Virtuous Educational Leadership

Doing the Right Work the Right Way
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Viviane M J Robinson - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Virtuous Educational Leadership
October 2022 | 288 pages | Corwin
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Excellent leadership matters

Without excellent leadership, school improvement is impossible, or at least impossible to sustain. But what are the characteristics of an excellent leader? Is general leadership experience and knowledge enough? And how do you practically grow and develop leadership in yourself and others so you can all have a bigger impact on student outcomes?

This integrated, holistic resource explores the virtues that are integral to achieving excellence in educational leadership, while offering practical guidance on how to do the right work in the right way—no matter what challenges you face or student inequities you’re trying to overcome. Features include:

  • Practical, research-based applications of virtue theory
  • Examples of school leaders’ thinking and actions
  • In-depth yet accessible theoretical analysis
  • Detailed analysis showing theoretical concepts in practice
  • Summaries and reflection questions

The success of your students and teachers is directly linked to your influence, your knowledge and ideas, your personal character, and your ability to focus on the proper purposes of education.

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Part A: Identifying the Proper Purpose of Leadership Work

  • Chapter 1: Three Proper Purposes of Education
  • The Proper Purposes of Educational Institutions
  • Less Satisfactory Approaches to Identifying the Right Work
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 2: Linking the Purposes to the Science of Learning and Teaching
  • How Students Learn
  • Implications for Classroom Teaching
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action

Part B: Doing the Right Leadership Work

  • Chapter 3: Implications of the Science of Learning and Teaching for Leadership
  • Dimension 1: Setting Goals and Expectations for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 2: Resourcing Strategically for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 3: Ensuring Quality Teaching for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 4: Leading Teacher Professional Learning for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 5: Ensuring a Safe and Orderly Environment for Deep Learning
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 4: Taking Context Seriously
  • Traditional Concepts of Context
  • Proposed Concept of Context
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action

Part C: Doing the Right Work the Right Way

  • Chapter 5: Virtues for Doing the Right Work the Right Way
  • Virtues Explained
  • Virtues as Inclusive of Motives, Knowledge, and Skills
  • The Place of Virtues in Leadership Frameworks
  • A Taxonomy of Virtues for Doing the Right Work the Right Way
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 6: Leadership Virtues
  • Sources of Leadership Influence
  • Virtuous Leadership Motivations
  • Identifying and Nurturing a Virtuous Disposition to Lead
  • Recruiting and Retaining Virtuous Leaders
  • Reluctance to Lead
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 7: Problem-Solving Virtues: Strategic
  • The Role of Knowledge and Skill in Virtuous Strategic Leadership
  • The Role of Motivation in Virtuous Strategic Leadership
  • Connecting the Details With the Big Picture
  • Finding the Strategic Focus
  • Enacting the Strategic Focus
  • Maintaining the Strategic Focus
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 8: Problem-Solving Virtues: Analytic
  • Analytic Virtues and Theories of Action
  • Analytic Virtues and Truth-Seeking
  • Motivational Aspects of Analytic Virtues
  • The Ladder of Inference: A Tool for Truth-Seeking Leaders
  • Strategic and Analytic Virtues in Action
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 9: Problem-Solving Virtues: Imaginative
  • Imaginative Virtues and the Integration of Solution Requirements
  • Imaginative Virtues, Creativity, and Problem-Solving
  • Strategic, Analytic, and Imaginative Virtues in Action
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 10: Interpersonal Virtues
  • Relational Trust: A Guide for Deriving Interpersonal Virtues
  • Four Interpersonal Virtues
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 11: Integrating Leadership, Problem-Solving, and Interpersonal Virtues
  • The Task-Relationship Dilemma
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 12: Being Virtuous in Tough Spots
  • Fostering Accurate Reporting
  • Building Collegial Accountability
  • Providing Critical Evaluation
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 13: Virtuous Leadership of Educational Improvement: A Case Study
  • The Problem: Attendance at Vauxhall Secondary College
  • The Leaders: Roles and Contributions
  • The Method: Using CCPS to Improve Attendance
  • The New Challenge: Addressing an Unanticipated Obstacle
  • Reflections on the Success of CCPS at Vauxhall Secondary College
  • Reflections on the Contributions of Leaders’ Virtues to the Success of CCPS at VSC
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action

Conclusion

  • Chapter 14: Conclusion

References

References

Index

Index

Description

Excellent leadership matters

Without excellent leadership, school improvement is impossible, or at least impossible to sustain. But what are the characteristics of an excellent leader? Is general leadership experience and knowledge enough? And how do you practically grow and develop leadership in yourself and others so you can all have a bigger impact on student outcomes?

This integrated, holistic resource explores the virtues that are integral to achieving excellence in educational leadership, while offering practical guidance on how to do the right work in the right way—no matter what challenges you face or student inequities you’re trying to overcome. Features include:

  • Practical, research-based applications of virtue theory
  • Examples of school leaders’ thinking and actions
  • In-depth yet accessible theoretical analysis
  • Detailed analysis showing theoretical concepts in practice
  • Summaries and reflection questions

The success of your students and teachers is directly linked to your influence, your knowledge and ideas, your personal character, and your ability to focus on the proper purposes of education.

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Part A: Identifying the Proper Purpose of Leadership Work

  • Chapter 1: Three Proper Purposes of Education
  • The Proper Purposes of Educational Institutions
  • Less Satisfactory Approaches to Identifying the Right Work
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 2: Linking the Purposes to the Science of Learning and Teaching
  • How Students Learn
  • Implications for Classroom Teaching
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action

Part B: Doing the Right Leadership Work

  • Chapter 3: Implications of the Science of Learning and Teaching for Leadership
  • Dimension 1: Setting Goals and Expectations for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 2: Resourcing Strategically for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 3: Ensuring Quality Teaching for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 4: Leading Teacher Professional Learning for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 5: Ensuring a Safe and Orderly Environment for Deep Learning
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 4: Taking Context Seriously
  • Traditional Concepts of Context
  • Proposed Concept of Context
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action

Part C: Doing the Right Work the Right Way

  • Chapter 5: Virtues for Doing the Right Work the Right Way
  • Virtues Explained
  • Virtues as Inclusive of Motives, Knowledge, and Skills
  • The Place of Virtues in Leadership Frameworks
  • A Taxonomy of Virtues for Doing the Right Work the Right Way
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 6: Leadership Virtues
  • Sources of Leadership Influence
  • Virtuous Leadership Motivations
  • Identifying and Nurturing a Virtuous Disposition to Lead
  • Recruiting and Retaining Virtuous Leaders
  • Reluctance to Lead
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 7: Problem-Solving Virtues: Strategic
  • The Role of Knowledge and Skill in Virtuous Strategic Leadership
  • The Role of Motivation in Virtuous Strategic Leadership
  • Connecting the Details With the Big Picture
  • Finding the Strategic Focus
  • Enacting the Strategic Focus
  • Maintaining the Strategic Focus
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 8: Problem-Solving Virtues: Analytic
  • Analytic Virtues and Theories of Action
  • Analytic Virtues and Truth-Seeking
  • Motivational Aspects of Analytic Virtues
  • The Ladder of Inference: A Tool for Truth-Seeking Leaders
  • Strategic and Analytic Virtues in Action
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 9: Problem-Solving Virtues: Imaginative
  • Imaginative Virtues and the Integration of Solution Requirements
  • Imaginative Virtues, Creativity, and Problem-Solving
  • Strategic, Analytic, and Imaginative Virtues in Action
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 10: Interpersonal Virtues
  • Relational Trust: A Guide for Deriving Interpersonal Virtues
  • Four Interpersonal Virtues
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 11: Integrating Leadership, Problem-Solving, and Interpersonal Virtues
  • The Task-Relationship Dilemma
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 12: Being Virtuous in Tough Spots
  • Fostering Accurate Reporting
  • Building Collegial Accountability
  • Providing Critical Evaluation
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 13: Virtuous Leadership of Educational Improvement: A Case Study
  • The Problem: Attendance at Vauxhall Secondary College
  • The Leaders: Roles and Contributions
  • The Method: Using CCPS to Improve Attendance
  • The New Challenge: Addressing an Unanticipated Obstacle
  • Reflections on the Success of CCPS at Vauxhall Secondary College
  • Reflections on the Contributions of Leaders’ Virtues to the Success of CCPS at VSC
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action

Conclusion

  • Chapter 14: Conclusion

References

References

Index

Index

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Doing the Right Work the Right Way

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Excellent leadership matters

Without excellent leadership, school improvement is impossible, or at least impossible to sustain. But what are the characteristics of an excellent leader? Is general leadership experience and knowledge enough? And how do you practically grow and develop leadership in yourself and others so you can all have a bigger impact on student outcomes?

This integrated, holistic resource explores the virtues that are integral to achieving excellence in educational leadership, while offering practical guidance on how to do the right work in the right way—no matter what challenges you face or student inequities you’re trying to overcome. Features include:

  • Practical, research-based applications of virtue theory
  • Examples of school leaders’ thinking and actions
  • In-depth yet accessible theoretical analysis
  • Detailed analysis showing theoretical concepts in practice
  • Summaries and reflection questions

The success of your students and teachers is directly linked to your influence, your knowledge and ideas, your personal character, and your ability to focus on the proper purposes of education.


