Keith Walker
- Courses2
- Reviews2
- School: University of Saskatchewan
- Campus:
- Department: Education
- Email address: Join to see
- Phone: Join to see
-
Location:
Saskatoon, SK - Dates at University of Saskatchewan: August 2014 - December 2018
- Office Hours: Join to see
Biography
University of Saskatchewan - Education
Experience
University of Saskatchewan
Professor
Joint Appointment in Department of Educational Administration and Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Turning Point Consulting Ltd.
Senior Consultant
Business Website: www.KeithDWalker.ca
Education
Regent College - UBC - British Columbia
Dip C.S.
Christian Studies
Universty of Saskatchewan
Ph.D.
Leadership Ethics and Educational Administration
University of Saskatchewan
M.Ed.
Educational Administration
University of Saskatchewan
Professor
Joint Appointment in Department of Educational Administration and Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Publications
Daily Prayer Platform: Volume One
Turning Point Global ISBN: 978-1-300-05800-7
William Temple said: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." This simple to use and flexible resource book of Christian devotion provides morning and evening prayers, collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer - adapted, organized and formed to provide alternative and practical platforms upon which to tailor one's daily worship. A platform is something you stand on to get heard or a place from which to launch new beginnings, to refresh connections, to renew relationships, or to express deep longings and intentions. The author provides a platform of encouragement to those thirsty for the presence of God in their lives.
Daily Prayer Platform: Volume One
Turning Point Global ISBN: 978-1-300-05800-7
William Temple said: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." This simple to use and flexible resource book of Christian devotion provides morning and evening prayers, collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer - adapted, organized and formed to provide alternative and practical platforms upon which to tailor one's daily worship. A platform is something you stand on to get heard or a place from which to launch new beginnings, to refresh connections, to renew relationships, or to express deep longings and intentions. The author provides a platform of encouragement to those thirsty for the presence of God in their lives.
Apem Moa* Solomon Islands Leadership. *meaning='raising the bar'
He Parekereke, Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, University of Victoria in Wellington (ISBN 0-475-12226-7)
Introduction: The book begins “If there are dark periods in the life of a country, then 1999 to 2003 was such for Solomon Islands. Devastating intra-societal armed conflict [national unrest] brought the country to its knees.” Into this context the authors purpose to provide encouragement to see the level of leadership in the Solomon Islands rise to meet the demands and promises of better days. Chapter headings are as follows: • Leadership Challenges • Leadership as Relationships of Influence • Foundations for Leadership • Guiding Constraints for Leadership Conduct • Listening to Personal Conscience • Leader Convictions • Integrity in Leadership • The Role of Leader-development • The Role of Stewards • To Lead is to Serve: The national motto of the Solomon Islands is “to lead is to serve” – What then does it mean when we understand leadership as service? What are the marks of servant-leaders and how might leaders improve their ability to serve? • Leadership by Ordinary People: While the authors have aimed to encourage community leaders, including: politicians, the clergy, senior government officials, school teachers, senior students, church lay [wo]men, village chiefs, big-men, and elders, they believe that ordinary people in all walks of life need to be active citizen-leaders. This chapter provokes readers to see that regardless of one’s position, leadership and followership are the dual callings for all active citizens. • Conclusion: This chapter synthesizes the contents of the book into a framework for leadership, as a primer for ethical leadership in the Solomon Islands.
Daily Prayer Platform: Volume One
Turning Point Global ISBN: 978-1-300-05800-7
William Temple said: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." This simple to use and flexible resource book of Christian devotion provides morning and evening prayers, collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer - adapted, organized and formed to provide alternative and practical platforms upon which to tailor one's daily worship. A platform is something you stand on to get heard or a place from which to launch new beginnings, to refresh connections, to renew relationships, or to express deep longings and intentions. The author provides a platform of encouragement to those thirsty for the presence of God in their lives.
Apem Moa* Solomon Islands Leadership. *meaning='raising the bar'
He Parekereke, Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, University of Victoria in Wellington (ISBN 0-475-12226-7)
Introduction: The book begins “If there are dark periods in the life of a country, then 1999 to 2003 was such for Solomon Islands. Devastating intra-societal armed conflict [national unrest] brought the country to its knees.” Into this context the authors purpose to provide encouragement to see the level of leadership in the Solomon Islands rise to meet the demands and promises of better days. Chapter headings are as follows: • Leadership Challenges • Leadership as Relationships of Influence • Foundations for Leadership • Guiding Constraints for Leadership Conduct • Listening to Personal Conscience • Leader Convictions • Integrity in Leadership • The Role of Leader-development • The Role of Stewards • To Lead is to Serve: The national motto of the Solomon Islands is “to lead is to serve” – What then does it mean when we understand leadership as service? What are the marks of servant-leaders and how might leaders improve their ability to serve? • Leadership by Ordinary People: While the authors have aimed to encourage community leaders, including: politicians, the clergy, senior government officials, school teachers, senior students, church lay [wo]men, village chiefs, big-men, and elders, they believe that ordinary people in all walks of life need to be active citizen-leaders. This chapter provokes readers to see that regardless of one’s position, leadership and followership are the dual callings for all active citizens. • Conclusion: This chapter synthesizes the contents of the book into a framework for leadership, as a primer for ethical leadership in the Solomon Islands.
