Have You Paid Your Rent? Servant Leadership in Correctional Education

• Main Authors: Alana Jeaniece Simmons, Latosha M. Branch
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: VCU Libraries 2015-04-01
• Series: Journal of Prison Education and Reentry
• Subjects: Teacher training, professional development, servant leadership, adult education, correctional educator
• Online Access: https://jper.uib.no/index.php/jper/article/view/714

This article makes the case for servant leadership as a model and as a philosophy to guide correctional educationalists on how to interact with their students. This article begins with an introduction to identify the gap in the literature with regards to the relationship between servant leadership and adult and correctional education. It continues with a summary of the 10 characteristics of servant leadership that parallel some of the characteristics that educators exhibit in the prison classroom, and explores how those characteristics impact the student population. We conclude by providing a framework by which further research should explore the link between servant leadership and correctional education in order to enhance classroom practices.