Assignment task: Suppose that you have recently accepted a new administrative role in your school. Your superintendent has requested that you select a leadership theory to use as a foundation for your new role. When you start your new position, you hear that the previous leader who had this role before you was a Great Man (according to the great man theory of leadership). Given the leadership theory you selected, participate in a dialogue on ways in which your leadership theory and approach might be different from the previous person's in this role. Focus your discussion on the following:
1. What leadership theory would you select, and why? Discuss why the leadership theory you selected would be a good match for you and your new role.
2. What are potential ethical implications for the school in which certain leadership theories predominate?
3. How do leadership theories affect ethical decision making in an educational setting?
4. How would you retrain members of your new school to respond to issues according to your preferred approach?
5. If training were not the answer, what actions might help affect the organizational change you wish to see?
6. How does your approach differ from that of your classmates? What do you see in common?