ABSTRACT
Schools undertake the work required to teach students a curriculum, which is developed within parameters prescribed by government and intended to meet a range of community expectations. State or public schools typically cater for students from across the social and economic spectrum of society, although even within each sector there are marked differences between one school and the next. A larger school has layers of management representing levels of work and including the various roles required to do the work required for the school to achieve its purpose. Good principals lead and influence the people in the school and community through using excellent social processing skills. The principal’s authority depends on “mutuality” – the extent to which the people who are being led are willing to enter into this relationship with the leader. If a principal could provide only one thing to a school, then maybe “clarity” should be the choice.
