Multi-leadership in Urban Schools: Shifting Paradigms for Administration and Supervision in the New Millennium

K-12 educational leadership literature highlights the need for co-leadership as it relates to school administrative effectiveness. While co-leadership in the principalship is not a new idea, it is a shift in thinking from the traditional model of one principal as school administrator. Multi-leadership in Urban Schools proposes a model for school administrative leadership through collective administrative responsibility. With three distinct people doing three distinct jobs, while jointly collaborating in a model of leadership, each can contribute to the creation of a community of learning to improve delivery of instruction and maximize student opportunity for academic excellence. This text, used in educational leadership preparation programs and in urban school districts' efforts for reform, can (re)conceptualize urban school leadership, influencing effective leadership and contributing to student academic achievement.