Abstract
Renewal of a school’s vision and mission is vital to ensure growth as an effective learning community within a specific tradition. Renewal cannot be achieved overnight, nor can it reside with one person. When approached strategically and owned by the school community, renewal takes the school to a new way of achievement and celebration of identity and values. Within a faith and cultural community, renewal ensures that our children are successful, value our traditions and grow to be great people within our community. This chapter follows the work of one school as their community identifies their specific vision and their goals and strategies to take them to renewal and their preferred outcomes.
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Brian Cladwell, Re-imagining Educational Leadership (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2006), 118.
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Peter Ellyard, Ideas for the New Millennium (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1998), 43–44.
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Catholic Education Commission Victoria, “Victorian Catholic Schools at a Glance”, accessed January 2016, http://www.cecv.catholic.edu.au/getmedia/64081c91-cd5b-4f6d-b81d-2e2b3d720d95/At-a-Glance-2016.aspx?ext=.pdf.
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James Stronge et al., Qualities of Effective Principals (Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2008), 16.
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Luke. 2:45, NRSVCE.
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Robert Marzano et al., School Leadership that Works: From Research to Results (Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2005), 99.
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Brent Davies, The Essentials of School Leadership (London: Paul Chapman Educational Publishing, 2005), 29.
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McDonald, A. (2018). Enacting a Vision in a Faith School: Putting Word into Action. In: Abdalla, M., Chown, D., Abdullah, M. (eds) Islamic Schooling in the West. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73612-9_8
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