Leadership and the Public Good

The presentation looks at a
recent study, Pathways for Performance, which examines school leadership in a
state context.  State-level data about
leadership preparation in Minnesota are presented along with interview data to
understand multiple locations along the career continuum for school leaders
including:  1) recruitment & selection,
2) preparation, 3) licensing and certification, and 4) professional
development.  Four perspectives for
understanding the work of school leaders are then considered:  managerial, professional, craft, and
artistic, to understand how school leaders think about their work and
participate in organizational life.  The
presentation continues with evidence from a recent study on coaching and
professional development with Arizona school administrators and concludes with
consideration of how education leaders can contribute to the public good..

Arnold Danzig is professor
in the School of Public Affairs/College of Public Programs at Arizona State
University and associate director of the School of Public Affairs. In
2009-2010, he served as Professor and Director of the Division of Advanced
Studies in Policy, Leadership, and Curriculum and Professor in Education
Leadership and Policy Studies in the Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate
School of Education. He has served as Associate Dean and Director of the D.E.L.T.A.
Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership. 
His articles on administration, professional development, and
school-to-work transitions, have appeared in multiple journals including
International Studies in Educational Administration, Education Policy, Journal
of Educational Administration, Educational Leadership and Administration,
Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation.  He is the lead author of Learner-Centered
Leadership:  Research, Policy, and
Practice (2007), and co-author School Leadership Internship (2012).  He is also an editor for the 2012 volume of
the Review of Research in Education on the theme of “Education, Democracy, and
the Public Good” published by the American Educational Research Association.