Attitudes, values, and ethics
Effective leaders have a central belief system that is focussed on student learning and well-being. They set clear goals, and pursue them to ensure success for all.
Effective Bicultural Leadership: A way to restore harmony at school and avoid suspension
by Mere Berryman and Sonja Bateman
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This article describes a significant incident in which three Māori boys in years 7 and 8 were found experimenting with marijuana during the school day and on the school grounds. It is a short, easy-to-read case study with a sound basis in theoretical analysis.
Effective School Leadership
by Christopher Day and Alma Harris
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This paper looks at successful principals' ability to be simultaneously people-centred whilst managing a number of tensions and dilemmas.
Formation of Capable, Influential, and Authentic Leaders for Times of Uncertainty
by Patrick Duignan
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In this address, Patrick Duignan looks at the moral, ethical, and spiritual side of leadership. It includes case studies showing the realities principals face in making difficult decisions, and practical guidance for thinking through ethical issues that may arise.
Heart and Soul
by Chris Presland
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This article outlines the programmes that define Airds High School's approach to improving outcomes for students. The principal makes the link between personally and collectively held values and how these can impact on practice.
Meet the Changemakers
by Angela Spencer
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This article is succinct, practical, and relevant. It provides ideas for schools thinking about environmentally sustainable issues. It describes the efforts made by several schools in the UK to tackle the challenge of focusing on future-oriented education.
Moral Purpose and Shared Leadership
by Michael Bezzina
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This study explores the role of shared moral purpose and shared leadership in supporting teachers as they strive to implement authentic learning in their schools and classrooms.
Shared Culture: A Consensus of Individual Values
by Joan Richardson
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This short article gives practical examples from schools where principals have tried different strategies to develop a culture in which the whole staff is engaged and comfortable.
The Ethical Development of School Principals
by Neil Dempster
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In this conference paper, Neil Dempster suggests there is a relationship between the contemporary political climate of school leadership and an increase in ethical dilemmas faced by principals. This link also takes you to a number of other papers that focus on ethics and leadership.
The Roar of Complexity: A Principal’s Day is Built on Fragments of Tasks and Decisions
by Kent Peters
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This article gives an insight into the issues principals deal with on a daily basis, with useful pointers for new principals about understanding a school's character.
The Wounded Leader
by Richard Ackerman and Pat Maslin-Ostrowski
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This article contains stories of school leaders who have experienced a crisis event in their leadership practice that has profoundly changed their professional growth and development.
Using stories to shift attitudes: the case of bullying
by Terry Quong and Allan Walker
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In this article, the writers discuss how teachers telling stories to each other can be an important path to shifting attitudes and values. They use school bullying as the context.
What Ought I to Do, All Things Considered? An Approach to the Exploration of Ethical Problems by Teachers
by Alan Hall
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This paper is an introduction to exploring ethical issues and problems within the educational context. It includes a brief theoretical framework regarding the importance of taking an ethical approach to solving difficult issues and two compelling case studies from New Zealand schools as examples.
