Revolutionary Perspectives for Leadership Preparation: A Case of a Networked Improvement Community

2020 ◽  
pp. 194277512094535
Author(s):  
Margaret E. Thornton ◽  
Maysaa Barakat ◽  
Ain A. Grooms ◽  
Leslie Ann Locke ◽  
Daniel Reyes-Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Leadership Programs ◽  
Underrepresented Groups ◽  
Educational Leadership Programs ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
University Council

This qualitative study describes and interprets how two educational leadership programs, participants in the UCEA (University Council for Educational Administration) Program Design Network Improvement Community, identified and responded to a problem of practice by focusing on the needs of each program regarding the recruitment, selection, admission, and retention of candidates from underrepresented groups. Through collaborative learning and research, the programs were able to guide the change processes of their institutional structures to focus on attracting more diverse applicant pools that are more focused on issues of diversity in the schools they will serve.

White Racism, Antiracism, and School Leadership Preparation

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 374-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle D. Young ◽  
Julie Laible
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Leadership Programs ◽  
White Racism ◽  
White School ◽  
Educational Administration Programs ◽  
Administration Programs

This article emerges from a belief that an overwhelming majority of White school leaders do not have a thorough enough understanding of White racism or the ways in which they are perpetuating White racism in their schools, even though most are well-meaning individuals. The lack of understanding or awareness of different forms of racism and how White racism works is highly problematic. Indeed, it has appalling consequences, detrimentally impacting the lives and dreams of millions of children. In this article, we draw from both literature and experience to argue for the incorporation of antiracism in school leadership programs. We begin with the assertion that because Educational Administration programs function as important agents of socialization for our future school leaders, White racism in all its manifestations must be confronted in these programs. After building the case that racism is enacted by teachers and administrators in schools and demonstrating the harmful effects of White racism on both children and adults, we argue that racism is not being adequately addressed in educational administration programs. Subsequently, we offer guidance to our readers for promoting antiracism among future educational leaders.

The Leaders of Leadership Preparation Programs: A Study of Program Coordinators at UCEA-Member Institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-149
Author(s):  
W. Kyle Ingle ◽  
Joanne M. Marshall ◽  
Donald G. Hackmann
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Leadership Programs ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Program Coordinators ◽  
Educational Leadership Programs

Using a cross-sectional survey, we collected data from program coordinators at UCEA-member institutions to understand the various roles, time investments, and cost commitments associated with program coordination, including incentives institutions provide (or do not provide) for assuming such responsibilities. We seek to improve our understanding of the work and role(s) program coordinators play, the time commitments they report, and the types of incentives provided for assuming the role of program coordination of educational leadership programs. Understanding these roles help us understand how best to support these leaders in administering quality preparation programs.

What’s Ethics Got to Do With It? Pedagogical Support for Ethical Student Learning in a Principal Preparation Program

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol A. Mullen
Keyword(s):  
Educational Administration ◽  
Principal Preparation ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Leadership Education ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Full Member ◽  
Principal Preparation Program ◽  
Education In Ethics ◽  
The University ◽  
University Council

The article’s purposes are to review research on leadership education in ethics and examine a pedagogic intervention designed to raise consciousness about ethical leadership and learning within graduate school. A yearlong study—carried out in a principal preparation program that is a full member of the University Council for Educational Administration—is the basis of the development and impact of an ethics unit. Understandings of ethics regarding leadership preparation standards and social justice orientations for preservice cohorts are analyzed. Qualitative methods used are a targeted literature review and a document analysis of assignments. Directions for research, pedagogy, and practice end this discussion.

Change processes related to long-term outcomes in eating disorders with childhood trauma: An explorative qualitative study.

