Distributed Leadership: Improvement Plan to Reverse Teacher Training Student Dropout

Abstract

This study is based on educational leadership from a distributed leadership approach for educational improvement. The problem researched is the dropout of students in teacher training and the aim of the study is to know the causes of early dropout to address them through an improvement plan based on management through distributed leadership. The methodology used is applied educational research with a case study approach, qualitative with contributions from quantitative techniques that enriched the approach. The qualitative techniques were interviews and document analysis. As a complement, the survey technique was used. Two questionnaires were applied, one to the teachers and the other to the students of the group studied. The results show that disengagement is due to personal factors of the students, but also to intrinsic factors generated by the educational system. The research concludes with the design of actions that seek to address the problem with the involvement and participation of teachers and students, based on the leadership of the principal who shares and distributes it in order to reverse the situation through the improvement plan.