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Enacting autonomy reform in schools: The re-shaping of roles and relationships under Local Schools, Local Decisions
Journal of Educational Change ( IF 2.418 ) Pub Date : 2022-04-21 , DOI: 10.1007/s10833-022-09455-5
Mihajla Gavin 1 , Meghan Stacey 2
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Local Schools, Local Decisions (LSLD) was a package of school autonomy reforms operating in the state of New South Wales, Australia from 2012 to 2020. The set of reforms centred on the devolution of additional powers and responsibilities to school principals, namely enhanced capacity to manage staffing and financial functions in response to local conditions. Using a conceptual lens of policy enactment, we analyse interview data gathered from 31 teachers and school leaders on how these reform areas were understood and enacted at the school level. Our findings highlight the tensions in enacting devolutionary reform in schools. While the centrality of the school principal’s role was emphasised, including in relation to contested levels of principal discretion, the enactment of devolved powers and responsibilities also produced a fracturing of staff relationships within schools, notably between principals and teaching staff. This finding is understood within a context of heightened workload and unclear expectations which attended the policy’s introduction. We contribute to the school autonomy literature through: (a) the inclusion of teachers’ voices, a stakeholder perspective often missing in the autonomy literature, enabling the impact of the reforms on interpersonal, relational dynamics to come to the fore; and (b) exploring implications for future reform suggested by the fate of LSLD. In doing so, this article deepens knowledge on the enactment of autonomy reforms in schools, drawing implications for understanding school autonomy reform around the globe.



中文翻译:

实施学校自治改革:地方学校、地方决策下角色和关系的重塑

当地学校,当地决定(LSLD) 是 2012 年至 2020 年在澳大利亚新南威尔士州实施的一揽子学校自治改革。这套改革的重点是向校长下放额外的权力和责任,即增强管理人员配备和财务的能力因地制宜发挥作用。使用政策制定的概念镜头,我们分析了从 31 位教师和学校领导那里收集到的关于这些改革领域如何在学校层面被理解和制定的访谈数据。我们的研究结果强调了在学校实施权力下放改革方面的紧张局势。虽然强调了校长角色的中心地位,包括与校长自由裁量权有争议的程度有关,但下放权力和责任的制定也导致了学校内部教职员工关系的破裂,尤其是校长和教职员工之间。这一发现是在工作量增加和政策出台时预期不明确的背景下理解的。我们通过以下方式为学校自主文献做出贡献:(a) 纳入教师的声音,这是自主文献中经常缺少的利益相关者观点,使改革对人际、关系动态的影响脱颖而出;(b) 探索 LSLD 的命运对未来改革的影响。在此过程中,本文加深了对学校自治改革制定的认识,为理解全球学校自治改革提供了启示。这一发现是在工作量增加和政策出台时预期不明确的背景下理解的。我们通过以下方式为学校自主文献做出贡献:(a) 纳入教师的声音,这是自主文献中经常缺少的利益相关者观点,使改革对人际、关系动态的影响脱颖而出;(b) 探索 LSLD 的命运对未来改革的影响。在此过程中,本文加深了对学校自治改革制定的认识,为理解全球学校自治改革提供了启示。这一发现是在工作量增加和政策出台时预期不明确的背景下理解的。我们通过以下方式为学校自主文献做出贡献:(a) 纳入教师的声音,这是自主文献中经常缺少的利益相关者观点,使改革对人际、关系动态的影响脱颖而出;(b) 探索 LSLD 的命运对未来改革的影响。在此过程中,本文加深了对学校自治改革制定的认识,为理解全球学校自治改革提供了启示。使改革对人际关系和关系动态的影响脱颖而出;(b) 探索 LSLD 的命运对未来改革的影响。在此过程中,本文加深了对学校自治改革制定的认识,为理解全球学校自治改革提供了启示。使改革对人际关系和关系动态的影响脱颖而出;(b) 探索 LSLD 的命运对未来改革的影响。在此过程中,本文加深了对学校自治改革制定的认识,为理解全球学校自治改革提供了启示。

更新日期:2022-04-21
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