The principal could most effectively utilize a distributed leadership model by implementing which practice within the school?

The principal could most effectively utilize a distributed leadership model by implementing which practice within the school?

• A. Creating opportunities for faculty and staff to assume leadership roles based on expertise
• B. Centralizing leadership decisions to the principal
• C. Limiting leadership roles to administrators
• D. Implementing top-down mandates

Answer: (A)

Distributed leadership spreads leadership across the school by giving teachers and staff roles that match their expertise. When the principal creates opportunities for colleagues to lead based on what they know—such as subject-area specialists, grade-level teams, or initiatives led by experienced teachers—decisions become more informed, practical, and timely. This approach builds capacity, increases ownership, and distributes accountability, making improvement efforts more sustainable because the people closest to the work guide implementation. Centralizing decisions, limiting leadership to administrators, or using top-down mandates keep control with a few and hinder collaboration, which is why they don’t fit this model.

Distributed leadership spreads leadership across the school by giving teachers and staff roles that match their expertise. When the principal creates opportunities for colleagues to lead based on what they know—such as subject-area specialists, grade-level teams, or initiatives led by experienced teachers—decisions become more informed, practical, and timely. This approach builds capacity, increases ownership, and distributes accountability, making improvement efforts more sustainable because the people closest to the work guide implementation. Centralizing decisions, limiting leadership to administrators, or using top-down mandates keep control with a few and hinder collaboration, which is why they don’t fit this model.