Irvin L. Scott (Harvard University)

Leading with Heart and Soul

30 Inspiring Lessons of Faith, Learning, and Leadership for Educators

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Produktbeschreibung

"Heartfelt, thought-provoking and deeply reflective, Irvin Scott literally pours his soul into this book, using his experience as an educator to teach others why education remains so vital to the kind of nation we are becoming. For any reader who wants to understand our system of education, this book will be an amazing resource. Written through stories from the perspective of someone who knows and understands schools inside and out, Leading with Heart and Soul will be eye-opening and a source of inspiration." --PEDRO A. NOGUERA, Ph.D., Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California "Irvin Scott is the epitome of a servant leader--insightful, compassionate, empowering, visionary. He leads with intellectual humility, a deep abiding faith, and a fiery passion for meeting the needs of young people and those charged with their education and care. In Leading with Heart and Soul, Irvin shares his leadership journey, revealing the actions of impactful leaders and inspiring us to cultivate our calling." --VICKI PHILLIPS, Chief Executive Officer, The National Center on Education and the Economy INSPIRING LESSONS TO ELEVATE YOUR SERVANT LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION Superintendents, principals, and other education leaders are called to find new ways of guiding stakeholders through today's challenges. In Leading with Heart and Soul, Dr. Irvin L. Scott shares stories and hard-earned wisdom from his thirty years in education to illustrate how you can champion student, staff, and teacher well-being; inspire others to rise to their strengths; and be the supportive pillar that our educational institutions require.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 140mm x 216mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9781394248445
• ISBN-10: 139424844X
• Artikelnr.: 69122526

Autorenporträt

IRVIN L. SCOTT, Ed.D. is senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and founder of its Leadership Institute for Faith and Education, an initiative that brings education and faith communities together. Before serving as deputy director of K-12 education for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Scott spent more than twenty years as a teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, and chief academic officer.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xiii Introduction xvii Chapter 1 "Without a vision the people
perish." (Proverbs 29:18) 1 A Vision for Life 1 In the Church Pew 5 Act
from Where You Are 7 "The way you start has a lot to do with the way you
end." (Bishop Edgar L. Scott) 8 "Educators make a lot of withdrawals."
(Beverly Daniel Tatum) 11 A Walking Vision 14 Chapter 2 "These are other
people's children." (Lisa Delpit) 17 Students at Home 17 Visiting Daquan 23
A Weighty Request 26 Driving Daquan 28 The Fast- Food Poet 32 "They don't
care how much you know until they know how much you care." (Anonymous) 36
"I will not steal your students' struggles." (A Fairfax Math Teacher) 39
Chapter 3 "Trust God; move on." (I. L. Scott) 43 Waiting for Hezekiah 43
Starting a Choir 45 The Day We Were All Waiting for 49 "Fore!" (Golfers) 58
"Love Lifted Me" (James Rowe and Howard E. Smith) 61 Chapter 4 "You can't
raise America's children if yours don't know you." (I. L. Scott) 65 Car
Seats 65 "My Life Is in Your Hands." (Kirk Franklin) 70 "Suck it up and get
it done!" (Coach Joseph McCoskey) 72 Goodnight, Leon 75 Chapter 5 "Cherish
the person; challenge the employee." (I. L. Scott) 83 The Third Person 83
Cherish the Person 88 Challenge the Employee 91 "What the . . . parent
wants for his child, that must we want for all the children of the
community." (John Dewey) 92 "Does it pass the ILN test?" (I. L. Scott) 94
Chapter 6"Don't work for a jerk." (A Harvard Professor) 101 A Principal's
Story: Groove, off! 101 Servant-Leadership 109 Please, Don't Go 111 "No one
knows teaching like teachers." (Vicki Phillips) 116 "Leadership Matters."
(I. L. Scott) 118 Chapter 7 "Shoot for the stars, even if you only hit the
treetops." (Bishop Edgar L. Scott) 121 The Principal's Center 121 Flying
Away 125 Shoot for the Stars 126 ". . . smart is something you get." (Jeff
Howard) 127 "You can't lead if you don't read." (Phillip Schlechty) 132
Thank You, but. . . 134 Chapter 8 "People don't think their way into a new
way of acting . . ." (Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan) 139 "Yes, We Can!"
(President Barack Obama) 139 I Don't Need This Class 141 "Politics are in
education to stay." (Richard Elmore) 151 Fighting for Dropouts in Boston
157 Chapter 9 "If I could save time in a bottle . . ." (Jim Croce) 165 Time
in a Bottle 165 The Offer 168 We Need a Name 173 Treat Them Like Royalty
175 "Know your story; share your story." (ECET² Teachers) 177 "I knock
unbidden . . ." (John Ingalls) 181 Chapter 10 "Never forget the bridge that
brought you over." (Mother Minnie P. Scott) 185 Pictures on the Wall 185 A
Love Story 190 ". . . pass on to others what [you] have learned." (Robert
Evans) 196 "Period. New paragraph." (Richard Elmore) 199 Acknowledgments
203 About the Author 207 Index 209