Virtuous Educational Leadership

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

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 * Toronto, Ontario, Canada * 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 * Trondheim, Norway * 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 * Albany, NY * 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 * Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain * 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 * Victoria, Australia * Virtuous Educational Leadership is a comprehensive examination of the complex world of school leadership. It draws upon research from a wide range of disciplines, supported by rich analysis, of examples of the work of leaders. Voices from the front lines are expertly interwoven throughout. I highly recommend it. -- Tom Rees * Manchester, UK * Educational leaders inhabit a world that expects simplicity to be curated from complexity, certainty from unpredictability, coherence from chaos. And, while the existing literature on educational leadership contains plenty of advice and its recommendations seem intuitively compelling, it is, ultimately, lacking in actionable specificity. Thankfully, Virtuous Educational Leadership is a work of deep practical wisdom that is anchored in theory, acknowledges the critical importance of context, and illustrates clearly how educational leadership is not simply about doing the right work of leadership but also about doing it in the right way. -- Stuart Kime * Sunderland, UK *