چکیده (انگلیسی):

In this article the authors contend that the element that is typically missing or underdeveloped in
the education and development of most leaders is the intentional integration of the research and
practices for assessing and developing the deeply held core beliefs, attitudes, and values (what
we will call leadership dispositions) that play a primary role in leadership effectiveness. To
develop the best educational leaders, preparation programs must intentionally include the
enhancement of leadership dispositions among its top priorities. For great leaders, their
dispositions are the foundation upon which their leadership skills, characteristics, and abilities
are expressed and magnified. In this article, the authors discuss how the Perceptual
Dispositions Model (Wasicsko, 2007) has been used as a framework for developing educational
leaders in an Ed.D. program. Specifically, the focus is on a 360° process and tool--Individual
Leadership Self-Assessment Instrument (ILSA)—through which leaders receive authentic
feedback about perceived dispositions and from which leadership growth plans are developed.
Additionally, they provide insights about how the process has helped transform leaders in their
program and they illustrate an example of how one doctoral student used the feedback to
develop and implement a dispositional growth plan. The information presented in this article
has tremendous implications for educational leadership programs as well as school and district
level leaders.