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Jan 1, 2018 · From our exploration of what we mean by Christian leadership in education, its relationship to the wider study of educational leadership and how leaders might be challenged and transformed, we...
- David Cracknell
We begin by weighing the evidence base for Christian leadership in schools and then offer some evaluative comments as to its extent, its areas of focus, the quality of existing research, concluding by describing any gaps in our understanding.
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1. What is Christian leadership in schools? 2. What does the evidence tell us about what Zworks in Christian leadership in schools? 3. How strong is the evidence base? Ellen Spencer and Bill Lucas have done a great job in offering an overview of such an important and complex area.
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- Personal and Individual
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- Boundaries, Spaces and Engagement
- Truth, Power and Performance
Christians in educational leadership may prioritise personal beliefs, values, passion and commitment and express them in terms of their vocation or life mission. Moral and spiritual leadership theory does not feature in all secular leadership theories but, for a Christian, the moral and spiritual dimensions are essential to their approach to leader...
Leadership engages individuals with other people, the personal with the social, the human with the wider context. Educational leadership gives priority to relationships, especially as a basis for effective action and agency. Agency is about getting things done. It is a capacity to identify our goals and work them out for ourselves. Relational agenc...
Working with boundaries and associated spaces is challenging for leaders. The identification and management of boundaries play a vital part in effective leadership, whether those boundaries are ethical, moral, professional, organisational, personal or physical. Christian leaders might need to help people define professional boundaries, or give lead...
The features of Christian leadership in education that have been explored so far might be said to sit comfortably with some secular leadership models and could be applied to many other working environments for Christian leaders. So how is Christian educational leadership any different? The role of Christian leaders in schools has been described in ...
- David Cracknell
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The principal’s role of leadership is vital for a school’s progress. In order for a principal to operate as a servant leader and increase teacher effectiveness, he or she must not only personify the characteristics of servant leaders, but also model the way, enable teachers to act,
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Feb 23, 2018 · This article describes an interpretive study into school leaders’ perceptions of the essential features of Christian Education National (CEN) schools, how they integrated these features into school culture, and their understandings of the leadership by which they achieved this.
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1. What do we mean by Christian leadership in education? 2. What can Christian belief and practice bring to the study of educational leadership and how might Christian leaders engage with professional and secular thinking and practice? 3. How could Christians be better prepared for, and sustained in, their educational leadership roles?
