Outline the key features of one theory/model of leadership servant-leadership vision Sergiovanni (2005) viewed vision as such a crucial element for change because it greatly influences the process of transformation in the servant-leader and in teachers‚ parents‚ and students and the school community as a whole. A good vision is meaningful if it is credible and can propel constituents to embrace it. Sergiovanni (1993) prescribed servant-leadership as the leadership style which could effectively meet
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The heart of leadership has to do with what a person believes‚ values‚ dreams about‚ and is committed to. - Sergiovanni Summary Target Audience of the Book: According to the author in the introduction of the book‚ this work was basically intended to serve as a guide for developing moral leadership in schools geared toward superintendents‚ supervisors‚ principals‚ and any other persons at the upper levels of school management. The author’s design was to provoke thoughts and raise questions
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School Principalship: Leadership Issues Kuala Lumpur: Budiman Group Sdn. Bhd. Hamid.J‚ A. (1999). The changing role of school leadership in the context of educational change in Malaysia. Johnson‚ S.M. (1996). Leading to Change: The challenge of the new superintendency. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Lieberman‚ A.‚ Saxl‚ E.R.‚ & Miles‚ M.B. (2000). Teacher Leadership: Ideology and Practice. In The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership Murphy‚ J.‚ & Hallinger‚ P. (1992) The principalship in an era
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Qualities of Effective Principals Cross-posted at the Huffington Post: Effective Leadership in the Age of Reform. School improvement efforts rely heavily on quality leadership. Educational leaders are tasked with establishing a collective vision for school improvement and initiating change to spur innovation‚ ensure student learning‚ and increase achievement. On July 13th I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. James Strong‚ from the College of William and Mary‚ deliver a keynote address at the
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My leadership philosophy would have to be Building School Community inside school and outside the school as discussed by Sergiovanni (1994). My school has been working at becoming a Professional Learning Community (PLC)‚ but we found this summer in a training institute with the DuFours on PLC’s‚ we participated in‚ that we were not doing it correctly. My school has begun the PLC process this school year with a new focus on the true meaning of PLC‚ to form a community of teachers who focus on student
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EDU8311 Concepts and theories in educational management Faculty of Education Study book Published by University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Queensland 4350 Australia http://www.usq.edu.au © University of Southern Queensland‚ 2012.1. Copyrighted materials reproduced herein are used under the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 as amended‚ or as a result of application to the copyright owner. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system or transmitted
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guide his or her actions. According to Sergiovanni & Starrat‚ an educational platform “is made up of those basic assumptions‚ beliefs‚ attitudes and values that are underpinnings of an educator’s behavior” (2001‚ p. 84). They also affirm that “just as a political party is supposed to base its decisions and actions on a party platform‚ so too educators carry on their work‚ make decisions‚ and plan instruction based on their educational platform” (Sergiovanni &Starrat‚ 2001‚ p. 70). Prospective School
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Assignment 2 EDU 8881 Diversity and Educational Leadership Introduction I have explored the complexities surrounding the perspectives in relation to leadership and diversity specifically within the educational setting. This assignment will also show an understanding of the intricacies of diversity within the educational landscape and how it permeates our decision-making in schools as well as its development into the current representations that we face today. Limited research has been
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“disposition or character‚ customs‚ and approved ways of acting” (Shapiro and Gross‚ 2013). When theorist and educators began to develop models to explain ethics in an educational realm‚ Sergiovanni sought after moral leadership as a principle of justice in regards to his “virtuous schools” (Shapiro and Gross‚ 2013). Sergiovanni believed leaders in education to be stewards within the educational system to be just and beneficent‚ by having a deep concern for the welfare of the school as a community (Shapiro
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qualities of an effective leader that are conducive to creating an effective school. School culture and the relationship that the parents‚ teachers and students have with the school have been linked closely to school effectiveness. According to Sergiovanni (2000)‚ most successful leaders will tell you that getting the culture right and paying attention to how parents‚ teachers and students define and experience meaning are two widely accepted rules for creating effective schools. O’Hanlon and Clifton
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