Catholic School Leadership: An Invitation to Lead

by Oldenski,Brother Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780750708531
• ISBN10: 0750708530
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Catholic School Leadership addresses many of the challenges facing those who prepare faith leaders and education leaders for the Catholic schools of the future. The well-known editors and contributors to this volume have written about their personal experiences with Catholic schools; the educational foundations of Catholic schools; teacher preparation and development; Catholic school leadership; dealing with parents and families; and the challenges of technology for Catholic schools.The contributions emphasize the perspectives of both scholars and practitioners within Catholic education and will interest anyone who has experienced time in a Catholic school either as a student, teacher or administrator, as well as those interested in what is happening within Catholic schools today.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi
Foreword	xiii
Elaine M. Schuster
Acknowledgements	xv
Introduction	1	(6)
PART I Educational Foundations and the Future of Catholic Schools
Who will Keep Our Hearts Burning within Us?	7	(12)
Brother Thomas E. Oldenski
An International Perspective on Catholic Schools	19	(15)
Thomas F. Giardino
The History of Catholic Schools in the United States: An Overview	34	(25)
Thomas C. Hunt
Reclaiming Inquiry in the Catholic Philosophy of Education	59	(10)
William F. Losito
The Law and Catholic School Policy: An Overview	69	(10)
Charles J. Russo
Key Issues for the Future of Catholic Schools	79	(14)
Michael J. Guerra
PART II Teacher Preparation and Development
Staff Development in the Catholic School: The Caring Response of a Community	93	(12)
Louise Moore
The Challenge of Teaching Religion in Catholic Schools	105	(8)
William J. Raddell
Teaching and Learning in the Catholic School: Grounded in Sacred Soil	113	(16)
Gini Shimabukuro
Preparing for the Journey: Teachers for Catholic Schools	129	(12)
Karen Ristau
Margaret Reif
Preparation of Teachers for the Catholic Schools	141	(16)
Sister Mary Peter Traviss
Ongoing Staff Development in Catholic Schools	157	(17)
Joseph F. Rogus
Colleen A. Wildenhaus
Kaizening into the Future: Distance Education	174	(17)
Sister Angela Ann Zukowski
PART III Issues in Catholic School Leadership
We are Called: The Principal as Faith Leader in the Catholic School	191	(13)
Theodore J. Wallace
Truths and Half-truths about Leadership: Ancient and Contemporary Sources	204	(21)
Father James Heft
Leadership in Urban Catholic Elementary Schools: The Reality and the Challenge	225	(19)
Joseph M. O'Keefe
Dealing with Narcissistic Families: Lessons for Educational Leadership in Parent and Child Guidance	244	(15)
Michael Garanzini
To Lead as Jesus Led	259	(12)
Father Ronald Nuzzi
Notes on Contributors	271	(3)
Index	274