"All Principals Should Be Tech Savvy"
"September 23rd, 2011
Leaders Building the Future
This piece by Nilofer Merchant is more about business, but I think the translation to education is pretty obvious and relevant. "
"Do school superintendents matter?"
"Effective School Leadership in the Digital Age"
"School leaders and Professional Development"
"21 Things for Administrators
Based on the
National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators"
"Principal 2.0 – Becoming the lead learner"
"Summary: Gearing Up Teacher Workforce - NASBE Report"
"In 2000, The Wallace Foundation launched a national initiative on education leadership to place quality leadership at the core of school reform. It has supported a range of efforts aimed at significantly improving student learning by strengthening the standards, training and performance of education leaders along with the conditions and incentives that affect their success. The focus has been to develop, test and share useful approaches for improving the training of education leaders and the conditions that support their ability to significantly lift student achievement across entire states and districts, especially in high-need schools. To that end, NASBE seeks to inform state boards of education on why leadership matters and how to exercise the specific policy levers under their authority to strengthen leaders’ knowledge and skills in improving student learning.
Recognizing the importance of school leadership in education, NASBE and The Wallace Foundation are extending their partnership in the exploration of education leadership in 2011. The upcoming NASBE work will continue to explore leadership through the lens of state policy. NASBE will develop a discussion guide for board members so they will be able to begin or continue dialogue around these issues. These discussion guides will provide the latest research on the topics as well as questions and insights for addressing the issue through policy."
"School Leadership
Good school leadership is essential to turning around the nation’s failing schools, research has shown. For more than a decade, Wallace has been working with states and school districts to develop better ways to train, hire, support and evaluate principals and other key figures in schools. "
"Ten Roles for Teacher Leaders
Cindy Harrison and Joellen Killion
The ways teachers can lead are as varied as teachers themselves.
Teacher leaders assume a wide range of roles to support school and student success. Whether these roles are assigned formally or shared informally, they build the entire school's capacity to improve. Because teachers can lead in a variety of ways, many teachers can serve as leaders among their peers.
So what are some of the leadership options available to teachers? The following 10 roles are a sampling of the many ways teachers can contribute to their schools' success."
"Standards for School Leadership Practice:
What a Leader Needs to Know and Be Able to Do"