Williams, Peter2023-11-012023-11-012021-04-012022-01-09Williams, P. (2021). School leader identification: Perceptions of Australian faith-based education system employees. <em>TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 15</em>(1), 22-29. https://doi.org/10.55254/1835-1492.1483https://doi.org/10.55254/1835-1492.1483https://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/123456789/27231610<p>This article aims to contribute to the literature on school leadership identification. It adopts an Australian faith-based education system case study to explore classroom teacher and school-based administrator perceptions of both current and future school leadership identification practices. This research utilised a qualitative research design, adopting semi-structured interviews to collect employee perceptions. The respondents identify six areas of importance for school leadership identification. These include:1) defining what constitutes excellence at the classroom, school, and system levels of leadership; 2) formalising school leadership identification processes; 3) conversing with early career teachers around school leadership aspirations; 4) improving processes to communicate interest in school leadership roles; 5) heightened levels of communication between school principals and system administrators regarding high potential teacher leaders; and 6) providing school-based opportunities for school leadership development.</p>en-usschool leadership identificationfaith-based educationeducational administrationteacher leadersschool leadershipJournal Article