Effective School Leadership for Supporting Students' Mental Health: Findings from a Narrative Literature Review.

ABSTRACT: There is a compelling literature base in the field of education that highlights how school leaders are crucial to improving academic processes and outcomes, including instruction and raising student achievement. Research has also demonstrated that effective school leaders exhibit behaviors aligned with promoting the core issues of teaching, learning, and school improvement. Less well-known is what science says about the effectiveness of professional development and leadership preparation programs for developing the competencies needed for addressing the diverse mental health needs of students. Better understanding the science is important as school leaders are increasingly tasked with connecting leadership behaviors to students' social and emotional outcomes, and these leaders play a large

SUBMITTER: Daly BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11761599 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature