The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership

This expanded and thoroughly updated edition of the popular anthology assembles the best book excerpts, articles, and reports that define and drive the field of educational leadership today. Filled with critical insights from respected authors, education researchers, and expert practitioners, this comprehensive volume features twenty-six chapters in six primary areas of interest: Principles of Leadership, Moral Leadership, Culture and Change, Standards and Systems, Diversity and Leadership, and the Future of Leadership.

Sources ix About the Authors xiii Introduction xvii  Michael Fullan PART ONE The Principles of Leadership 1. “Give Me a Lever Long Enough . . . and Single-Handed I Can Move the World” 3  Peter M. Senge 2. The Nature of Leadership 17  John W. Gardner 3. Level 5 Leadership 27  Jim Collins 4. The Unheroic Side of Leadership: Notes from the Swamp 51  Jerome T. Murphy 5. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership 63  James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner PART TWO Moral Leadership 6. Leadership as Stewardship: “Who’s Serving Who?” 75  Thomas J. Sergiovanni 7. An Educational Credo for a Time of Crisis and Urgency 93  David E. Purpel 8. Becoming a Trustworthy Leader 99  Megan Tschannen-Moran 9. The Manager as Politician 115  Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal 10. The Authentic Leader 135  Robert Evans PART THREE Culture and Change 11. Culture in Question 159  Roland S. Barth 12. Understanding Change 169  Michael Fullan 13. Transformation School Leadership in a Transactional Policy World 183  Kenneth A. Leithwood 14. Eight Roles of Symbolic Leaders 197  Terrence E. Deal and Kent D. Peterson 15. Risk 211  Roland S. Barth PART FOUR Standards and Systems 16. Understanding the Normative System 221  Phillip C. Schlechty 17. Power Standards: How Leaders Add Value to State and National Standards 239  Douglas B. Reeves 18. Standards for School Leaders 249  Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium PART FIVE Diversity and Leadership 19. Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity 269  David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely 20. Teaching All Students: Celebrating Diverse Minds 289  Mel Levine 21. Gender and Race as Factors in Educational Leadership and Administration 299  Cherry A. McGee Banks 22. Gender and Supervision 339  Charol Shakeshaft, Irene Nowell, and Andy Perry PART SIX The Future of Leadership 23. The Work of Principals and Their Preparation: Addressing Critical Needs for the Twenty-First Century 351  Carolyn Kelley and Kent D. Peterson 24. Teacher Leadership: Ideology and Practice 403  Ann Lieberman, Ellen R. Saxl, and Matthew B. Miles 25. Lasting Leadership: A Study of High Leadership Capacity Schools 421  Linda Lambert 26. Resourcefulness: Restraint and Renewal 445  Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink