in the Journal of Further and Higher Education offers an alternative model for consideration. 

Best wishes

Steve

For me, an "Action Study" refers to something local - your campus, your community. To that end I would suggest identifying the area of leadership you are speaking about: organizational or curriculum. 

Nice Dear Steve Lambert

RTI is the only way to develop sustainable leadership in any school or organization. First of all, the person leading must develop Relationships (R) and this has to be continuous. This continuous development of Relationships will help you develop the Trust (T) from your followers that will give you the Influence (I) you must have to lead them somewhere. With that said, leadership is all about Influence, nothing else, but it starts with building Relationships. That is sustainable!

It is the same for administrators or teachers working with and leading their students. It is all about Relationships, Trust, and Influence. Leadership is leadership.

Choosing the right person in the right place, with the development of school principals through many training programs.

Really John Jones.

I think one aspect that is very important in leadership is fairness through hiring practices. Establishing a culture of fairness leading up to higher leadership positions may contribute to developing an environment of trust, improving performance effectiveness in schools. But again how do we establish what fairness is?