A Guide to Saskatchewan School Law (Second Edition)
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Sasktchewan. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Saskatchewan, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
Daily Prayer Platform: Volume One
Turning Point Global ISBN: 978-1-300-05800-7
William Temple said: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." This simple to use and flexible resource book of Christian devotion provides morning and evening prayers, collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer - adapted, organized and formed to provide alternative and practical platforms upon which to tailor one's daily worship. A platform is something you stand on to get heard or a place from which to launch new beginnings, to refresh connections, to renew relationships, or to express deep longings and intentions. The author provides a platform of encouragement to those thirsty for the presence of God in their lives.
Apem Moa* Solomon Islands Leadership. *meaning='raising the bar'
He Parekereke, Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, University of Victoria in Wellington (ISBN 0-475-12226-7)
Introduction: The book begins “If there are dark periods in the life of a country, then 1999 to 2003 was such for Solomon Islands. Devastating intra-societal armed conflict [national unrest] brought the country to its knees.” Into this context the authors purpose to provide encouragement to see the level of leadership in the Solomon Islands rise to meet the demands and promises of better days. Chapter headings are as follows: • Leadership Challenges • Leadership as Relationships of Influence • Foundations for Leadership • Guiding Constraints for Leadership Conduct • Listening to Personal Conscience • Leader Convictions • Integrity in Leadership • The Role of Leader-development • The Role of Stewards • To Lead is to Serve: The national motto of the Solomon Islands is “to lead is to serve” – What then does it mean when we understand leadership as service? What are the marks of servant-leaders and how might leaders improve their ability to serve? • Leadership by Ordinary People: While the authors have aimed to encourage community leaders, including: politicians, the clergy, senior government officials, school teachers, senior students, church lay [wo]men, village chiefs, big-men, and elders, they believe that ordinary people in all walks of life need to be active citizen-leaders. This chapter provokes readers to see that regardless of one’s position, leadership and followership are the dual callings for all active citizens. • Conclusion: This chapter synthesizes the contents of the book into a framework for leadership, as a primer for ethical leadership in the Solomon Islands.
A Guide to Saskatchewan School Law (Second Edition)
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Sasktchewan. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Saskatchewan, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
A Guide to Alberta School Law
Turning Point Global - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Alberta. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Alberta, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
Daily Prayer Platform: Volume One
Turning Point Global ISBN: 978-1-300-05800-7
William Temple said: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." This simple to use and flexible resource book of Christian devotion provides morning and evening prayers, collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer - adapted, organized and formed to provide alternative and practical platforms upon which to tailor one's daily worship. A platform is something you stand on to get heard or a place from which to launch new beginnings, to refresh connections, to renew relationships, or to express deep longings and intentions. The author provides a platform of encouragement to those thirsty for the presence of God in their lives.
Apem Moa* Solomon Islands Leadership. *meaning='raising the bar'
He Parekereke, Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, University of Victoria in Wellington (ISBN 0-475-12226-7)
Introduction: The book begins “If there are dark periods in the life of a country, then 1999 to 2003 was such for Solomon Islands. Devastating intra-societal armed conflict [national unrest] brought the country to its knees.” Into this context the authors purpose to provide encouragement to see the level of leadership in the Solomon Islands rise to meet the demands and promises of better days. Chapter headings are as follows: • Leadership Challenges • Leadership as Relationships of Influence • Foundations for Leadership • Guiding Constraints for Leadership Conduct • Listening to Personal Conscience • Leader Convictions • Integrity in Leadership • The Role of Leader-development • The Role of Stewards • To Lead is to Serve: The national motto of the Solomon Islands is “to lead is to serve” – What then does it mean when we understand leadership as service? What are the marks of servant-leaders and how might leaders improve their ability to serve? • Leadership by Ordinary People: While the authors have aimed to encourage community leaders, including: politicians, the clergy, senior government officials, school teachers, senior students, church lay [wo]men, village chiefs, big-men, and elders, they believe that ordinary people in all walks of life need to be active citizen-leaders. This chapter provokes readers to see that regardless of one’s position, leadership and followership are the dual callings for all active citizens. • Conclusion: This chapter synthesizes the contents of the book into a framework for leadership, as a primer for ethical leadership in the Solomon Islands.
A Guide to Saskatchewan School Law (Second Edition)
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Sasktchewan. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Saskatchewan, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
A Guide to Alberta School Law
Turning Point Global - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Alberta. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Alberta, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
Valuing Literacy: Rhetoric or Reality?
