Directive Leadership and Educational Change: An Analysis of a Collective School-University Experience

The purpose of this article is to analyze the implications of a Work Plan, designed by the research team, to guide improvement processes that were being developed in the management team of an educational establishment that is part of a University-School Collaboration Network. The plan considered phases based on the revision of the instructional leadership model and the strengthening of leadership competencies based on professional learning communities. A methodological design was followed corresponding to a descriptive study of cases of mixed and transforming method. The results showed that the plan was an experience of accompaniment that provided the management team with a real orientation to change and to the development of capacities to respond to the demands of the educational institution that they directed.