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Cultivating Institutional Identity and Mission within a Shared Governance Structure in Theological Schools: An Exploration of the Governing Board's Role and Processes
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Megan E. Herring – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Acting within a complex authority structure marked by shared governance, the governing boards of higher education institutions serve as the legal body holding ultimate responsibility for the institution's identity, mission, and institutional health. The past and current experience of Protestant theological schools has revealed institutional…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Mission, Theological Education, Governing Boards
How We Understand and Practice Instructional Leadership: A Lutheran School Principals' Perspective
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Cassandra Lynn Tarr – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Lutheran schools transform students, families, congregations, and communities. While effective school leadership is crucial for this potential transformation, the difficulties of school leadership continue to increase. Leaders of Christian schools face challenges unique to the parochial context. The purpose of this study was to explore how…
Descriptors: Religious Schools, Protestants, Instructional Leadership, Principals
From Exhorter to Lay Missional Strategist Onboarding and Mentoring the District Lay Leader as a Key Leader in the United Methodist Church
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Derrek Belase – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this project was to explore current methods of onboarding, mentoring, and training district lay leaders in The United Methodist Church in an attempt to provide a new model based on situated learning (legitimate peripheral participation) for doing this work in the changing environment of the church and culture. The author surveyed…
Descriptors: Situated Learning, Lay People, Protestants, Churches