More recently there has been a shift
towards subject leaders being involved in primary school purchasing, while the resource manager is most likely to be involved in procurement decisions in secondary schools.
Johanson et al. (2001) used comparison groups of mathematics and science students to look at student attitudes
towards these
subject areas; Shanahan et al. (2006) compared results on state tests in mathematics of students of teacher
leaders with average student scores at the district and state levels.
«An industry of this magnitude,
subject as it is to the influence of substantial swings in a region's economic and political influences, needs
leaders with the vision and ever - developing competence to guide their organizations through these potentially turbulent waters,
towards a greater and more robust performance,» says the school in a news release.