tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37299732331946951452011-08-16T13:59:16.520-04:00This blog has been created as a forum for on-going dialogue pertaining to the ethics of educational leadership as exemplified by UCEA as an organization and the individuals who compose its membership.M.P. Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05061696371002274802noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729973233194695145.post-90093488316666123892008-10-19T20:50:00.002-04:002008-10-19T20:55:44.364-04:00

Note: This post was authored by "Carrie," a public school principal, and posted by the blog administrator."If it's not Broke, oh, it is broke?"In my job as principal among other responsibilities I manage the building budget. Facilities, tools, supplies, and equipment cost money. What gets attention and support; what waits?One of my most recent dilemmas involves where to spend our limited school

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"Narrative of a Critical Incident of My Professional Life "Note: This narrative was written by "Thomas" and posted by the blog administrator.For more than a decade, my home country, Liberia, had undergone a deadly civil crisis. When I matriculated to the University of Liberia in September, 1987, I didn’t complete my study when a civil war hit Liberia on December 24, 1989. During this period, I

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Critical IncidentMy first passion has always been baseball. I still fantasize about a career covering a major league baseball team for a newspaper, or calling games on the radio each night, or anchoring SportsCenter on ESPN. I let my obsession wane as I got into my career, but having XM Satellite radio with every broadcast of every game has rekindled some of the old flame.I read baseball books

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"Maria"Note: This narrative was authored by ECM and posted to the blog by the blog administrator. As a middle school reading teacher, I worked as part of the middle school team. Because my district was tiny—fewer than 800 students—all the middle school teachers (grades 7-8) were on the same team because there was only one teacher for each subject area for both grades. Other members of

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"Disaster Avoided"Note: This narrative was authored by JTW and posted by the blog administrator.It was approximately 8:05 a.m. in the morning. School had just begun. The resuscitation of the pledge of allegiance and the moment of silence was completed in each classroom of the school. As I prepared to leave my office to begin a formal observation of a teacher, Mrs. Light came rushing into the

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The Struggle between Power and Caring:Will/Can There Be a Balance? By: Samantha, Professor of Education This is a story about power and caring. The players include the administration of the university, the colleges of Education and Professional and Continuing Education and the Educational Leadership Department; the Educational Leadership doctoral faculty and program facilitator; and, ultimately

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The Girl in the Pretty Pink DressBy: Marla Susman Israel, Ed.D. Assistant Professor Loyola University ChicagoThe Setting:Before I was a university professor in educational leadership, I was an early childhood center principal. The center I led, which was part of the public school system, contained approximately 350 children ages 3 – 5 years old. Over 80% of the children came from homes of poverty

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Once my children were of school-age, I decided it was time to pick up the threads of my own teaching career and actively searched for a teaching job again. My context was Ontario, Canada having just moved there from another province. The time was the late nineteen seventies when the public school system in the area was in a declining position – too many young teachers and not enough retirees.

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My first year as a junior professor of educational leadership and policy studies at a Midwestern university provided me with an experience that serves as the basis for the title of this essay (“critical incident”). As part of a supervision of instruction class that I teach on a regular basis, I assign a group project where students are challenged to work together to develop a white paper. The

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The Vermont Common Core of Learning: Process, Product, and TurbulenceSteven Jay Gross,Temple UniversityThe Case: This is an old event but one that still makes me wonder. In 1990 I became Chief of Curriculum and Instruction for the state of Vermont. As soon as I got to the post, the Commissioner called me into his office to describe a remarkable opportunity. I was asked to chair a new

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Note: This is a test of the blog program“A tie, some blue cheese, and a shiny new plaque”It seemed like life moved in slow motion for a moment. In my mind I could hear a prolonged “NOOOOOOO” originating from my toes and stopping just shy of my vocal chords. Then it happened. A big chunk of blue cheese, right on my new tie.“…the kind of young leadership that our organization needs,” the speaker

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