Educational Leadership at 2050

Fenwick W. English is the R. Wendell Eaves Senior Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the former President of UCEA and currently President of NCPEA.Rosemary Papa is Professor and the Del and Jewel Lewis Endowed Chair of Learning Centered Leadership in the College of Education at Northern Arizona University. She was the first female President of NCPEA and a member of the National Policy Board for Educational Administration.Carol A. Mullen is Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has won awards for excellence in teaching and research and is the incoming President of NCPEA.Theodore Creighton is former the Program Leader of Educational Leadership at Virginia Tech and is currently the Director of Publications for NCPEA. He also served as Executive Director of NCPEA and was a member of the National Policy Board for Educational Administration.

• A Continuing Conversation: Educational Administration Programming as an Instrument for Educational Reform Forward by James Berry Introduction ……………………………………………………………………3Conjectures…………………………………………………………...5Chapter 1: At The Crossroads………………………………………….…….6Chapter 2: The Digital Age and Learning to Lead In It………….…………27Challenges…………………………………………………………….38Chapter 3: Warning Signs of the Times………………………………………39Chapter 4: Leadership for Social Justice……………………………………..54Promises………………………………………………………………68Chapter 5: Accoutrements: Connecting The Art and Science of Leadership69Chapter 6: Framing 2050 Leadership Preparation…………………..……...80Chapter 7: Re-Centering Our Field: Pedagogically Centered Leadership…………………………………………….…………..94Epilogue ……………………………………………………………..………...103Meet the Co-Authors and NCPEA…………………………………………..101Report Bibliographical References…………………………………………..105

This important book chronicles the transformations that must occur in university-based leadership preparation programs to fully embrace the imperative for pedagogically centered leadership. The authors argue rightly for bringing together preparation of leaders and teachers, with its promise to establish a more humane vision of education and schooling in our nation, and above all, a commitment to the well-being of all our children.