Temeron Books Inc. ISBN 1-55059-324-2
Is public commitment to adult literacy in Canada sustained and genuine or is it merely droning rhetoric? Adult literacy levels in Sweden are consistently hgiher than those in Cnaada and less related to socioeconomic status and level of schooling. Drawing on their recent groundbreaking comparative study of adult literacy programs in Canada and Sweden (as highlighted in the recent CBC domunentary Canada's Shame), the authors explore literacy within the context of international educational issues. This book bridges the gap between academic literature and public policy by taking a 'broad brush' approach to audlt literacy and learning in Canada. Intended for policymakers, adult educators, and education researchers – as well as being of interest to the general reader – the book has international appeal as it contrasts the impact on adult literacy levels of the social democratic approach of Sweden and the liberabl approach of Canada. The authors question whether Canada's current literacy strategies are working to increase learning opportunities for adults, and they also discuss the problem of political will in Canada's fragmented education policy sector. The personal stories of Canadians and Swedes who choose to go back to school as adults, and the adult educators who work with them, reveal the complex challenges and tensions entailed in public policy related to adult literacy and learning
Daily Prayer Platform: Volume One
Turning Point Global ISBN: 978-1-300-05800-7
William Temple said: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." This simple to use and flexible resource book of Christian devotion provides morning and evening prayers, collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer - adapted, organized and formed to provide alternative and practical platforms upon which to tailor one's daily worship. A platform is something you stand on to get heard or a place from which to launch new beginnings, to refresh connections, to renew relationships, or to express deep longings and intentions. The author provides a platform of encouragement to those thirsty for the presence of God in their lives.
Apem Moa* Solomon Islands Leadership. *meaning='raising the bar'
He Parekereke, Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, University of Victoria in Wellington (ISBN 0-475-12226-7)
Introduction: The book begins “If there are dark periods in the life of a country, then 1999 to 2003 was such for Solomon Islands. Devastating intra-societal armed conflict [national unrest] brought the country to its knees.” Into this context the authors purpose to provide encouragement to see the level of leadership in the Solomon Islands rise to meet the demands and promises of better days. Chapter headings are as follows: • Leadership Challenges • Leadership as Relationships of Influence • Foundations for Leadership • Guiding Constraints for Leadership Conduct • Listening to Personal Conscience • Leader Convictions • Integrity in Leadership • The Role of Leader-development • The Role of Stewards • To Lead is to Serve: The national motto of the Solomon Islands is “to lead is to serve” – What then does it mean when we understand leadership as service? What are the marks of servant-leaders and how might leaders improve their ability to serve? • Leadership by Ordinary People: While the authors have aimed to encourage community leaders, including: politicians, the clergy, senior government officials, school teachers, senior students, church lay [wo]men, village chiefs, big-men, and elders, they believe that ordinary people in all walks of life need to be active citizen-leaders. This chapter provokes readers to see that regardless of one’s position, leadership and followership are the dual callings for all active citizens. • Conclusion: This chapter synthesizes the contents of the book into a framework for leadership, as a primer for ethical leadership in the Solomon Islands.
A Guide to Saskatchewan School Law (Second Edition)
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Sasktchewan. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Saskatchewan, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
A Guide to Alberta School Law
Turning Point Global - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Alberta. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Alberta, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
Valuing Literacy: Rhetoric or Reality?
Temeron Books Inc. ISBN 1-55059-324-2
Is public commitment to adult literacy in Canada sustained and genuine or is it merely droning rhetoric? Adult literacy levels in Sweden are consistently hgiher than those in Cnaada and less related to socioeconomic status and level of schooling. Drawing on their recent groundbreaking comparative study of adult literacy programs in Canada and Sweden (as highlighted in the recent CBC domunentary Canada's Shame), the authors explore literacy within the context of international educational issues. This book bridges the gap between academic literature and public policy by taking a 'broad brush' approach to audlt literacy and learning in Canada. Intended for policymakers, adult educators, and education researchers – as well as being of interest to the general reader – the book has international appeal as it contrasts the impact on adult literacy levels of the social democratic approach of Sweden and the liberabl approach of Canada. The authors question whether Canada's current literacy strategies are working to increase learning opportunities for adults, and they also discuss the problem of political will in Canada's fragmented education policy sector. The personal stories of Canadians and Swedes who choose to go back to school as adults, and the adult educators who work with them, reveal the complex challenges and tensions entailed in public policy related to adult literacy and learning
The Servant Leadership Role of Catholic High School Principals
SensePublishers ISBN: 978-94-6209-056-9
There is a world-wide thirst for authentic leaders who are somehow able to create school learning communities characterized by the purveyance of flourishing faith, hope, and love. Servant-leadership for Catholic school principals is considered one of the most meaningful and effectual callings imaginable. Informed by conversations with six exemplary servant leaders, this book explores the servant-leadership vocation of Catholic school principals. The culminating conceptual framework emphasizes the importance of personal identity and Faith formation as foundational to the exercise of authentic servant-leadership. As each Catholic school community lives out its unique features, signature history, a particular call to meet community needs, and its leader-shaped personality, this book serves to remind educators to clarify and sharpen their service toward the common mission of Catholic schooling. The relevance of servant leadership in the Catholic school principalship is demonstrated through the experiences, insights, narratives and expertise of the principals and then synthesized with conceptual reflections. An underlying theme in this book is that the exercise of servant-leadership provides hope for followers because of its exceptional interest in helping all constituents develop their own capacities, capabilities and potentials such that each person becomes a servant leader.
Daily Prayer Platform: Volume One
Turning Point Global ISBN: 978-1-300-05800-7
William Temple said: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." This simple to use and flexible resource book of Christian devotion provides morning and evening prayers, collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer - adapted, organized and formed to provide alternative and practical platforms upon which to tailor one's daily worship. A platform is something you stand on to get heard or a place from which to launch new beginnings, to refresh connections, to renew relationships, or to express deep longings and intentions. The author provides a platform of encouragement to those thirsty for the presence of God in their lives.
