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Professor Sanfuentes will present an analysis of the role of school principals and the district level in the implementation of an unprecedented educational reform that has been underway in Chile’s public education system since 2018. In the first part of the presentation, he will share findings from a longitudinal qualitative research conducted with principals from the first territory where the reform was implemented. Drawing on emerging literature on street-level management, the study examines the key leadership practices principals employ to navigate the complex institutional, economic, material, and technical conditions involved in school management. In the second part, based on ongoing research focused on the middle-tier’s role in this reform, Professor Sanfuentes will discuss the methodological, theoretical, and ethical challenges involved in studying leadership practices from a transdisciplinary perspective. This approach combines multiple data collection methods to develop a nuanced, situated understanding of the phenomenon.