Teachers As Servant Leaders

In today's political environment with the emphasis on testing, standards, and accountability, teachers can easily feel frustrated by the limited amount of time and resources left over for teaching - for guiding students not only in academics but in character education. Educators can find themselves losing sight of what initially inspired them to teach. Teachers as servant leaders provides pre-service teachers and those currently in the profession with a renewed perspective of being not just content experts or classroom/behavioral managers, but leaders within their own classrooms, school buildings, and local communities. Building on servant leadership: A journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness by Robert Greenleaf, this book applies the concept of servant leadership to the classroom teacher where the focus is on services to students, parents, colleagues, the school, and Community. Book jacket.

Joe D. Nichols is professor and chair of the department of educational studies in the school of education at Indiana University -Purdue University at Fort Wayne.