Between policy and practice: how school development consultancy takes shape in interaction with school leadership
Stefan Brauckmann-Sajkiewicz
School development consultancy has become a widely used policy-based support instrument within governance arrangements that combine increased school autonomy with reconfigured accountability. While policy frameworks position consultancy as supportive and non-directive, little is known about how it is enacted in everyday interaction with school leadership. Drawing on governance-enactment perspectives, this qualitative study examines shadowing observations and follow-up interviews with school deve