Understanding New Requirements for Leadership of School Improvement

Diane Zack Lesson 05 Assignment

• 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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• Legenda: Diane Zack

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

The Literature on Leadership

• Leithwood, Et Al., 2007 (application/pdf)
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• Legenda: New Requirements for Leadership in School Improvement (Leithwood et al., 2007)
• Legenda: 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

• Wahlstrom, Paul, & Michlin, 2009 (application/pdf)
• Legenda: 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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• Legenda: New Requirements for Leadership in School Improvement (Wahlstrom et al., 2009)

The Literature on Leadership

• Spillane, 2009 (application/pdf)
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• Legenda: New Requirements for Leadership in School Improvement (Spillane, 2009)
• Legenda: 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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• Legenda: Kennedy, A., Deuel, A., Nelson, T.H., & Slavit, D. (2011). Requiring collaboration or distributing leadership? Phi Delta Kappan, 92(8), 20–24.
• Legenda: New Requirements for Leadership in School Improvement (Kennedy et al., 2011)

Understanding Leadership of School

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

Leadership Characteristics Map

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• Legenda: Synthesis of the Literature

Impediments to Improvement Efforts

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• Legenda: Synthesis of the Literature

Instructional Leadership Map

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.