Innovative Approaches to Educational Leadership : Selected Cases

Of late, leadership has come to include individuals in elementary, secondary and tertiary institutions who do not necessarily carry leadership titles. Faculty in preK-16 institutions, along with other staff and community people, have increasingly begun to take on leadership responsibilities as shared leadership is articulated and practiced more and more in education. This volume focuses on educational leadership--broadly defined. More specifically, following several research-based thought pieces in which the authors define and discuss this new conception of leadership, contributors offer preK-16 case study illustrations of this recent conception of educational leadership. Readers will use this casebook as a foundational text for courses in teacher education, educational leadership, business and higher education. It includes detailed chapters focused on teacher leadership, principal leadership and higher educational leadership.

Carrie Rogers is an Associate Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at Western Carolina University. She earned her doctoral degree at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Her research focuses on uncertainty in teaching and on the relationship between teacher agency, leadership and practitioner research.

Kofi Lomotey is the Bardo Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership at Western Carolina University. He earned his doctoral degree at Stanford University in Educational Leadership. His research focuses on urban education, black students, black principals, and independent African-centered schools.

Adriel A. Hilton is director of the Webster University Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Extended Campus. He earned his doctoral degree from Morgan State University. As the chief administrative officer, he is charged with implementing programs and policies to achieve Webster University’s overall goals and objectives at the extended campus.