Leadership 9/8/2008

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these documents are the types that she can open up. send all assignments in one of those formats

The Hunter article:

• 1920's - industrial revolution, urbanization.
• 1650's - cold war, space race, gotta beat the ruskies to the moon
• 1970's - equal access and individualized.
• 1980's - T.H. Bell - "Nation at Risk" & the computer, (1983) NCTM first national organization to respond to "N&R" with national curriculum standards. Backlash from national standards - lists of; ie: what a 5th grader should know; list - "these are the poems and novel that all students should know by nth grade. Not individualized, teach to the test, prepare for Jeopardy. Gifted kids would be done by 6th grade. No higher order thinking, #1 critisism; Who decided the list?

Individualized - standardized

ACCESS to the right equipment

TIME to learn the technology

SUPPORT of the administration

Sheingold Article

Three simultaneous agendas of reform, technology and teaching, that are all 3 interdependent and synergistic.

Pragmatic concerns - budget, extracurricular situations, power outages, fire drills, emergency issues, unexpected occurances.

this is the context for all the rest of the class - think about them when reading articles, think about them when talking to the expert.

What do we mean by Leadership?

Leadership is not about the leaders: characteristics of good leaders from survey of 10,000 managers across the nation

1. Honesty - truthful, ethical, principled, high integrity. Cannot be quantified: do what you say you are going to do.

   Follow up study- most important characteristic is trust in others

2. Competence - depending on rank - this person knows what they are doing - in reference to what they are supposed to be doing. Do not need to be competent in things that are not your responsibilities.
3. Being forward-looking. Supposed to have direction, concern for the future and must be able to articulate it.
4. Inspiration - enthusiastic, energetic, positive - have a dream and be able to communicate it. [The leader is the evangelist for the dream - Dave Paterson, Apple Computers]
5. Credibility - Foundation upon which inspiring leadership is built. - years to earn it, instant to lose it. People feel more secure around credible leaders.

5 fundamental practices of good leaders

1. Challenge the process
2. Inspire a shared vision, create vision and able to bring others into it
3. Enable others to act - involve others in planning and give latitude to make own decisions
4. Model the way - clear, consistent plan broken down into acheivable chunks
5. Encourage the heart - link recognition with accomplishments - acknowledge people's acheivements

Steps to good leadership;

1. Know your followers.
2. Stand up for your beliefs.
3. Speak with passion.
4. Lead by example.
5. Conquer yourself (you are not what it's all about, focus on what it is about).

*********Go through PowerPoint from module 2 and then comment on one question and respond to one comment on module 2 discussion by next week.

*********Start thinking about who you are going to interview and questions for them.

*********September 15th at 9:00 the documentary on KUED