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Part A: Identifying the Proper Purpose of Leadership Work
  • Chapter 1: Three Proper Purposes of Education
  • The Proper Purposes of Educational Institutions
  • Less Satisfactory Approaches to Identifying the Right Work
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 2: Linking the Purposes to the Science of Learning and Teaching
  • How Students Learn
  • Implications for Classroom Teaching
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Part B: Doing the Right Leadership Work
  • Chapter 3: Implications of the Science of Learning and Teaching for Leadership
  • Dimension 1: Setting Goals and Expectations for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 2: Resourcing Strategically for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 3: Ensuring Quality Teaching for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 4: Leading Teacher Professional Learning for Deep Learning
  • Dimension 5: Ensuring a Safe and Orderly Environment for Deep Learning
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 4: Taking Context Seriously
  • Traditional Concepts of Context
  • Proposed Concept of Context
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Part C: Doing the Right Work the Right Way
  • Chapter 5: Virtues for Doing the Right Work the Right Way
  • Virtues Explained
  • Virtues as Inclusive of Motives, Knowledge, and Skills
  • The Place of Virtues in Leadership Frameworks
  • A Taxonomy of Virtues for Doing the Right Work the Right Way
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 6: Leadership Virtues
  • Sources of Leadership Influence
  • Virtuous Leadership Motivations
  • Identifying and Nurturing a Virtuous Disposition to Lead
  • Recruiting and Retaining Virtuous Leaders
  • Reluctance to Lead
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 7: Problem-Solving Virtues: Strategic
  • The Role of Knowledge and Skill in Virtuous Strategic Leadership
  • The Role of Motivation in Virtuous Strategic Leadership
  • Connecting the Details With the Big Picture
  • Finding the Strategic Focus
  • Enacting the Strategic Focus
  • Maintaining the Strategic Focus
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 8: Problem-Solving Virtues: Analytic
  • Analytic Virtues and Theories of Action
  • Analytic Virtues and Truth-Seeking
  • Motivational Aspects of Analytic Virtues
  • The Ladder of Inference: A Tool for Truth-Seeking Leaders
  • Strategic and Analytic Virtues in Action
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 9: Problem-Solving Virtues: Imaginative
  • Imaginative Virtues and the Integration of Solution Requirements
  • Imaginative Virtues, Creativity, and Problem-Solving
  • Strategic, Analytic, and Imaginative Virtues in Action
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 10: Interpersonal Virtues
  • Relational Trust: A Guide for Deriving Interpersonal Virtues
  • Four Interpersonal Virtues
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 11: Integrating Leadership, Problem-Solving, and Interpersonal Virtues
  • The Task-Relationship Dilemma
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 12: Being Virtuous in Tough Spots
  • Fostering Accurate Reporting
  • Building Collegial Accountability
  • Providing Critical Evaluation
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Chapter 13: Virtuous Leadership of Educational Improvement: A Case Study
  • The Problem: Attendance at Vauxhall Secondary College
  • The Leaders: Roles and Contributions
  • The Method: Using CCPS to Improve Attendance
  • The New Challenge: Addressing an Unanticipated Obstacle
  • Reflections on the Success of CCPS at Vauxhall Secondary College
  • Reflections on the Contributions of Leaders’ Virtues to the Success of CCPS at VSC
  • Summary
  • Reflection and Action
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 14: Conclusion
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

No one combines novel insights and precise ideas like Viviane Robinson. Robinson is as comfortable around the details of the trees as she is in stepping back to take in the forest. You won’t find a more unique and powerful book on leadership—one suited exactly for our times—than Virtuous Educational Leadership.
Michael Fullan, University of Toronto
In Virtuous Educational Leadership, Viviane Robinson has made explicit what I have often described as an X factor in leadership—something that distinguishes excellent leaders from the rest. Her description and portrayal of virtuous leadership provides insights into the dispositions that underpin wise leadership.
Anne Berit Emstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Viviane Robinson is one of my favorite educational leadership researchers and writers, and this book illustrates so well why that is so. The school leader plays an essential role in engaging students in deep learning. Robinson offers invaluable insights for how to foster this type of learning through virtuous leadership.
Peter DeWitt
Virtuous Educational Leadership is a gift for all of us searching for guidance in school leadership development. It is both inspiring and practical. Viviane Robinson promotes leadership excellence by showing how virtues are at the very core of leadership and how crucial they are in the face of today’s educational challenges.
Anna Jolonch, LID Barcelona, Educational Leadership Centre
Making a positive change in any role, from teacher to principal, requires both a ‘what’ and a ‘how.’ Virtuous Educational Leadership provides a framework for identifying the ‘what’ (collaborative complex problem-solving) and approaching the ‘how’ (virtuous leadership). With Viviane Robinson’s characteristic depth and rigor, the ideas hidden in these pages will empower leaders worldwide.”
Oliver Lovell

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