Apem Moa* Solomon Islands Leadership. *meaning='raising the bar'
He Parekereke, Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, University of Victoria in Wellington (ISBN 0-475-12226-7)
Introduction: The book begins “If there are dark periods in the life of a country, then 1999 to 2003 was such for Solomon Islands. Devastating intra-societal armed conflict [national unrest] brought the country to its knees.” Into this context the authors purpose to provide encouragement to see the level of leadership in the Solomon Islands rise to meet the demands and promises of better days. Chapter headings are as follows: • Leadership Challenges • Leadership as Relationships of Influence • Foundations for Leadership • Guiding Constraints for Leadership Conduct • Listening to Personal Conscience • Leader Convictions • Integrity in Leadership • The Role of Leader-development • The Role of Stewards • To Lead is to Serve: The national motto of the Solomon Islands is “to lead is to serve” – What then does it mean when we understand leadership as service? What are the marks of servant-leaders and how might leaders improve their ability to serve? • Leadership by Ordinary People: While the authors have aimed to encourage community leaders, including: politicians, the clergy, senior government officials, school teachers, senior students, church lay [wo]men, village chiefs, big-men, and elders, they believe that ordinary people in all walks of life need to be active citizen-leaders. This chapter provokes readers to see that regardless of one’s position, leadership and followership are the dual callings for all active citizens. • Conclusion: This chapter synthesizes the contents of the book into a framework for leadership, as a primer for ethical leadership in the Solomon Islands.
A Guide to Saskatchewan School Law (Second Edition)
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Sasktchewan. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Saskatchewan, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
A Guide to Alberta School Law
Turning Point Global - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Alberta. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Alberta, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
Valuing Literacy: Rhetoric or Reality?
Temeron Books Inc. ISBN 1-55059-324-2
Is public commitment to adult literacy in Canada sustained and genuine or is it merely droning rhetoric? Adult literacy levels in Sweden are consistently hgiher than those in Cnaada and less related to socioeconomic status and level of schooling. Drawing on their recent groundbreaking comparative study of adult literacy programs in Canada and Sweden (as highlighted in the recent CBC domunentary Canada's Shame), the authors explore literacy within the context of international educational issues. This book bridges the gap between academic literature and public policy by taking a 'broad brush' approach to audlt literacy and learning in Canada. Intended for policymakers, adult educators, and education researchers – as well as being of interest to the general reader – the book has international appeal as it contrasts the impact on adult literacy levels of the social democratic approach of Sweden and the liberabl approach of Canada. The authors question whether Canada's current literacy strategies are working to increase learning opportunities for adults, and they also discuss the problem of political will in Canada's fragmented education policy sector. The personal stories of Canadians and Swedes who choose to go back to school as adults, and the adult educators who work with them, reveal the complex challenges and tensions entailed in public policy related to adult literacy and learning
The Servant Leadership Role of Catholic High School Principals
SensePublishers ISBN: 978-94-6209-056-9
There is a world-wide thirst for authentic leaders who are somehow able to create school learning communities characterized by the purveyance of flourishing faith, hope, and love. Servant-leadership for Catholic school principals is considered one of the most meaningful and effectual callings imaginable. Informed by conversations with six exemplary servant leaders, this book explores the servant-leadership vocation of Catholic school principals. The culminating conceptual framework emphasizes the importance of personal identity and Faith formation as foundational to the exercise of authentic servant-leadership. As each Catholic school community lives out its unique features, signature history, a particular call to meet community needs, and its leader-shaped personality, this book serves to remind educators to clarify and sharpen their service toward the common mission of Catholic schooling. The relevance of servant leadership in the Catholic school principalship is demonstrated through the experiences, insights, narratives and expertise of the principals and then synthesized with conceptual reflections. An underlying theme in this book is that the exercise of servant-leadership provides hope for followers because of its exceptional interest in helping all constituents develop their own capacities, capabilities and potentials such that each person becomes a servant leader.
Working Though Ethics in Education and Leadership
Sense Publishers ISBN 978-94-6091-375-4
This book, although targeting educational leaders, - teachers, school-based administrators, superintendents, board members, policy makers and education students, is also addressed to those interested in the topic of ethics and those who seek the development of an ethical awareness and an appropriate intellectual processes when facing ethical issues. In particular, the book uses both deductive and inductive methods to provide the reader with a progressive experience of ethical discernment and analysis in order to deal with and prepare the reader to address ethical issues in the public square - a task which requires that such decisions are rational, defensible, and clearly articulated. Institutional leaders’ diligence and integrity requires no less in attaining and sustaining the support of those they must lead in and through the institutional decisions and policies which effect constituents’ lives. Through the use of clearly stated defi nitions, the presentation of ethical schools of thought, cases, original plays - within which readers are encouraged to engage while in a safe learning environment - and references to poems, movie, and video clips, the book provides a lively and challenging approach to studying the topic of ethics.
Daily Prayer Platform: Volume One
Turning Point Global ISBN: 978-1-300-05800-7
William Temple said: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." This simple to use and flexible resource book of Christian devotion provides morning and evening prayers, collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer - adapted, organized and formed to provide alternative and practical platforms upon which to tailor one's daily worship. A platform is something you stand on to get heard or a place from which to launch new beginnings, to refresh connections, to renew relationships, or to express deep longings and intentions. The author provides a platform of encouragement to those thirsty for the presence of God in their lives.
