Laurie Hnatiuk's List: EDES 540 dq#1

• teacher-librarians to be critical partners in  information and communication technologies because these skills "build on the  foundation of traditional literacy, research and information literacy skills,  technology skills, and critical thinking skills--the core skills of the school  library program" (Berger, 2007, p. 126)
• teacher-librarians become  advocates for students and teachers. Being an advocate means becoming a  change agent and actively and thoughtfully entering  the educational conversation
• characteristics and core capacities required for people to be effective  change agents
• learning that stimulates curiosity and discovery.
• "the ability to think and act flexibly with what one knows" (
• expect technology to be a natural part of the learning environment.
• familiarity with current research on teaching and learning to effectively  facilitate the change process. It means carefully  listening with an open mind and being responsive to teachers' concerns and  questions. It means knowing how and when to communicate and whom to seek out for  support. It means learning new skills to achieve the school's vision. Finally,  it means being proactive and positive
• having the language and knowledge to move beyond the library and into the wider  school community

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• teacher-librarians have shared with us across the  country is the lack of understanding their administrators and their colleagues  have about what is possible "if only" they were given the opportunity, the  resources, and the support

• Leadership skills
• Advocacy skills
• Interpretation skills
• Empathy skills
• Imagination, creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial skills

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• "The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the  servant-first to make sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being  served. The best test, and difficult to administer, is: Do those served grow as  persons?

• others

• Working for a Transformational Leader can be a wonderful and uplifting  experience. They put passion and energy into everything. They care about you and  want you to succeed.
• starts with the development of a vision
• important factor is the leader buys into it, hook, line and sinker.
• Transformational Leader thus takes every opportunity and will use whatever works  to convince others to climb on board the bandwagon.
• Some Transformational Leaders know the way
• happily lead the exploration of possible routes to the promised land.
• the direction will always be known
• Transformational Leaders are always visible and will stand up to be counted  rather than hide behind their troops. They show by their attitudes and actions  how everyone else should behave. They also make continued efforts to motivate  and rally their followers, constantly doing the rounds, listening, soothing and  enthusing.
• Transformational Leader uses to sustain motivation is in the use of ceremonies,  rituals and other cultural symbolism
• balance their attention between action that creates progress and the mental  state of their followers. Perhaps more than other approaches, they are  people-oriented and believe that success comes first and last through deep and  sustained commitment
• followers are the product of the transformation
• passion and confidence can easily be mistaken for truth and reality
• Just because someone believes they are right, it does not mean they  are right.
• tend to see the big picture, but not the details
• If they do not have people to take care of this level of information, then they  are usually doomed to fail.

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