Teachers as Servant Leaders

By (author) Joe D. Nichols

Paperback - £35.00

Publication date:

16 December 2010

Length of book:

130 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442204539

In today's political environment with the emphasis on testing, standards, and accountability, teachers can easily feel frustrated by the amount of time and resources left over for teaching_for guiding students not only in academics but also in character education. Educators can find themselves losing focus of what initially inspired them to teach. Teachers as Servant Leaders provides pre-service teachers and those currently in the profession with a renewed perspective of not just being a content expert or classroom/behavioral manager, but leaders within their own classrooms, school buildings, and local communities. Building on Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness by Robert Greenleaf, this book applies the concept of servant leadership to the classroom teacher where the focus is on service to students, parents, colleagues, the school and community.
Joe D. Nichols has crafted a book of magnanimous spirit, profound understandings of the human heart, and an enduring commitment to perhaps the most central position in every good society: that of the teacher. Teachers as Servant Leaders has such generosity, such incrementally ascending understandings of the responsibilities of the true teacher, and such a refreshing approach to being a servant leader in the core of the nation, it is a must read for all who have ever been inspired by those who give themselves to educate, mentor, and in effect, love, others.