Resourcing Change in Small Schools (Report‪)‬

Introduction Being a principal in the 21st century entails new responsibilities amid rapidly changing policy conditions and contexts for learning. New responsibilities for principals include managing and monitoring curriculum development, assessment and reporting; staff selection and performance management; financial management; mission building and managing reform; managing professional learning; school accountability; and community relations and marketing (Ingvarson, Anderson, Gronn&Jackson, 2006). In keeping with changing conceptions of leadership, school principals are also expected to work in shared or distributed school leadership models (Ingvarson et al., 2006).