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Distributed Leadership
Distributed Leadership is a phenomena that occurs in many domains including business, the military and education. Educational Researchers Spillane and Diamond define distributed leadership as being a framework for  looking at leadership in schools and a perspective in  the study of practice.(2007)  Major issues with the term "distributed leadership" include the idea that it means many things to many people. Often it is used interchangeably with terms like: democratic leadership, collaborative leadership and shared leadership with the idea of a distributed perspective being used inter-changeably. Regardless, the concept of distributed leadership and its many definitions can be viewed from a macro-perspective as being a collective effort for leadership to improve learning for children. Spillane. Researchers Silva studied the emergence of teacher leadership, which seems to take three primary forms; the first is formal, i.e. department heads. The next is that of instructional leader, or curriculum leaders. The more recent iteration is that of teacher being central to the role of 're culturing' schools so that the expertise of the teachers can be maximized.

Definition of Terms
Distributed Leadership--a framework and perspective for creating a practice that impacts leadership, followers and situation. Distributed Leader--a person employing the principles of distributed leadership.