Virtuous Educational Leadership - Doing the Right Work the Right Way

Excellent leadership matters

Without excellent leadership, school improvement is impossible, or at least impossible to sustain. But what are the characteristics of an excellent leader? This integrated, holistic resource explores the virtues that are integral to achieving excellence in educational leadership, while offering practical guidance on how to do the right work the right way—no matter what challenges you face or student inequities you’re trying to overcome. Features include:

• Practical, research-based applications of virtue theory
• Examples of school leaders’ thinking and actions
• In-depth yet accessible theoretical analysis
•  Detailed analysis showing theoretical concepts in practice
• Summaries and reflection questions