During the recent conference "Exploring the Meta-Values of Authentic Leadership: Moral Literacy in Action", Christopher Branson (Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership at the St Patricks Campus (Melbourne) of the Australian Catholic University) sat down with us to discuss some of the themes of the conference. In this clip, he explains what he understands by 'authentic leadership' and why there is a growing need for 'moral literacy' in educational leaders.

During the recent conference "Exploring the Meta-Values of Authentic Leadership: Moral Literacy in Action", Paul Begley (Professor of Educational Leadership, Nipissing University) sat down with us to discuss some of the themes of the conference. In this clip, he explains what he understands by 'authentic leadership', why there is a growing need for 'moral literacy' in educational leaders, and why he focuses on 'sustainability' as an important meta-value.

During the recent conference "Exploring the Meta-Values of Authentic Leadership: Moral Literacy in Action", Victor Worsfold (Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Dallas) sat down with us to discuss some of the themes of the conference. In this clip, he discusses the relationship between his theoretical work on education and his practice as an educational leader, as well as the main claims of his Keynote Address "Moral Decency: An Aspiration for Educational Leadership".

During the recent conference "Exploring the Meta-Values of Authentic Leadership: Moral Literacy in Action", Victor Worsfold (Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Dallas) sat down with us to discuss some of the themes of the conference. In this clip, he explains what he understands by 'authentic leadership' and 'moral literacy'.

During the recent conference "Exploring the Meta-Values of Authentic Leadership: Moral Literacy in Action", Charles Burford (Associate Professor of Leadership at the Australian Catholic University) sat down with us to discuss some of the themes of the conference. In this clip, he discusses differences in implementing a values-based model of leadership at religious institutions and at secular institutions.  One is more likely to find teachers already committed to what Burford refers to as a covenental approach (i.e., one based on commitments concerning the moral purpose of their work as educators) at religious institutions.  However, he claims that the values-based model of 'Leadership as a Moral Process' that is at the center of the Leaders Transforming Learners and Learning (LTLL) project does work at secular institutions as well.

During the recent conference "Exploring the Meta-Values of Authentic Leadership: Moral Literacy in Action", Charles Burford (Associate Professor in Leadership at the Australian Catholic University) sat down with us to discuss some of the central themes of the 14th Annual Values and Leadership Conference. In this segment, he speaks about how his theoretical work on leadership, specifically the work he has done on the Leaders Transforming Learners and Learning (LTTL) project, is related to the practice of leadership.

The recent G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh saw world leaders focusing on sound and sustainable measures for recovering from the global financial and economic crisis.  At the same time, Penn State Outreach asked academic leaders at Penn State to contribute to a series of reflections on the significance of the G-20 from various disciplinary perspectives.  Nancy Tuana, director of Penn State's Rock Ethics Institute, provides us with an argument that any attempt to address the goals of the G-20 must have ethics at it's core.

The 14th Annual Leadership and Ethics Conference, Exploring the Meta-Values of Authentic Leadership:Moral Literacy in Action, officially begins this evening at the Nittany Lion Inn.  The work of the conference, however, is already underway as many of its participants gather this morning and this afternoon for pre-conference workshops.  Those in attendance at this morning's workshop heard Charles Burford (Associate Professor in Educational Leadership at The Australian Catholic University) discuss the Leaders Transforming Learners and Learning Project (LTTL).  Following his presentation of the conceptual model involved in the project, Terri Patterson and Virginia Outred (Principal and Vice-Principal of St. Kieran's Catholic Primary School, Manley, NSW, Australia) shared their experiences implementing and expanding on this model in transforming the educational culture at one particular elementary school in Australia.

Miatta Massaley

Class of 2010
Economics
Penn State University Park
Self Nominated

Penn State economics major Miatta Massaley was quick to recognize that legal rights are often worthless if you cannot afford a lawyer.  For many years, hundreds of students in the Borough of State College could do very little when they were mistreated by their landlords.  And many private landlords were similarly without means of redress when students failed to pay rent, or caused damage to their rental properties.  Miatta soon realized that an alternative to expensive legal proceedings was desperately needed.

Hilary Griffith

Class of 2010
Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus
Nominated by Susan Crampton-Frenchik

Standing up for your beliefs often requires courage and commitment.  Hilary Griffith rose to the challenge, and inspired others to appreciate and respect difference.

When a friend approached Hilary and offered to organize a free professional performance at the Penn State Fayette campus to help raise money for THON, she embraced his idea.  You might wonder why supporting a charity performance would require courage or conviction. In this case it had to do with negative reactions from students and staff.  You see, Hilary's friend is a professional drag queen and the performance would be a drag king and queen show.