ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the specific ethics standards to the larger role that the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL) and National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP) standards play within a coherent educational leadership development system. Both the PSEL and NELP standards stress the importance of professional ethical norms, educational values, ethical decision making and ethical behavior. The new PSEL and NELP standards offer what K. Osterman and M. Hafner describe as a recommended curriculum for the preparation, evaluation and development of educational leaders. The challenges that leaders will face are varied and unpredictable; however, when leaders are grounded in the ethics standards provided by PSEL and other related standards like NELP, they are likely to face ethical dilemmas with the skills and knowledge they need to be successful. It is important to understand how the PSEL and NELP Standards work together within the larger leadership preparation, accreditation and policy systems.
