31 Linda Lambert 2005 <p>What does it mean for a school to have &quot;high leadership capacity&quot;? In this article from the Journal of Staff Development (Spring 2006), school leadership expert Linda Lambert identifies the characteristics of low, medium, and high capacity schools. &quot;Low leadership capacity schools tend to be principal-dependent, lack a professional culture and are significantly unsuccessful with children. Only the principal, serving as a topdown manager, is referred to as the 'leader' in the school. Teacher leadership is not a topic of conversation, let alone interest. Educators in such cultures deflect responsibility while preferring blame; they avoid focusing on teaching and learning while holding fast to archaic practices. While professional relationships may be congenial, they lack the challenge of collegiality.&quot; Lambert identifies six critical factors that must be addressed to fully realize the promise of leadership capacity. (180k PDF file)</p> <p>Lambert, L. (2005). What does leadership capacity really mean? <i>Journal of staff development (Vol. 26 No. 2, Spring 2005). </i>Retrieved from the National Staff Development Council 13 May 2008. http://www.nsdc.org/members/jsd/lambert262.pdf</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.nsdc.org/members/jsd/lambert262.pdf