Synopses & Reviews
Women and Educational Leadership presents a new way of looking at leadership that is anchored in research on women leaders in education. The authors examine how successful women lead, and offer suggestions and ideas for developing and honing exemplary leadership practices.
This groundbreaking book shows how the qualities that characterize women's approaches to leadership differ from traditional approacheswhether the traditional leader is a woman or a man. The authors reveal that women leaders tend to bring an instructional focus to leadership, include spiritual dimensions in their work, and strive for balance between the personal and professional. In addition, women leaders are more collaborative by nature and demonstrate a commitment to social justice. The authors include illustrative examples of leaders who have brought together diverse groups to work toward a common goal. This book will help the next generation fulfill the promise of a new tradition of leadership.
Women and Educational Leadership is part of the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education series.
"This book eloquently recognizes and validates the successful leadership approaches used by women educational leaders."Sandra V. BuendÍa, principal, Jackson Elementary, Salt Lake City School District
"Margaret Grogan and Charol Shakeshaft bring together over two decades of diverse practice and research crafted by and about women in educational leadership."C. Cryss Brunner, associate professor, Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, University of Minnesota
"An extremely enlightening and encouraging book."Jean Lipman-Blumen, author of Connective Leadership: Managing in a Changing World
"This book provides a framework for redefining the joys and challenges all leaders face." Mary Ann Hardebeck, assistant superintendent for personnel services, Loudoun County Public Schools, Virginia
Synopsis
The authors present a new way of looking at leadership that is grounded in research on women leaders. They flesh out what this kind of leadership looks like in practice and offer suggestions and ideas for how such leadership can be developed.
Introduction: A New Leadership Model
Chapter 1: Women in Educational Leadership
This chapter provides information on current numbers and roles of women in educational leadership in the US. It also discusses the obstacles and opportunities women face today.
Chapter 2: Women's Ways of Leading
This chapter looks at how the qualities that frequently characterize women's approaches to leadership differ from traditional approaches--whether the traditional leader is a woman or a man. Women leaders tend to be more collaborative in nature and more committed to social justice. In addition, they bring an instructional focus to leadership, include spiritual dimensions in their work, and strive for balance between the personal and professional.
Chapter 3: From Hero to Collaborator
This chapter argues that we need to shift from the heroic notion of leadership embodied in the individual to the collective account of leadership that focuses on leadership for specific purposes-- like social justice. It looks at the experiences of leaders here and elsewhere who have brought diverse groups to work toward common ground. It also shows how leadership is a way to facilitate and support the work of organizational members.
Chapter 4: Creating a New Tradition of Leadership
This chapter fleshes out what this kind of leaderships looks like, how it can be enacted, and offers suggestions and ideas for how it can be developed.
Conclusion: The Next Generation of Women Leaders
Synopsis
In this book, the authors present a new way of looking at leadership that is grounded in research on women leaders. They flesh out what this kind of leadership looks like in practice and offer suggestions and ideas for how such leadership can be developed. Topics covered include women in educational leadership roles, women's way of leading, women in education overcoming obstacles, women in leadership roles for specific purposes, new tradition of leadership for women in education, the next generation of women leaders in education.
Synopsis
This groundbreaking book presents a new way of looking at leadership that is anchored in research on women leaders in education. The authors examine how successful women in education lead and offer suggestions and ideas for developing and honing these exemplary leadership practices.
Women and Educational Leadership shows how the qualities that characterize women's approaches to leadership differ from traditional approaches?whether the traditional leader is a woman or a man. The authors reveal that women leaders are more collaborative by nature and demonstrate a commitment to social justice. They tend to bring an instructional focus to leadership, include spiritual dimensions in their work, and strive for balance between the personal and professional.
This important book offers a new model of leadership that shifts away from the traditional heroic notion of leadership to the collective account of leadership that focuses on leadership for a specific purpose—like social justice. The authors include illustrative examples of leaders who have brought diverse groups to work toward common ground. They also show how leadership is a way to facilitate and support the work of organizational members. The ideas and suggestions presented throughout the book can help the next generation fulfill the promise of a new tradition of leadership.
Women and Educational Leadership is part of the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education series.
About the Author
Margaret Grogan is dean of the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. Charol Shakeshaft is the department chair of Educational Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Beverly Hall ix
Introduction: Women Leaders Redefine Leadership 1
1. Five Ways Women Lead 5
Relational Leadership 6
Leadership for Social Justice 10
Spiritual Leadership 13
Leadership for Learning 18
Balanced Leadership 21
2. Our Status: Women School Administrators 27
History of Gender and School Leadership Research 31
Gender and Leading for Change 36
3. A New Way: Diverse Collective Leadership 41
Leading Collectively for Change 44
Relational Power 46
Social Network Theories and Change 48
Fluid Lines of Communication 51
The Power of Cognitive Shifts 54
Stages of Cognitive Shifts 57
4. A Closer Look at Collective Leadership in Practice 63
From Distributed Leadership to Diverse Collective Leadership 64
ThreeWays to Support a Dynamic Culture 66
The Power of Integration: A Personal Skill 69
WorkingWith and Through Others 72
School as Social Movement 75
5. Beyond Gender? 83
Leadership Shaped by Women 84
Making Meaning of Leadership 89
Embracing the Power of the Collective 92
Sustainable Leadership 96
Conclusion: Generating the Power of a Diverse Collective 101
References 107
Index 123