What Every Principal Should Know About Ethical and Spiritual Leadership / Edition 1

by Jeffrey G. Glanz

Overview

Boost lifelong achievement with these practical strategies and passionate insights that enrich your vital role as a moral leader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412915885
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/13/2005
Series:	What Every Principal Should Know About Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jeffrey Glanz currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for University-School Partnership, Director of the Masters Program and the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University. Prior to coming to YU, Dr. Glanz served as Dean of Graduate Programs and Chair of the Department of Education at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York. He also coordinated the educational leadership program that led to New York State certification as a principal and assistant principal. Prior to arriving at Wagner, he served as executive assistant to the president of Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Dr. Glanz held faculty status as a tenured professor in the Department of Instruction and Educational Leadership at Kean University’s College of Education. He was named Graduate Teacher of the Year in 1999 by the Student Graduate Association and was also that year’s recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarship. He served as a teacher and assistant principal in the New York City public schools. He has conducted numerous workshops and seminars internationally. Dr. Glanz has authored, coauthored, and co-edited 20 books and has many peer-reviewed article publications.

Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Questionnaire: Before We Get Started...
1. Introduction
Case Study and Reflective Questions
2. Best Practices in Leading Ethically, With Moral Purpose, and With an Awareness of the Spiritual
Maintaining Assumptions About Ethics
Creating and Sustaining an Ethical Organization
Affirming 3 Qualities for a Moral Life
Following 7 Spiritual Gateways
Becoming a Holistic Educator
Conclusion
3. Leading With Soul and Conviction: Five Essential Virtues for Effective Leadership
Exhibiting Courage
Maintaining Impartiality
Demonstrating Empathy
Judging Ethically
Remaining Humble
Conclusion
4. Approaches to Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Utilizing the Rest Model
Attending to the Five Principles of Ethics
Raising 12 Questions When Making a Decision
Conclusion
Conclusion: The Moral Imperatives of School Leadership
Resource A. Realities of Ethical and Spiritual Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
Resource B. Assessing Your Role as an Ethical and Spiritual Leader
Resource C. An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
References
Index