Associate Professor Halia Silins,
Flinders University of South Australia

Everything I wanted to know about leadership and wasn't afraid to ask:
A practitioner/researcher perspective.

This presentation reflects on a personal journey of discovery about leaders, leadership and the leadership behaviours that make a difference to school effectiveness. On this quest for school improvement through leadership, stories of hope, betrayal and renewal will emerge. Along the way, the facts and fantasies of the practitioner and researcher will reveal the paradoxical nature of the relationship between leadership and quality school outcomes.