As a reflection of the international partnerships that are manifest within the UCEA Centre for the Study of Leadership and Ethics, this symposium will provide five papers from across this international spectrum but with each paper focussing on the issue of ethical leadership as it pertains to the particular circumstances. The first paper from the USA describes the approach taken in a series of four workshops on leadership ethics in a practice-oriented Ed.D. program aligned with the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate. The second paper discusses Swedish school superintendents’ notions about their opportunities to influence local educational politics and the ethical dimensions of their assigned responsibilities. The third paper tells the story of The Leaders Transforming Learners and Learning projects, which have become one of the leading research and community service initiatives in education in Australia. The fourth paper explores how a USA University/School Partnership helped students transform their school’s culture by articulating identified core values. The final paper provides reflections on the nature of authentic leadership emanating from the various local needs and perspectives of those involved in supporting students in a Canadian Lighthouse Learning project.
Participants: Charles Thomas Burford, Australian Catholic University
Katarina Norberg, Center for Principal Development
Elisabet Nihlfors, Uppsala University
Olof Johansson, Umeå University
Martin Reardon, Virginia Commonwealth University
Cameron Carlson, Southern Illinois University
Sabrina Gerzel, Southern Illinois University
Ron Wideman, Nipissing University Carmen Shields, Nipissing University
Chair/Discussant: Christopher Branson, Australian Catholic University