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-65
Author(s):  
Malin E. Olofsson ◽  
Hanne W. Oddli ◽  
Asle Hoffart ◽  
Hanna P. Eielsen ◽  
KariAnne R. Vrabel
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Long Term Outcomes

Accelerating Character Education Learning Through a Networked Approach: Insights From the Kern Partners for Character and Educational Leadership

2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742110269
Author(s):  
Ariel Tichnor-Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Leadership Programs ◽  
Improvement Science ◽  
Educational Leadership Programs ◽  
Science Activities

This article explores the utility of networked improvement communities (NICs) as an organizing structure for scaling character education across educational leadership programs through a case study of one network committed to integrating character education across varied institutions and contexts. In examining the improvement science process that guided NIC members’ development and implementation of character education approaches and their perceptions of and participation in NIC activities, this case study offers insights on the promise of structured collaboration across diverse institutions. Furthermore, it identifies the need for NICs to differentiate improvement science activities based on participants’ institutional readiness for character education.

scholarly journals Globally-Minded Leadership: A New Approach for Leading Schools in Diverse Democracies

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel Tichnor-Wagner
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Leadership Programs ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Leadership Attributes ◽  
Educational Leadership Programs ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Leading Schools ◽  
Critical Competencies ◽  
Depth Interviews

Global migration, global markets, and technological advances have connected the world at an unprecedented scale and have diversified the communities with which people engage and the schools in which educators teach. This study explores the school leadership attributes that facilitate the learning of critical competencies needed to thrive in a diverse, interconnected world. Using agrounded theory approach to analyze in-depth interviews with eleven practicing school principals, ten globally minded leadership practices emerged from the data. These fell under the constructs of setting the direction, developing people, redesigning the organization, and situating glocally. Findings hold implications for how educational leadership programs and professional development providers can utilize this emerging framework to cultivate globally minded leaders.

Black Women Superintendents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Douglass Horsford ◽  
Dessynie D. Edwards ◽  
Judy A. Alston
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Education Leadership ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Women Superintendents ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
K 12

Research on Black women superintendents has focused largely on their racial and gendered identities and the challenges associated with negotiating the politics of race and gender while leading complex school systems. Regarding the underrepresentation of Black female superintendents, an examination of Black women’s experiences of preparing for, pursuing, attaining, and serving in the superintendency may provide insights regarding their unique ways of knowing and, leading that, inform their leadership praxis. Informed by research on K-12 school superintendency, race and gender in education leadership, and the lived experiences and knowledge claims of Black women superintendents, important implications for future research on the superintendency will be hold. There exists a small but growing body of scholarly research on Black women education leaders, even less on the Black woman school superintendent, who remains largely underrepresented in education leadership research and the field. Although key studies have played an important role in establishing historical records documenting the service and contributions of Black women educational leaders in the United States, the bulk of the research on Black women superintendents can be found in dissertation studies grounded largely in the works of Black women education leadership scholars and practitioners. As a growing number of aspiring and practicing leaders who identify as Black women enter graduate-level leadership preparation programs and join the ranks of educational administration, questions concerning race and gender in leadership are almost always present as the theories presented in leadership preparation programs often conflict with or represent set of perspectives, realities, and strategies that may not align with those experienced by leaders who identify as Black women. For these reasons, their leadership perspectives, epistemologies, and contributions are essential to our understanding of the superintendency and field of educational leadership.

Problem-Based Learning in Educational Administration: Enhancing Learning Transfer

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula A. Cordeiro
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Contextual Knowledge ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Group Problem Solving ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation

This paper presents a model for learning in an educational leadership preparation program. The model depicts various types of teaching and learning strategies that should be included in preparation programs in order for students to learn declarative, procedural, and contextual knowledge. Specifically, the paper describes four types of problem-based learning (PBL). Grounded in research on group problem solving, reflective thinking, problem complexity, and feedback and assessment, PBL has considerable potential to increase the transfer of learning. The paper maintains that real and simulated PBL afford students opportunities to learn all three types of knowledge. Two examples capturing the process of how PBL can be used are offered.

Future School Principals’ Views of the Roles of Professional School Counselors

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0701100
Author(s):  
Charles C. Chata ◽  
Larry C. Loesch
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Professional School ◽  
Asca National Model ◽  
National Model ◽  
Professional School Counselors ◽  
The University ◽  
University Council ◽  
Future School

A clinical simulation technique was used to investigate how future school principals view the roles of professional school counselors, particularly as those responsibilities are represented in the ASCA National Model®. The 244 respondents were principals-in-training (i.e., graduate students) officially enrolled in educational administration programs at member institutions of the University Council for Educational Administration. These principals-in-training were able to differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate roles of professional school counselors, and the results generally were independent of their demographic characteristics.

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