Women and Educational Leadership - (Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education) by Margaret Grogan & Charol Shakeshaft (Paperback)

About the Book

The authors present a new way of looking at leadership that is grounded in research on women leaders. They flesh out what this kind of leadership looks like in practice and offer suggestions and ideas for how such leadership can be developed. Topics covered include women in educational leadership roles, women's way of leading, women in education overcoming obstacles, women in leadership roles for specific purposes, new tradition of leadership for women in education, the next generation of women leaders in education.

Book Synopsis

This groundbreaking book presents a new way of looking at leadership that is anchored in research on women leaders in education. The authors examine how successful women in education lead and offer suggestions and ideas for developing and honing these exemplary leadership practices.

Women and Educational Leadership shows how the qualities that characterize women's approaches to leadership differ from traditional approaches?whether the traditional leader is a woman or a man. The authors reveal that women leaders are more collaborative by nature and demonstrate a commitment to social justice. They tend to bring an instructional focus to leadership, include spiritual dimensions in their work, and strive for balance between the personal and professional.

This important book offers a new model of leadership that shifts away from the traditional heroic notion of leadership to the collective account of leadership that focuses on leadership for a specific purpose--like social justice. The authors include illustrative examples of leaders who have brought diverse groups to work toward common ground. They also show how leadership is a way to facilitate and support the work of organizational members. The ideas and suggestions presented throughout the book can help the next generation fulfill the promise of a new tradition of leadership.

Women and Educational Leadership is part of the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education series.

From the Back Cover

Women and Educational Leadership

Women and Educational Leadership presents a new way of looking at leadership that is anchored in research on women leaders in education. The authors examine how successful women lead, and offer suggestions and ideas for developing and honing exemplary leadership practices.

This groundbreaking book shows how the qualities that characterize women's approaches to leadership differ from traditional approaches--whether the traditional leader is a woman or a man. The authors reveal that women leaders tend to bring an instructional focus to

leadership, include spiritual dimensions in their work, and strive for balance between the personal and professional. In addition, women leaders are more collaborative by nature and

demonstrate a commitment to social justice. The authors include illustrative examples of leaders who have brought together diverse groups to work toward a common goal. This

book will help the next generation fulfill the promise of a new tradition of leadership.

Women and Educational Leadership is part of the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education series.

"This book eloquently recognizes and validates the successful leadership approaches used by women educational leaders."
--SANDRA V. BUENDÍA, principal, Jackson Elementary, Salt Lake City School District

"Margaret Grogan and Charol Shakeshaft bring together over two decades of diverse practice and research crafted by and about women in educational leadership."
--C. CRYSS BRUNNER, associate professor, Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, University of Minnesota

"An extremely enlightening and encouraging book."
--JEAN LIPMAN-BLUMEN, author of Connective Leadership: Managing in a Changing World

"This book provides a framework for redefining the joys and challenges all leaders face." --MARY ANN HARDEBECK, assistant superintendent for personnel services, Loudoun County Public Schools, Virginia

About the Author

MARGARET GROGAN is dean of the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University.

CHAROL SHAKESHAFT is the department chair of Educational Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University.