Joseph Nsiah & Keith Walker 
The Servant [PDF ebook] 
Leadership Role of Catholic High School Principals

There is a world-wide thirst for authentic leaders who are somehow able to create school learning communities characterized by the purveyance of flourishing faith, hope, and love. Servant-leadership for Catholic school principals is considered one of the most meaningful and effectual callings imaginable. Informed by conversations with six exemplary servant leaders, this book explores the servant-leadership vocation of Catholic school principals.The culminating conceptual framework emphasizes the importance of personal identity and Faith formation as foundational to the exercise of authentic servant-leadership. As each Catholic school community lives out its unique features, signature history, a particular call to meet community needs, and its leader-shaped personality, this book serves to remind educators to clarify and sharpen their service toward the common mission of Catholic schooling.The relevance of servant leadership in the Catholic school principalship is demonstrated through the experiences, insights, narratives and expertise of the principals and then synthesized with conceptual reflections. An underlying theme in this book is that the exercise of servant-leadership provides hope for followers because of its exceptional interest in helping all constituents develop their own capacities, capabilities and potentials such that each person becomes a servant leader.

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Introduction: The Book in a Nutshell; Section 1: Introduction to Servant Leadership in Catholic High Schools; Chapter 1: The Mission Focus of Catholic Educational Leadership; Mission; Catholic; The Inextricable partnership of Home, Church and School in the Raising of New Citizens; But First … the Family; Church’s Role in the Nurture of Children and Young Adults; The School’s Role in Nurturing Children and Young Adults; Catholic High School Leadership; The Inestimable Value of Servant Leadership for High School Principals; Have This Mind in You (Philippians 2 Kenosis Passage with Focus on Jesus); Chapter 2: Servant Leadership in the Context of the Principalship; The Pastoral Role of Principals; Focus on Aspiring, Beginning Principals; Transactional and Transformational Leadership; Transactional Leadership; Transformational Leadership; Differences between Transformational Leadership and Servant-Leadership; Relevance of Servant-Leadership in Catholic Schools; Genesis of Servant-Leadership; Servant-Leadership Approach; Chapter 3: Our Approach to Studying Servant Leadership with Catholic High School Principals; The Principals and their Contexts; Section 2: Six Principals: Servant Leaders in Action; Chapter 4: Sources and Substance of Catholic High School Principals’ Notions of Servant-Leadership: Influencing Agents; Sources of Catholic High School Principals’ Notions of Servant-Leadership; The Substance of Catholic High School Principals’ Notions of Servant-Leadership Further thinking about Where Notions of Servant-Leadership Come From; Essence of Servant-Leadership in Practice; The Gift and Challenge of Service; Chapter 5: Principals as Servant-Leaders: Perceptions and Expectations of Role; Impressions of Role as Principals in the Catholic High School; Metaphors of Servant-Leadership Expressed by Principals; The Meaning of Leadership in a Catholic High School Setting; Some Practicalities of Servant-Leadership; School Community Expectations of Servant-Leaders in Catholic High Schools; Further Thoughts on Expectations for Servant-Leaders in Catholic High Schools; General Expectations Held by Parents, Staff, and Students; Servant-Leadership as a Journey; Nurturing Dreams into Visions: Leaving a Legacy of Empowerment; Building Relationships, Community and a Culture of Support for Mission; Compassion as Spiritual Authenticity; The Reciprocal Value of Service; Community-Inspired Vision; Credibility through Consistency and Authenticity; Sustained Trust; Chapter 6: Servant-Leadership as Experienced in Daily Lives of Principals; Servant-Leadership Manifest; Catholic High School Principals Experience of their Role as Servant-Leaders; Positive Experiences; Negative Experiences; Challenges, Tensions, and Costs of Servant-Leadership; Strategies for Success in Servant-Leadership; Concluding Thoughts on Expressions of Servant-Leadership in Work of School Leaders; Offer of Different Possibilities for Constituents to Develop; Collaboration as Vehicle for Servant-Leadership; Section 3: A Closer Look at Servant Leadership in Action; Chapter 7: Walk in My Shoes: Day in the Life of two Exemplars of Servant Leadership; St. Jerome High School (Principal Angela); Just a School Day in the Life of Angela St. Mark High School (Principal Denis); Just a School Day in the Life of Denis; Major Servant-Leadership Characteristics Exhibited by the two Principals; Observed Themes of Servant Leadership; Service to the School Community; Relationships as Foundation for Happier Community; Care and Support for Students, Staff and Parents; Prayer Life in the School Community; Collaboration and Empowerment of Followers; Growth of People; Community Building; Chapter 8: An Even Closer Look at the two Principals & their Characteristics; Characteristics of Servant-Leadership; Listening; Empathy; Healing; Awareness; Persuasion; Conceptualization; Foresight ; Stewardship; Building Community ; Commitment to the Growth of People; Section 4: Ways of Framing Servant Leadership; Chapter 9: Dimensions of Servant-Leadership; Vision; Credibility; Trust; Service; Further Conceptualizations of Servant Leadership; Concluding Reflections on Servant-Leadership; Appendix: Servant Leadership Platform Questions; References; Key Church Documents; Selected Scripture Related to Servant Leadership; Authors Biography; Comments from Reviewers.