Apem Moa* Solomon Islands Leadership. *meaning='raising the bar'
He Parekereke, Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, University of Victoria in Wellington (ISBN 0-475-12226-7)
Introduction: The book begins “If there are dark periods in the life of a country, then 1999 to 2003 was such for Solomon Islands. Devastating intra-societal armed conflict [national unrest] brought the country to its knees.” Into this context the authors purpose to provide encouragement to see the level of leadership in the Solomon Islands rise to meet the demands and promises of better days. Chapter headings are as follows: • Leadership Challenges • Leadership as Relationships of Influence • Foundations for Leadership • Guiding Constraints for Leadership Conduct • Listening to Personal Conscience • Leader Convictions • Integrity in Leadership • The Role of Leader-development • The Role of Stewards • To Lead is to Serve: The national motto of the Solomon Islands is “to lead is to serve” – What then does it mean when we understand leadership as service? What are the marks of servant-leaders and how might leaders improve their ability to serve? • Leadership by Ordinary People: While the authors have aimed to encourage community leaders, including: politicians, the clergy, senior government officials, school teachers, senior students, church lay [wo]men, village chiefs, big-men, and elders, they believe that ordinary people in all walks of life need to be active citizen-leaders. This chapter provokes readers to see that regardless of one’s position, leadership and followership are the dual callings for all active citizens. • Conclusion: This chapter synthesizes the contents of the book into a framework for leadership, as a primer for ethical leadership in the Solomon Islands.
A Guide to Saskatchewan School Law (Second Edition)
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Sasktchewan. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Saskatchewan, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
A Guide to Alberta School Law
Turning Point Global - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Alberta. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Alberta, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
Valuing Literacy: Rhetoric or Reality?
Temeron Books Inc. ISBN 1-55059-324-2
Is public commitment to adult literacy in Canada sustained and genuine or is it merely droning rhetoric? Adult literacy levels in Sweden are consistently hgiher than those in Cnaada and less related to socioeconomic status and level of schooling. Drawing on their recent groundbreaking comparative study of adult literacy programs in Canada and Sweden (as highlighted in the recent CBC domunentary Canada's Shame), the authors explore literacy within the context of international educational issues. This book bridges the gap between academic literature and public policy by taking a 'broad brush' approach to audlt literacy and learning in Canada. Intended for policymakers, adult educators, and education researchers – as well as being of interest to the general reader – the book has international appeal as it contrasts the impact on adult literacy levels of the social democratic approach of Sweden and the liberabl approach of Canada. The authors question whether Canada's current literacy strategies are working to increase learning opportunities for adults, and they also discuss the problem of political will in Canada's fragmented education policy sector. The personal stories of Canadians and Swedes who choose to go back to school as adults, and the adult educators who work with them, reveal the complex challenges and tensions entailed in public policy related to adult literacy and learning
The Servant Leadership Role of Catholic High School Principals
SensePublishers ISBN: 978-94-6209-056-9
There is a world-wide thirst for authentic leaders who are somehow able to create school learning communities characterized by the purveyance of flourishing faith, hope, and love. Servant-leadership for Catholic school principals is considered one of the most meaningful and effectual callings imaginable. Informed by conversations with six exemplary servant leaders, this book explores the servant-leadership vocation of Catholic school principals. The culminating conceptual framework emphasizes the importance of personal identity and Faith formation as foundational to the exercise of authentic servant-leadership. As each Catholic school community lives out its unique features, signature history, a particular call to meet community needs, and its leader-shaped personality, this book serves to remind educators to clarify and sharpen their service toward the common mission of Catholic schooling. The relevance of servant leadership in the Catholic school principalship is demonstrated through the experiences, insights, narratives and expertise of the principals and then synthesized with conceptual reflections. An underlying theme in this book is that the exercise of servant-leadership provides hope for followers because of its exceptional interest in helping all constituents develop their own capacities, capabilities and potentials such that each person becomes a servant leader.
Working Though Ethics in Education and Leadership
Sense Publishers ISBN 978-94-6091-375-4
This book, although targeting educational leaders, - teachers, school-based administrators, superintendents, board members, policy makers and education students, is also addressed to those interested in the topic of ethics and those who seek the development of an ethical awareness and an appropriate intellectual processes when facing ethical issues. In particular, the book uses both deductive and inductive methods to provide the reader with a progressive experience of ethical discernment and analysis in order to deal with and prepare the reader to address ethical issues in the public square - a task which requires that such decisions are rational, defensible, and clearly articulated. Institutional leaders’ diligence and integrity requires no less in attaining and sustaining the support of those they must lead in and through the institutional decisions and policies which effect constituents’ lives. Through the use of clearly stated defi nitions, the presentation of ethical schools of thought, cases, original plays - within which readers are encouraged to engage while in a safe learning environment - and references to poems, movie, and video clips, the book provides a lively and challenging approach to studying the topic of ethics.
