Scholars recently have focused considerable attention on the properties and complexities of
leadership distribution in schools and districts — sources, focal points, functions, interactions,
contexts, and outcomes.106 We know that
leadership may be
distributed in various patterns, though consensus on a typology and terms remains elusive.
I attended a seminar on a Saturday about financial management, which seemed very out of
context because leading up to this, we had been focused on
distributed leadership and school change.