Changing Mindsets of Educational Leaders to Improve Schools

Sandra Harris is currently an associate professor and doctoral faculty at Lamar University. She teaches classes in social justice, action research, and administrator preparation. Sandra has been a teacher and administrator in public and private k-12 schools for over 30 years.

I am an avid reader, yet by far, this is one of the best collections of stories that I've read in a long time. Over the last few hours, I've laughed, I've cried, I've empathized and most importantly I've found 16 students' stories in which I can identify. These students put into words what I've felt over the last year as I've embarked on this journey of doctoral studies. Thank you so much for collecting these writings. I do hope that you will publicize this book to Educational Leadership doctoral programs across the country. It is a "must-read" for Educational Leadership doctoral students!

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 1 Ethical Leadership with Moral Purpose and Courage: When the Concept of Right and Wrong Is Not EnoughChapter 3 Research, Reflection, and Relationships: Discovering the 3 Rs of Teacher-LeadersChapter 4 3 Practice to PassionChapter 5 4 One Educator's Journey: Getting on Board the Change Train toward a Culture of SuccessChapter 6 5 From Teaching to Reaching: Caring as an Instructional ImperativeChapter 7 6 Making Education CountChapter 8 7 Successful or Significant? The Role of Educational GraceChapter 9 8 My Journey on the Yellow Brick RoadChapter 10 9 Empowerment: The QuickeningChapter 11 10 Inclusion: Some Social Justice IssuesChapter 12 11 Choosing to ChangeChapter 13 12 Out of Cultural Bondage into the Promised Land of Cultural DiversityChapter 14 13 Unlocking the Gates: Entering the Realm of UnderstandingChapter 15 14 The Metamorphosis of CaringChapter 16 15 My Story, My Song: Reflections Inspired by the ProcessChapter 17 16 Spirituality: Anchor of LeadershipChapter 18 17 A Recursive Process of Changing Paradigms in Doctoral Education Leadership ProgramsChapter 19 18 Changing Mindsets of Educational LeadersPart 20 ReferencesPart 21 Index