Open access: www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/16...

We developed a Multidimensional Contingency Index (MCI) that captures not just how often unexpected events occur, but how intense they are.

The takeaway: we can’t strengthen pedagogical leadership without addressing how complex problems are unevenly distributed across schools.

New paper out: “Measuring the Weight of the Unexpected: A Multidimensional Contingency Index for School Leadership” (Munoz, Weinstein, Simielli and Sembler)

In school leadership, the unexpected isn’t the exception—it’s the norm. But how much does it actually *weigh* on principals’ work?

Experiencing is different to knowing: recognising the importance of principals’ informal professional learning in Brazil Looking at opportunities for learning during moments of chaos and disequilibrium can lead to the understanding of contingency as a resource for learning. Internationally, the pandemic enabled new w...

New paper at @pdiejournal.bsky.social
In this paper, we discussed the informal learning experienced by school leaders in Brazil during the pandemic. This period provided an opportunity for principals to experience new ways of learning about and resolving issues of equity within their schools.