Adapting Mentorship Across the Professions: Fresh Insights & Perspectives
Detselig Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55059-410-2
This is a twenty-four chapter edited book, with thirty-five author who explore the state of mentorship in the professions, the Adaptive Mentorship (AM) Model developed by Ralph and Walker, and how the AM model has helped improve mentorship experiences and results. This book is helpful to people in all areas of professional development: whether student, educator, or professional in the field. Dr. Walker has several chapters in this book, including: "Serviette Mentorship: A Dialogue about Life and Work" and another with Professor Sanga entitled, "Mentoring with Questions."
Daily Prayer Platform: Volume One
Turning Point Global ISBN: 978-1-300-05800-7
William Temple said: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." This simple to use and flexible resource book of Christian devotion provides morning and evening prayers, collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer - adapted, organized and formed to provide alternative and practical platforms upon which to tailor one's daily worship. A platform is something you stand on to get heard or a place from which to launch new beginnings, to refresh connections, to renew relationships, or to express deep longings and intentions. The author provides a platform of encouragement to those thirsty for the presence of God in their lives.
Apem Moa* Solomon Islands Leadership. *meaning='raising the bar'
He Parekereke, Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, University of Victoria in Wellington (ISBN 0-475-12226-7)
Introduction: The book begins “If there are dark periods in the life of a country, then 1999 to 2003 was such for Solomon Islands. Devastating intra-societal armed conflict [national unrest] brought the country to its knees.” Into this context the authors purpose to provide encouragement to see the level of leadership in the Solomon Islands rise to meet the demands and promises of better days. Chapter headings are as follows: • Leadership Challenges • Leadership as Relationships of Influence • Foundations for Leadership • Guiding Constraints for Leadership Conduct • Listening to Personal Conscience • Leader Convictions • Integrity in Leadership • The Role of Leader-development • The Role of Stewards • To Lead is to Serve: The national motto of the Solomon Islands is “to lead is to serve” – What then does it mean when we understand leadership as service? What are the marks of servant-leaders and how might leaders improve their ability to serve? • Leadership by Ordinary People: While the authors have aimed to encourage community leaders, including: politicians, the clergy, senior government officials, school teachers, senior students, church lay [wo]men, village chiefs, big-men, and elders, they believe that ordinary people in all walks of life need to be active citizen-leaders. This chapter provokes readers to see that regardless of one’s position, leadership and followership are the dual callings for all active citizens. • Conclusion: This chapter synthesizes the contents of the book into a framework for leadership, as a primer for ethical leadership in the Solomon Islands.
A Guide to Saskatchewan School Law (Second Edition)
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Sasktchewan. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Saskatchewan, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
A Guide to Alberta School Law
Turning Point Global - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Alberta. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Alberta, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
Valuing Literacy: Rhetoric or Reality?
Temeron Books Inc. ISBN 1-55059-324-2
Is public commitment to adult literacy in Canada sustained and genuine or is it merely droning rhetoric? Adult literacy levels in Sweden are consistently hgiher than those in Cnaada and less related to socioeconomic status and level of schooling. Drawing on their recent groundbreaking comparative study of adult literacy programs in Canada and Sweden (as highlighted in the recent CBC domunentary Canada's Shame), the authors explore literacy within the context of international educational issues. This book bridges the gap between academic literature and public policy by taking a 'broad brush' approach to audlt literacy and learning in Canada. Intended for policymakers, adult educators, and education researchers – as well as being of interest to the general reader – the book has international appeal as it contrasts the impact on adult literacy levels of the social democratic approach of Sweden and the liberabl approach of Canada. The authors question whether Canada's current literacy strategies are working to increase learning opportunities for adults, and they also discuss the problem of political will in Canada's fragmented education policy sector. The personal stories of Canadians and Swedes who choose to go back to school as adults, and the adult educators who work with them, reveal the complex challenges and tensions entailed in public policy related to adult literacy and learning
The Servant Leadership Role of Catholic High School Principals
SensePublishers ISBN: 978-94-6209-056-9
There is a world-wide thirst for authentic leaders who are somehow able to create school learning communities characterized by the purveyance of flourishing faith, hope, and love. Servant-leadership for Catholic school principals is considered one of the most meaningful and effectual callings imaginable. Informed by conversations with six exemplary servant leaders, this book explores the servant-leadership vocation of Catholic school principals. The culminating conceptual framework emphasizes the importance of personal identity and Faith formation as foundational to the exercise of authentic servant-leadership. As each Catholic school community lives out its unique features, signature history, a particular call to meet community needs, and its leader-shaped personality, this book serves to remind educators to clarify and sharpen their service toward the common mission of Catholic schooling. The relevance of servant leadership in the Catholic school principalship is demonstrated through the experiences, insights, narratives and expertise of the principals and then synthesized with conceptual reflections. An underlying theme in this book is that the exercise of servant-leadership provides hope for followers because of its exceptional interest in helping all constituents develop their own capacities, capabilities and potentials such that each person becomes a servant leader.
Working Though Ethics in Education and Leadership
Sense Publishers ISBN 978-94-6091-375-4
This book, although targeting educational leaders, - teachers, school-based administrators, superintendents, board members, policy makers and education students, is also addressed to those interested in the topic of ethics and those who seek the development of an ethical awareness and an appropriate intellectual processes when facing ethical issues. In particular, the book uses both deductive and inductive methods to provide the reader with a progressive experience of ethical discernment and analysis in order to deal with and prepare the reader to address ethical issues in the public square - a task which requires that such decisions are rational, defensible, and clearly articulated. Institutional leaders’ diligence and integrity requires no less in attaining and sustaining the support of those they must lead in and through the institutional decisions and policies which effect constituents’ lives. Through the use of clearly stated defi nitions, the presentation of ethical schools of thought, cases, original plays - within which readers are encouraged to engage while in a safe learning environment - and references to poems, movie, and video clips, the book provides a lively and challenging approach to studying the topic of ethics.
