School Leaders in the Moral Imperative
There is an unavoidable shift in the role of school leaders to take on the role of system
leader under Fullan’s (2011) proposed paradigm. System leaders are the bridge between the moral
imperative’s results and the aims on micro and macro levels. System leadership is a three part
approach: demanding that school leaders “become more committed to linking to other schools
while still staying in their own principalship;” “school leaders take positions that oversee or
otherwise help other schools;” ”system leaders themselves—undertake direct whole-system
reform” (p. 57).
Though novel, this shift is not a radical one. First, the role of system leader shares many
commonalities with the traditional role of school leaders as facilitators of partnerships, promoters
of lifelong learning, and the enterprise of healthy learning communities. Second, the moral
purpose of education is already suggested via national policies’ continuous focus on learning for
all. This social undertaking basically begs for the moral imperative’s guidance and has already
begun to veer in that direction. Finally, the imminent shift has been catalyzed by a hard-learned
lesson discussed in this review that instructional leadership is not enough. The education system
is all but poised for embracing the new role of school leaders because of this.
On the micro level, school leaders facilitate moral agency through pioneering “impressive
empathy.” Impressive empathy is analogous to emotionally responsive leadership as detailed by
Leithwood and Beatty (2008) and, like emotionally responsive leadership, seeks to motivate
professionals by tapping into the source of their power: their emotional commitment to the work.
In this way, both emotionally responsive leadership and the moral imperative are more suited to
the social enterprise of education than is any other leadership framework. Furthermore, Fullan
describes the empathetic leader as one who possesses these seven characteristics: a) a personal
commitment to the moral purpose, b) evidence of having built—or in the process of building—
relationships with and among teachers, c) a focus on implementation of strategy, d) a commitment
School Leaders in the Moral Imperative
There is an unavoidable shift in the role of school leaders to take on the role of system
leader under Fullan’s (2011) proposed paradigm. System leaders are the bridge between the moral
imperative’s results and the aims on micro and macro levels. System leadership is a three part
approach: demanding that school leaders “become more committed to linking to other schools
while still staying in their own principalship;” “school leaders take positions that oversee or
otherwise help other schools;” ”system leaders themselves—undertake direct whole-system
reform” (p. 57).
Though novel, this shift is not a radical one. First, the role of system leader shares many
commonalities with the traditional role of school leaders as facilitators of partnerships, promoters
of lifelong learning, and the enterprise of healthy learning communities. Second, the moral
purpose of education is already suggested via national policies’ continuous focus on learning for
all. This social undertaking basically begs for the moral imperative’s guidance and has already
begun to veer in that direction. Finally, the imminent shift has been catalyzed by a hard-learned
lesson discussed in this review that instructional leadership is not enough. The education system
is all but poised for embracing the new role of school leaders because of this.
On the micro level, school leaders facilitate moral agency through pioneering “impressive
empathy.” Impressive empathy is analogous to emotionally responsive leadership as detailed by
Leithwood and Beatty (2008) and, like emotionally responsive leadership, seeks to motivate
professionals by tapping into the source of their power: their emotional commitment to the work.
In this way, both emotionally responsive leadership and the moral imperative are more suited to
the social enterprise of education than is any other leadership framework. Furthermore, Fullan
describes the empathetic leader as one who possesses these seven characteristics: a) a personal
commitment to the moral purpose, b) evidence of having built—or in the process of building—
relationships with and among teachers, c) a focus on implementation of strategy, d) a commitment
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