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The Principal As Minister : A Reflective Study Of The Prophetic And Pastoral Components Of The Principalship., Janet Mcwilliams Calvert 1948-
The Principal As Minister : A Reflective Study Of The Prophetic And Pastoral Components Of The Principalship., Janet Mcwilliams Calvert 1948-
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The need for moral leadership in schools compels us to seek new models for school leadership. This self-study captures the actual experience of a beginning principal using a reflective practitioner methodology in an effort to explore the "principal as minister" metaphor. The purpose of the study is to discover the similarities and differences between the role of a principal and a minister in a particular school setting and in the context of one principal's experience. Stories and vignettes of the first year and a half of the principalship were written using the participant observer lens. Reflection on the applicability and …