Partnering for professional learning: International perspectives on partnerships for educational leadership preparation and development

Introduction

The aim of this special issue is to highlight examples of partnerships that facilitate professional learning opportunities for aspiring (pre-service) and practicing (in-service) school leaders from multiple countries. In meeting this aim, the special issue will help answer calls to better inform the preparation and continuing development of educational leaders by examining how partnerships between entities such as schools, districts, municipalities, universities, and communities operate in multiple national contexts with differing national policies, practices, and ways of knowing related to educational leadership preparation and development.

List of topic areas

• Examples of partnerships for leadership preparation and development
• Impacts of leadership preparation and development partnerships
• Opportunities and challenges encountered in forming and sustaining partnerships
• Unique aspects of local state or national contexts that influence the design and impact of partnerships
• Future directions of partnerships for leadership preparation and development

Submissions Information

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Authors should select (from the drop-down menu) the special issue title at the appropriate step in the submission process, i.e. in response to "Please select the issue you are submitting to". 

Submitted articles must not have been previously published, nor should they be under consideration for publication anywhere else, while under review for this journal.

Key deadlines

Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 5th November, 2024

Closing date for manuscripts submission: 6th January, 2025