Abstract
This paper discusses that how a leader along with leadership can bring about innovation in a school culture, Leadership is a social process of influence in which one person can provide vision to his members in accomplishing a common task with an extra-ordinary style. Distributed leadership is the best option in the present era. Every employee in a school should be given equal opportunities to involve and decide in order to excel in their field, Innovation begins with creative ideas and when these ideas and plans are implemented only then a real innovation takes place, Policy makers should design policy according to values and customs of the society along with the modern era demands, Curriculum planning should also reflect the needs of the students, Teaching methodologies should be versatile, The relationship should be healthy among the members of the school. Assessment and evaluation system should be revised for better scrutiny of student's performance, Motivation and reinforcement can help the employees to work hard, Co-curricular activities and classroom culture should be encouraging, Job satisfaction, diversity, equality, flexibility, accommodation, activity based learning and ethical behavior; all these factors let the culture and organizations to come up with innovative actions.

Khalid Rashid, Madeeha Mahmood Hussain, Amna Nadeem. (2011) Leadership and Innovation in a School Culture: How can a leader bring about innovation in the School culture?, Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-21, Issue-1.
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