Adapting Mentorship Across the Professions: Fresh Insights & Perspectives
Detselig Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55059-410-2
This is a twenty-four chapter edited book, with thirty-five author who explore the state of mentorship in the professions, the Adaptive Mentorship (AM) Model developed by Ralph and Walker, and how the AM model has helped improve mentorship experiences and results. This book is helpful to people in all areas of professional development: whether student, educator, or professional in the field. Dr. Walker has several chapters in this book, including: "Serviette Mentorship: A Dialogue about Life and Work" and another with Professor Sanga entitled, "Mentoring with Questions."
Dancing on the Narrow Ridge: Superintendents' Ethical Decision-Making
Turning Point Global ISBN 978-0-9866609-0-0
This monograph describes approaches to ethical decision-making used by educational decision-makers, based on findings from survey responses (n=136) and interviewee data (n=20). The approaches are organized into four categories: relativism, utilitarianism, reflectivism, and deontologism. Following the presentation of each category, a critique of each approach is provided from the viewpoint of Martin Buber’s concepts of “I-Thou” and “I-It,” while positioning the decision-makers’ choices of approach on what Buber calls the paradox of the “narrow ridge.” Lastly, this monograph suggests how educational decision-makers might best approach ethical decision-making taking into account Buber’s concepts. pp.113
Daily Prayer Platform: Volume One
Turning Point Global ISBN: 978-1-300-05800-7
William Temple said: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God." This simple to use and flexible resource book of Christian devotion provides morning and evening prayers, collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer - adapted, organized and formed to provide alternative and practical platforms upon which to tailor one's daily worship. A platform is something you stand on to get heard or a place from which to launch new beginnings, to refresh connections, to renew relationships, or to express deep longings and intentions. The author provides a platform of encouragement to those thirsty for the presence of God in their lives.
Apem Moa* Solomon Islands Leadership. *meaning='raising the bar'
He Parekereke, Institute for Research and Development in Maori and Pacific Education, University of Victoria in Wellington (ISBN 0-475-12226-7)
Introduction: The book begins “If there are dark periods in the life of a country, then 1999 to 2003 was such for Solomon Islands. Devastating intra-societal armed conflict [national unrest] brought the country to its knees.” Into this context the authors purpose to provide encouragement to see the level of leadership in the Solomon Islands rise to meet the demands and promises of better days. Chapter headings are as follows: • Leadership Challenges • Leadership as Relationships of Influence • Foundations for Leadership • Guiding Constraints for Leadership Conduct • Listening to Personal Conscience • Leader Convictions • Integrity in Leadership • The Role of Leader-development • The Role of Stewards • To Lead is to Serve: The national motto of the Solomon Islands is “to lead is to serve” – What then does it mean when we understand leadership as service? What are the marks of servant-leaders and how might leaders improve their ability to serve? • Leadership by Ordinary People: While the authors have aimed to encourage community leaders, including: politicians, the clergy, senior government officials, school teachers, senior students, church lay [wo]men, village chiefs, big-men, and elders, they believe that ordinary people in all walks of life need to be active citizen-leaders. This chapter provokes readers to see that regardless of one’s position, leadership and followership are the dual callings for all active citizens. • Conclusion: This chapter synthesizes the contents of the book into a framework for leadership, as a primer for ethical leadership in the Solomon Islands.
A Guide to Saskatchewan School Law (Second Edition)
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Sasktchewan. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Saskatchewan, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
A Guide to Alberta School Law
Turning Point Global - ISBN 978-0-9811730-0-9
There are a number of Statutes (Acts), Regulations and Orders that directly relate to the provision and delivery of educational services in Alberta. These legal documents outline how "schooling" is to be governed and operated in the Province and elaborate a variety of salient and mundane topics. Sometimes we have found these documents difficult to access and insufficiently consolidated for practical use. It is our goal to provide an accessible, user-friendly guide to these legal parameters for teachers, aspiring teachers, trustees, school administrators, central office administration, parents, and interested community members. There are 16 sections in this guidebook: Here are outlines of first five: PART 1.0: The Student. In this part we provide information on attendance at school, operation of schools, provision for education, types of schools, learning resources and particular programs in Alberta, language and culture programs, special education, and student health and welfare. PART 2.0: Parents and the Community. This part of the guide defines who parents are, their rights and obligations, as well as outlining community use of school facilities. PART 3.0: Teachers and Student Teachers. This part deals with teacher qualifications and certification, teacher classification, the hiring of teachers, conditions of employment, teachers' duties and functions, supervision of teachers, teacher suspension, dismissal, other disciplinary action, and student teachers. PART 4.0: The School Principal. This section of the guide reviews the qualifications and appointment of principals, their employment status, duties and functions and describes the roles and functions of vice-principals and assistant principals. PART 5.0: Non-Professional Personnel in Schools. This part is concerned with non-teaching school board employees, contractors, and volunteers within the school.
