Leadership for Educational Renewal Developing a Cadre of Leaders

by Smith, Wilma F.; Fenstermacher, Gary D.

• ISBN13: 9780787945589
• ISBN10: 0787945587
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-22
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

From the AgAnda for Education in a Democracy Series Sponsored by the National Network for Educational Renewal Introduction by John I. Goodlad This volume from the AgAnda for Education in a Democracy series introduces the four-part mission that guides the National Network for Educational Renewal's agAnda: Enculturate the young in a democracy * Ensure access to knowledge for all students * Provide caring and effective pedagogy Exercise responsible stewardship of schools Using real-life case examples from an innovative national leadership program and its local and regional affiliates, the authors demonstrate why effective leadership is essential to advancing this vital agAnda and how leadership capacity and commitment can be cultivated. From curriculum to evaluation, this important guide outlines the core concepts and winning strategies for building leadership skills in school administrators, teachers, teacher educators, and other university faculty.

Author Biography

WILMA F. SMITH is an educational consultant, a senior associate of the Institute for Educational Inquiry, and former superintAndent of schools for the Mercer Island School District in Washington. GARY D FENSTERMACHER is professor of education at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a senior fellow of the Institute for Educational Inquiry.[NOTE: There should be NO period after his middle initial.]

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	xi
Timothy J. McMannon
Introduction	xvii
John I. Goodlad
Acknowledgments	xxxi
About the Sponsor	xxxiii
About the Editors	xxxv
About the Contributors	xxxvii
Part I: Background and Mission
Agenda for Education in a Democracy	3	(26)
Gary D Fenstermacher
Developing Leadership for Educational Renewal	29	(20)
Wilma F. Smith
Part II: Advancing the Agenda: The Core Curriculum
``To Ourselves and Our Posterity'': Enculturating the Young into a Democracy	49	(24)
Roger Soder
On Knowledge and Its Place in the Human Conversation	73	(32)
Gary D Fenstermacher
Access to Knowledge	105	(22)
Mona H. Bailey
Voicing Democracy in an Imperfect World: Toward a Public Pedagogy of Nurture	127	(28)
Donna H. Kerr
Serving as Moral Stewards of the Schools	155	(34)
Wilma F. Smith
Part III: Developing Leadership: Case Studies
The Hawaii School University Partnership	189	(14)
Antonette Port
The Metropolitan St. Louis Consortium for Educational Renewal	203	(16)
Katharine D. Rasch
The Nebraska Network for Educational Renewal	219	(14)
Marilyn B. Hadley
Jeanne Surface
Montclair State University and the New Jersey Network for Educational Renewal	233	(20)
Tina Jacobowitz
Nicholas M. Michelli
The South Carolina Summer Institute of Leaders	253	(18)
Barbara L. Gottesman
The Utah Associates Program for Leaders	271	(20)
Robert S. Patterson
Kathleen H. Hughes
Part IV: Lessons in Leadership Development
What Changed over Time and Why	291	(20)
Wilma F. Smith
The Impact of the Leadership Program	311	(26)
Wilma F. Smith
Appendix A: Nineteen Postulates for Educational Renewal	337	(4)
Appendix B: Partner Schools: Definitions and Expectations	341	(10)
Index	351