Leaders on the Front Line—Managing Emotion for Ethical Decision Making: A Teaching Case Study for Supervision of School Personnel. (September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tenuto, Penny L.; Gardiner, Mary E.; Yamamoto, Julie K.
• Is Part Of: Journal of cases in educational leadership. Volume 19:Number 3(2016:Sep.)
• Page Start: 11
• Page End: 26
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Subjects: administration and supervision of school personnel -- teaching case study -- managing emotion in leadership -- ethical decision making -- leadership preparation; Educational leadership -- Periodicals; Educational leadership -- Research -- Periodicals; 371.2011
• DOI: 10.1177/1555458916657123
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1555-4589

Abstract

To build capacity for students in educational leadership programs, we developed a teaching case study focused on managing emotion for ethical decision making in supervision of personnel. The case offers troubling encounters between a secondary assistant principal and a novice teacher, a veteran teacher, and a veteran administrator. Scenarios include issues of confidentiality, politics, and the tension between educators' professional ethical principles and an established more laissez-faire school climate and culture. Readers are guided to consider the role of emotion in leadership and how self-reflection can be used as a process for managing emotion.