1000 Search Results for Educational Leadership
Educational Leadership
Select five empirical articles from peer-reviewed journals that you consider critical to your understanding of your specialization
In the last several years, educational leadership has become an integral part of helping schoo Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership
Merriam-Webster's New English Dictionary defines a leader as being, "a person who has commanding authority or influence" (Merriam-Webster's New English Dictionary, 2011). Most would agree that this definition adequately captur Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership
"When Leadership Spells Danger" (Heifetz, et al.)
The article by Heifetz and Linsky takes the position that part of the job of leadership in education is not just teaching, but also "…mobilizing schools, families, and c Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, towards the end of the year 1995 composition for Daedalus wrote that with miserable promptness, the American society is coming back to the pains to perk up public school education. These pa Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership in Latino Students
Flow of Information:
Introduction/Preliminary Lit Analysis
Status of Performance of Latino Students
Why Study Latinos?
Why the Latino Performance is Low?
How to change the situation?
Los Angeles Specif Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership & Student Assessment in Pennsylvania
Student assessment has recently become a matter of great controversy in Pennsylvania, as many critics argue that it is not an accurate measure of students' attainment of the state's aca Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership
Comprehensive Exam - Educational Leadership
Theoretical and conceptual knowledge
There is increasing interest in educational leadership in this current century. This can be attributed to the belief that making differences in Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership
A leader in the field of education -- whether a teacher, counselor or an administrator -- has certain specific obligations and moral duties to carry out. What about the ability to show leadership? In this paper a review of two Continue Reading...
I will and have been using a journal of activities to measure these goals as well as the total goals of my day-to-day work.
In this respect I will be trying to eliminate one of my flaws; that of being a know-it-all at times. There are certain point Continue Reading...
3).
This approach appears to be similar to "management by walking around" in the business world, but it appears to provide some profound results in educational settings. The principal in question was able to begin helping teachers identify activiti Continue Reading...
In that regard, a leader who gets things done through coercion as opposed to consensus could be regarded a successful but not an effective leader. Looked at from another perspective, successful leadership differs from effective leadership on the bas Continue Reading...
Leadership for Technology Enhanced Education
Organization of paper
This paper is divided into 4 sections. In section one, the paper begins by presenting a brief overview that includes how the paper is organized. Following this, the paper presents a Continue Reading...
Through the role of the principal, we can consider a number of differing approaches to educational leadership and how they manifest in light of today's most pressing challenges. Considering Transformational Leadership, Political Leadership and Strat Continue Reading...
II. Literature Review
The work entitled "Choosing a Direction for Leadership: The Principal as the Instructional Leader" states that many "forms of instructional leadership" exists which requires "a variety of adjectives" in description including Continue Reading...
For example, principals have very less knowledge of the classroom because they are not oriented in the academic content. The effective process skills are crucial to success of the learning process. In this case the principals must learn to give up s Continue Reading...
In addition, a New Jersey Court decision (Jerkins v Anderson, 2007) found that schools have a duty to provide reasonable supervision and care not only at school and during school times but at school release times as well. They must adopt a reasonabl Continue Reading...
Saudi Aramco's training department was underdeveloped, and therefore the potential of their employees was being squandered. Once armed with an advanced degree I will stand poised to help organizations like Saudi Aramco to improve their training depa Continue Reading...
Indeed, Castagnero according to Fultz (2006) "believes that the FCAT is destroying children." She could be right after all. The stress children are exposed to as they prepare for this particular test is also an issue that should raise serious concer Continue Reading...
The official motivation of the ruling which initially determined a two-year suspension for the students in question invoked the common good which is placed above personal interest. The practical evidence for such a concern is the "zero tolerance" p Continue Reading...
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The role of superintendent is highly politicized. The administrative leader of the school district is a figure with significant interest vested in him by the community. Likewise, the superintendent will possess some unique qualifications as an Continue Reading...
