Pass the Crayons: Leadership, Art Production, and Communities of Practice

dc.creator	Zach Kelehear
dc.date	2010-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:07:15Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:07:15Z
dc.identifier	1555-5062
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f5928521f13a4311997be4f564912bea
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11063
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/f5928521f13a4311997be4f564912bea
dc.description	The results of an arts-based leadership (Kelehear, 2006, 2008) practice at a rural middle school in South Carolina are examined. The school principal and art teacher led a day-long staff development and followed up individually to assist teachers to create art as metaphor for individual growth plans as well as school improvement plans. Specifically, the arts-based initiative sought to invite professional conversations that focused on: 1) personal reflections, 2) multiple perspectives, and 3) art making. Findings suggest that when the art teacher and principal work in collaboration, there is real value in an arts-based leadership practice. Also, when led by the art teacher, teacher reflections suggested that as the principal worked alongside the teachers, they felt valued and supported and viewed the principal as authentic and trusting. Additionally, out of the engendered trust, the teachers were emboldened to consider innovative, arts-based approaches to their teaching. Finally, there was evidence that the art teacher was highly effective in introducing innovative leadership practices as teachers. This study is one of several implementation studies emerging from earlier research on arts-based leadership.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Simon Fraser University, George Mason University
dc.relation	http://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/article/view/230
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1555-5062
dc.source	International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, Vol 5, Iss 10 (2010)
dc.subject	Crayons
dc.subject	Leadership
dc.subject	Art
dc.subject	Communities
dc.subject	practice
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Pass the Crayons: Leadership, Art Production, and Communities of Practice
dc.type	Article