Educational leaders have a significant role to play in building capacity for
change towards a 21st century learning environments. They must work with
administrators and lead instructors to create an environment of “differentiated
professional learning, risk taking, and collaborative relationships.” (Partnership
for 21st Century Skills, 2009a, p. 4). Along the way, they focus on fostering a
school-wide culture of lifelong learning (Henke, 2007). It is not difficult to envision
how leadership is essential in the transformation toward 21st century learning
environments, with goals of: