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Discussion Board 2: It’s All About Leadership
Wes Andrews
Liberty University
EDUC 742-D04
July 17, 2019
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Discussion Board 2: It’s All About Leadership
Blackaby and Blackaby (2011) citing illegitimate sources for leadership, noted that
position, personality, and power were all bad sources of influence for leaders. Conversely,
humility, courage, and preparation were all considered good sources of influence. In the process
of establishing credibility, teachers desiring to be empowered as leaders need to be prepared and
Transforming Teaching and Leadership (n.d.) is a landing page for the Department of Education
initiative, Teach to Lead. While Transforming Teaching and Leading provides the vision,
mission, and goals for the initiative, no measurable outcomes are provided here. One wonders
how beneficial this help is and to what degree is it beneficial for the future. As no date is given
for initiation of the initiative, one cannot be certain as to its value. When selecting the link to
Teach to Lead (2019), more information is conveyed wherein the initiative is noted as having a
five-year tenure and has resulted in several leadership projects. As in most such initiatives,
relevancy to current leadership paradigms in varied districts and schools becomes problematic.
Yet, Teach to Lead provides a template for idea submission and facilitates a national event
annually.
Similarly, The Aspen Institute’s sponsorship of Teacher Evaluation, Accountability, and
Support: Lessons from Leading Efforts (2019) provides insight into the changing dynamic and
issues faced by administrators as they perform annual appraisals of educators. Because
educational systems are at a tipping point of leadership empowerment (Razik and Swanson),
policy makers and educational leaders must develop new ways to evaluate teacher effectiveness.
The Aspen Institute recognizes that recent education-improving initiatives have focused on
academics, creating an “equity” vacuum where social, economic, and academic development are
viewed through racial lenses. Missional motivations for The Aspen Institute are to include race
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metrics into promoting both social and emotional support, and equity programs. The website
provides a resource of articles addressing issues in education, but a deeper dive is necessary if
trying to find relevant resources for teacher evaluation and accountability. While these may be
current buzzwords in our culture, Teacher Evaluation, Accountability, and Support: Lessons from
Leading Efforts (2019) provides little in the way of substance as it is an advertisement for an
event that happened in March of 2019.
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References
Blackaby, H., & Blackaby, R. (2011). Spiritual leadership (Rev. ed.). Nashville, TN: Broadman &
Holman Pub. ISBN: 9781433669187
Razik, T. A. & Swanson, A. D. (2010). Fundamental concepts of educational leadership and
management (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN: 9780132332712.
Teach to Lead. (2019). Retrieved July 17, 2019, from http://teachtolead.org
Teacher Evaluation, Accountability, and Support: Lessons from Leading Efforts. (2019). Retrieved
July 17, 2019, from https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/teacher-evaluation-
accountability-support-lessons-leading-efforts/
Transforming Teaching and Leading. (n.d.). Retrieved July 17, 2019, from
https://www.ed.gov/teaching?src=rn