There is also sharp line between teachers and the community. Abbot and Ryan decry the exclusion of individuals from the classroom with life experiences and knowledge that might be useful to students, even though they are not professional educators. Continue Reading...
The ISLLC Standards address educational leadership from a global perspective, showing how ethical principles interface with the practical realities of fiscal planning and community engagement. This case study highlights the importance of all six of t Continue Reading...
Abstract
The long-range impact of educational leadership is to empower others in the school community to nurture their talents and abilities and make them leaders in their own capacities. To realize this, the leader needs to adopt the transformationa Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership
The Masters of Education (M.Ed.) in Educational leadership is designed to assist aspiring school administrators in synthesizing and utilizing current research trends to practical real world environments. The purpose of this e Continue Reading...
The Center for Educational Leadership (CEL) based out of the University of Washington (with a strong Web presence as well) is a good source of information and tools for strengthening one’s educational leadership skills. The description provided Continue Reading...
Abstract
Uplift Triumph Preparatory is a public charter school in Dallas, Texas. Since 2013, Uplift Education has offered students at all grade levels the opportunity for personal, moral, and academic achievement. Although Uplift celebrates its succe Continue Reading...
Marketing Success of Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company
Pfizer is undeniably the most successful pharmaceutical company in existence. It rated first in U.S. sales from April 2002 through March 2003, with a total sales number of $20 billion USD, which ac Continue Reading...
Diversity in Leadership
Education
Kearney & Gebert argue for the validity and practicality of a style of leadership called transformational leadership in their 2009 publication, "Managing Diversity and Enhancing Team Outcomes: The Promise of Tr Continue Reading...
(2004) might suggest.
Considering this, when evaluating programs such as Read 180 one must remember it is important not to consider change from an "outsider looking in" standpoint, but rather enmesh themselves in the change process to decide what f Continue Reading...
Abstract
The purpose of leadership is to assist followers in overcoming obstacles to their goals. Leaders help to inspire, communicate, support and develop followers so that they can eventually work independently at a level of self-actualization. Se Continue Reading...
School/Educational Leadership Scenario
I think one of the key points of focus in adequately handling this situation revolves around making sure the rest of the faculty does not feel alienated or feel like they are under a microscope. I need to convey Continue Reading...
4) Relying soley on anecdotal evidence and/or district wide standards for evaluation, that may not be based upon classroom use, but is rather based on novice understandings of educational needs is an error that must be eliminated from the school. Sc Continue Reading...
Transformation of a group to one with unified values and a shared sense of accomplishment requires better people skills than I currently possess (Bass & Riggio 2006).
These weaknesses, of course, will present certain obstacles that must be over Continue Reading...
According to the Ohio State University (2004), both could be equally appropriate in terms of overall company outcomes, as they are very similar in terms of valuing and inspiring follower excellence.
When considering the motivation towards leadersh Continue Reading...
Leadership Styles Among Male and Female Principal
It is the intention of this research to study the leadership and cognitive styles of teachers and instructors of both genders within the educational system and their preference for types of leadershi Continue Reading...
Louis and Smith (1991) identify such congruence as an indicator of the quality of work life influencing levels of teacher engagement with their work."
An appreciation by teachers of a significant gap between their current practices and those implie Continue Reading...
Hence, a more corporate attitude is being embraced by pro-vice-chancellors, but the salient question in this article is this: will a university be better off with corporate-style, bureaucratic leadership, or with leadership that pursues academic exc Continue Reading...
Alex Johnson, is an education consultant and executive coach for leaders within the private-school system. He has worked with administrators, principles and even legislatures around the country to help improve student outcomes. His focus is primarily Continue Reading...
Practice 5 - Encouraging the Heart
According to Kouzes & Posner (2017), encouraging the heart means recognizing the individual contributions of others to the community, as well as celebrating the values and victories of the community. From an educati Continue Reading...
While the superintendent may feel or even firmly believe that they have covered all of the bases on expenditures and other relevant issues in school budgeting, the failure to connect to other stakeholders throughout the district, who may or may not Continue Reading...