Harrison
First Name
Nathan
Last Name
Harrison
Department
Master of Science in Secondary Education
Scholarship Year
2025
Research Center
Non-Center Based
Scholarship Type
Uninvited Presentations
Contributors List
Nathan Harrison, Russell West
Project Title
School Leadership: What We Know and What We Don't
Start Date - Month
August
Start Date - Year
2024
End Date Anticipated - Month
April
End Date Anticipated - Year
2025
End Date Actual - Month
April
End Date Actual - Year
2025
Review Types
Refereed
Student Assistance
None
Projected Cost
$0.00
Funding Source
Operating Budget
Resulting Product
Conference presentation at CEASD about the results of a systematic literature review on deaf educational leadership and collaboratively goal-setting research items for future researchers
Citation

West, Russell and Nathan Harrison. "School Leadership: What We Know and What We Don't." CEASD 2025. Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf. Pittsburgh, PA. 10 Apr. 2025. Conference Presentation. £

Abstract

We all know that the leadership of a Deaf school defines the success or struggles of the school. Although that is known collectively, what does research tell us? The earliest known unpublished dissertation on Deaf school leaders, “Leadership Practices Of Superintendents at Residential Schools for the Deaf,” by Balk surfaced only in 1997. The earliest article on the subject, “Preparing future teacher and doctoral level leaders in deaf education: Meeting the Challenge,” by Andrews and Covell was published in 2007. Since then there has been little research and/or peer reviewed literature that might offer ideas and data to serve as resources for all Deaf school and program leaders as well as aspiring leaders both in and out of our field. Despite this lack of research-based data and practices, there have been efforts to address the shortage of deaf leaders, particularly educational leaders. There were programs like Leadership Training Program and Gallaudet Leadership Institute. Both have been discontinued. The closest effort is our own Leadership Academy, which is a 4-day training program. However, even with these efforts, these programs (and we as a field) are still lacking the research, data, and documented best practices to provide our leaders what they need.

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