1. NATIONAL FORUM OF APPLIED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
VOLUME 23, NUMBERS 1 & 2, 2009-2010
EDUCATIONAL LEADERS INCORPORATING WAYS OF
KNOWING THROUGH THE REALMS OF MEANING TO CREATE
SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIC PLANS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Christine Lewis
Ph.D. Student in Educational Leadership
Whitlowe R. Green College of Education
Prairie View A&M University
Teacher
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District
Houston, Texas
William Allan Kritsonis, PhD
Professor & Faculty Mentor
PhD Program in Educational Leadership
Hall of Honor (2008)
William H. Parker Leadership Academy
Whitlowe R. Green College of Education
Prairie View A&M University
The Texas A&M University System
Visiting lecturer (2005)
Oxford Round Table
University of Oxford, Oxford, England
Distinguished Alumnus (2004)
College of Education and Professional Studies
Central Washing University
ABSTRACT
Strategic planning is the process of looking at all aspects of schooling and planning
on strategies to move the educational program forward. Leading a school is time
consuming, stressful, and challenging. Running a school is time consuming,
stressful, challenging and enjoyable. Educational leaders can incorporate the Ways
of Knowing Through the Realms of Meaning (Kritsonis, 2007) in creating a strategic
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