Understanding New Requirements for Leadership of School Improvement

Understanding New Requirements for Leadership of School Improvement Goal:  To use research articles to communicate an understanding of Leadership as related to the following framework. The critical leadership characteristics needed to promote continuous school improvement The organizational factors that impede or ameliorate leadership efforts Defining what is meant by instructional leadership

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Caption: : Diane Zack

Diane Zack Lesson 05 Assignment

Understanding Leadership of School

Part 1:  Literature on Leadership as Related to the Given Framework   Part 2:  Synthesis of the Literature as Related to the Given Framework   Part 3:  My Understanding of What Constitutes "Instructional Leadership"

Understanding Leadership of School

Part 1:  Literature on Leadership as Related to the Given Framework

Leithwood, Et Al., 2007 (application/pdf)

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Caption: : New Requirements for Leadership in School Improvement (Leithwood et al., 2007)

Caption: : Leithwood, K., Mascall, B., Strauss, T., Sacks, R. Memon, N., & Yashkina, A. (2007): Distributing Leadership to Make Schools Smarter: Taking the Ego Out of the System. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 6(1), 37–67.

The Literature on Leadership

The Literature on Leadership

Wahlstrom, Paul, & Michlin, 2009 (application/pdf)

Caption: : Wahlstrom, K. L., Paul, S. T., & Michlin, M. L. (2009). Perception vs. reality: Principal actions and teacher views on instructional leadership. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA.

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Caption: : New Requirements for Leadership in School Improvement (Wahlstrom et al., 2009)

Spillane, 2009 (application/pdf)

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Caption: : New Requirements for Leadership in School Improvement (Spillane, 2009)

Caption: : Spillane, J. (2009). Managing to lead: Reframing school leadership and management, Phi Delta Kappan, 91(3), 70–73.

The Literature on Leadership

Kennedy, Et Al., 2007 (application/pdf)

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Caption: : Kennedy, A., Deuel, A., Nelson, T.H., & Slavit, D. (2011). Requiring collaboration or distributing leadership? Phi Delta Kappan, 92(8), 20–24.

Caption: : New Requirements for Leadership in School Improvement (Kennedy et al., 2011)

The Literature on Leadership

Understanding Leadership of School

Part 2:  Synthesis of the Literature as Related to the Given Framework

Leadership Characteristics Map

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Caption: : Synthesis of the Literature

Impediments to Improvement Efforts

Impediments Map (binary/octet-stream)

Caption: : Synthesis of the Literature

Instructional Leadership Map

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Understanding Leadership of School

Part 3:    My Understanding of What Constitutes "Instructional Leadership"

My Understanding of What Constitutes "Instructional Leadership"

          I believe that "Instructional Leadership" is an activity which, as Wahlstrom et al., (2009) suggests is directly linked to instruction.  It is the capacity of a person, not necessarily an administrator, to encourage changes to instructional practices within a school.   Within a district, the leader will have increased opportunities to implement school improvements if the structure of the environment allows for open dialog, professional respect, trust, professional growth, and a shared mission or vision firmly focused on student learning (Wahlstrom et al, 2009; Leithwood et al., 2007; Kennedy et al., 2011).                 Diane Zack

Lesson 05 Diane Zack

Leithwood, K., Mascall, B., Strauss, T., Sacks, R. Memon, N., & Yashkina, A. (2007): Distributing Leadership to Make Schools Smarter: Taking                 the Ego Out of the System. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 6(1), 37–67. Kennedy, A., Deuel, A., Nelson, T.H., & Slavit, D. (2011). Requiring collaboration or distributing leadership? Phi Delta Kappan, 92(8), 20–24. Spillane, J. (2009). Managing to lead: Reframing school leadership and management, Phi Delta Kappan, 91(3), 70–73. Wahlstrom, K. L., Paul, S. T., & Michlin, M. L. (2009). Perception vs. reality: Principal actions and teacher views on instructional leadership.                   Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA.