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A 10 page research paper that addresses issues in leadership as they apply to education. The first page addresses the question of what roles community leader and religious institutions should play in the process of education. This is followed by three 3-page summaries of articles on education and leadership. Bibliography sites these articles, but this information is incomplete.
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to call for a personal response from the student. This writer/tutor personally believes that community leaders, religious leaders, parents and other stakeholders should always take an active role in schools,
but they should do so in a manner that is appropriate and designated by school administrators, principals and teachers. In other words, it is entirely appropriate for these stakeholders to
organize fund-raisers or committees that address the needs of schools. For example, in this assignments articles, Sergiovami describes how the parents associated with Madeline Cartwrights school help with transportation and
student delivery and pickup and even help to clean the school. In short, they provide a valuable resource for addressing all unmet school needs. However, what I personally feel
is an inappropriate role for parents, community leaders and other non-educators is when they begin to interfere with pedagogical issues, such as classroom instruction and establishing curricula. Educators are highly
trained professionals. The general public would not dream of trying to tell a dentist how to fill a tooth, or a doctor how to treat a illness or injury, but
they often feel free to tell teachers how and what to teach. Unless a teacher is indulging in gross negligence or unprofessional activity, it is my opinion that that role
of community and religious leaders, as well as other stakeholders, is to facilitate and aid teachers in their jobs, not to try to take over their jobs. Article 1
Thomas J. Sergiovami begins his article "Leadership as Stewardship: Whos Serving Who?" by referring to the way in which most people define leadership,
which is to imagine a person who "single-handedly" will "pull and push organizational members forward by the force" of their personality and clout (Sergiovami 75). The author then refutes this
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