Mellanledaren i förskolan : En studie om mellanledarskapet, utifrån rektors perspektiv

Sammanfattning: The principal is the person who is responsible for the education provided in Swedish preschools (SOU 2015: 22). She or he is responsible but doesn’t necessarily have to pursue all the work herself/himself. The principal can delegate, share, or distribute parts of the leadership to teachers working at the preschool (Skolverket, 2012b). Research shows that distributed leadership and various forms of teacher’s leaders are becoming more common in schools (Forssten Seiser, 2017; Liljenberg, 2015). What seems to vary is how the principal chooses to structure the teacher’s leader (Wenner & Campbell, 2017). The key issue of this study is to contribute with knowledge about the middle teachers, from the principal perspectives, in preschool. The focus lays on clarifying the teacher’s leader complex role. Based on a semi-structured interview guide, nine principals working in different preschools was able to share how they organize the work of a teacher’s leaders at their preschool. Collected data has been transcribed and by using a content analysis the result has been brought forward. From a social constructivist point of view and with theorizing of the distributive leadership and collaboration the result presents the principals views. The result of the study shows the principals different perceptions on the teacher’s leaders, its role and how it can be organized. Such as what possibilities there are to be able to take on a teacher’s leader. Similarities appear mainly focusing on how helpful this profession is, that work in favor both for the principals and for the preschool in general.