Valuing Literacy: Rhetoric or Reality?
Temeron Books Inc. ISBN 1-55059-324-2
Is public commitment to adult literacy in Canada sustained and genuine or is it merely droning rhetoric? Adult literacy levels in Sweden are consistently hgiher than those in Cnaada and less related to socioeconomic status and level of schooling. Drawing on their recent groundbreaking comparative study of adult literacy programs in Canada and Sweden (as highlighted in the recent CBC domunentary Canada's Shame), the authors explore literacy within the context of international educational issues. This book bridges the gap between academic literature and public policy by taking a 'broad brush' approach to audlt literacy and learning in Canada. Intended for policymakers, adult educators, and education researchers – as well as being of interest to the general reader – the book has international appeal as it contrasts the impact on adult literacy levels of the social democratic approach of Sweden and the liberabl approach of Canada. The authors question whether Canada's current literacy strategies are working to increase learning opportunities for adults, and they also discuss the problem of political will in Canada's fragmented education policy sector. The personal stories of Canadians and Swedes who choose to go back to school as adults, and the adult educators who work with them, reveal the complex challenges and tensions entailed in public policy related to adult literacy and learning
The Servant Leadership Role of Catholic High School Principals
SensePublishers ISBN: 978-94-6209-056-9
There is a world-wide thirst for authentic leaders who are somehow able to create school learning communities characterized by the purveyance of flourishing faith, hope, and love. Servant-leadership for Catholic school principals is considered one of the most meaningful and effectual callings imaginable. Informed by conversations with six exemplary servant leaders, this book explores the servant-leadership vocation of Catholic school principals. The culminating conceptual framework emphasizes the importance of personal identity and Faith formation as foundational to the exercise of authentic servant-leadership. As each Catholic school community lives out its unique features, signature history, a particular call to meet community needs, and its leader-shaped personality, this book serves to remind educators to clarify and sharpen their service toward the common mission of Catholic schooling. The relevance of servant leadership in the Catholic school principalship is demonstrated through the experiences, insights, narratives and expertise of the principals and then synthesized with conceptual reflections. An underlying theme in this book is that the exercise of servant-leadership provides hope for followers because of its exceptional interest in helping all constituents develop their own capacities, capabilities and potentials such that each person becomes a servant leader.
Working Though Ethics in Education and Leadership
Sense Publishers ISBN 978-94-6091-375-4
This book, although targeting educational leaders, - teachers, school-based administrators, superintendents, board members, policy makers and education students, is also addressed to those interested in the topic of ethics and those who seek the development of an ethical awareness and an appropriate intellectual processes when facing ethical issues. In particular, the book uses both deductive and inductive methods to provide the reader with a progressive experience of ethical discernment and analysis in order to deal with and prepare the reader to address ethical issues in the public square - a task which requires that such decisions are rational, defensible, and clearly articulated. Institutional leaders’ diligence and integrity requires no less in attaining and sustaining the support of those they must lead in and through the institutional decisions and policies which effect constituents’ lives. Through the use of clearly stated defi nitions, the presentation of ethical schools of thought, cases, original plays - within which readers are encouraged to engage while in a safe learning environment - and references to poems, movie, and video clips, the book provides a lively and challenging approach to studying the topic of ethics.
Adapting Mentorship Across the Professions: Fresh Insights & Perspectives
Detselig Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55059-410-2
This is a twenty-four chapter edited book, with thirty-five author who explore the state of mentorship in the professions, the Adaptive Mentorship (AM) Model developed by Ralph and Walker, and how the AM model has helped improve mentorship experiences and results. This book is helpful to people in all areas of professional development: whether student, educator, or professional in the field. Dr. Walker has several chapters in this book, including: "Serviette Mentorship: A Dialogue about Life and Work" and another with Professor Sanga entitled, "Mentoring with Questions."
Dancing on the Narrow Ridge: Superintendents' Ethical Decision-Making
Turning Point Global ISBN 978-0-9866609-0-0
This monograph describes approaches to ethical decision-making used by educational decision-makers, based on findings from survey responses (n=136) and interviewee data (n=20). The approaches are organized into four categories: relativism, utilitarianism, reflectivism, and deontologism. Following the presentation of each category, a critique of each approach is provided from the viewpoint of Martin Buber’s concepts of “I-Thou” and “I-It,” while positioning the decision-makers’ choices of approach on what Buber calls the paradox of the “narrow ridge.” Lastly, this monograph suggests how educational decision-makers might best approach ethical decision-making taking into account Buber’s concepts. pp.113
The Practicum in Professional Education: Canadian Perspectives
Temeron Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-55059-396-9
This book was written to inform, encourage, and influence educational leaders in higher education who are interested in the practicum/clinical phase of education across the professional disciplines to engage in increased dialog and collaboration regarding the enhancement of this experiential-learning component of pre-service preparation. The book is a product of a national forum in June 2008 and was one of the culminating activities of a three-year SSHRC study examining the future of the practicum/clinical phase of professional education. It offers a representative sampling of the views, experiences, and innovative practices presented by leading educators from several professional disciplines who attended the Saskatoon forum, in addition to several specifically invited authors. These cross-disciplinary contributions provide current and future perspectives on creating and maintaining effective practicum/clinical programs.
