This article addresses issues of leadership in school reform with respect t
o the roles of the principal and the reform facilitator; a reacher who work
s full-time to support reform activities. The Success for All reform model
is used as a case in point because it, like many other reforms, views leade
rship as critical to reform success. Using qualitative data gathered in six
Success for All schools, this article focuses on how principal leadership
shaped and was shaped by the reform and on the successes and challenges fac
ed by Success for All facilitators in occupying a position of teacher leade
rship. This article discusses the roles and relationships, tensions and amb
iguities, and power dynamics that evolved among principals,facilitators, an
d teachers in the implementation of the reform. The findings of this study
illuminate the challenges in reconnecting teaching and administration and r
eveal the importance of changing structures and cultures in this move.