School curriculum design and review
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Leadership for lasting reform"Lambert and her team researched how 15 schools achieved "high leadership capacity" that could sustain school excellence, even after a major administration change. All of the principals in the study shared similar characteristics, such as an understanding of self, clarity of values, strong belief in equity, a vulnerable personality, knowledge of teaching and learning, and the ability to develop capacity in colleagues and organizations."
http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/wested/view/rs/1155?x-t=wested.re...
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New understandings of educational leadership
"Three significant shifts in the focus of educational leadership are considered in this article: from generic to educational leadership, from a focus on leadership style to practice, and from a heroic to a distributed perspective. These shifts mean that educational leadership occurs at many levels in the school and requires specific educational knowledge and expertise."
http://www.nzcer.org.nz/default.php?cPath=139_134_38&products_id=1099
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Balanced leadership: What 30 years of research tells us about the effect of leadership on student achievement
"Effective education leadership makes a difference in improving learning. There's nothing new or especially controversial about that idea. What's far less clear, even after several decades of school renewal efforts, is just how leadership matters, how important those effects are in promoting the learning of all children, and what the essential ingredients of successful leadership are."
http://www.sai-iowa.org/leadership.html
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Leading under pressure: Leadership for social inclusion
This NCSL study looked at leadership issues in relation to social inclusion, through six case studies in three districts showing high levels of disadvantage. They interviewed the head, senior managers, middle managers, classroom teachers, pupils and where possible, parents.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/social-inclusion.php
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What do teachers bring to leadership?
Gordon A. Donaldson Jr. challenges the deep-seated assumption that leaders must have appointments and titles that formalise their leadership and explores ways schools can develop effective teacher leaders.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/what-teachers-brin...
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Building trusting relationships for school improvement: Implications for principals and teachers
Cori Brewster and Jennifer Railsback conclude that, if we hope to make meaningful, lasting change within school communities, then identifying increased educator trust as a priority and taking the time to develop it looks to be well worth the investment.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/building-trusting-...
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Essential leadership in the school change process
What does it take to lead people through school change? Who can do it, and how? What responsibilities fall to school leaders in pressing the conversation about hard issues, creating a sense of urgency, yet not discouraging those for whom change means loss, risk, and uncertainty?
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/101
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Three stories of education reform
Of the five external forces that Michael Fullan says schools must contend with: parents and community, technology, business, government policies, and the wider teaching profession, which one would you begin with and how might you go about it?
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/three-stories-of-e...
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Leadership for school improvement
Effective leadership is a key component of lasting reform efforts. This paper synthesizes some of the most-current literature pertaining to leadership and offers ideas and suggestions that may serve as the basis for further study about the leadership strategies that help bring about meaningful and long-lasting reform.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/leadership-for-sch...
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Keeping the fleas motivated
A school's culture and philosophy affects the way in which staff behave and they in turn affect the way in which students behave. Using Charles Handy’s analogy of the elephant, as the school, and the fleas as the innovators within our schools Cheryl Doig’s article explores ways of keeping the fleas motivated so that they can challenge us to change and innovate.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/keeping-the-fleas-...
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Creating a culture of change: Ten strategies for developing an ethic of teamwork
A report about a successful school improvement project conducted in Canada.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/developing-an-ethi...
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Do schools work?
Pat Thomson discusses the impact of students' real enjoyment and positive feelings about school.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/do-schools-work.php
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Enhancing internal capacity: Leadership for learning
Louise Stoll discusses the impact of a school's internal capacity. "Internal capacity is the power to engage in and sustain the continuous learning of teachers and the school itself for the purpose of enhancing pupil learning."
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/enhancing-internal...
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Culture shift doesn't occur overnight - or without conflict
“What happens in our schools when, despite our best efforts in the classroom, a student does not learn?” Rick DuFour describes four schools that have undergone a major culture shift to become conscious professional learning communities.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/culture-shift-does...
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Expanding the capacity to learn: a new end for education?
Guy Claxton's opening keynote address at the British Educational Research Association's annual conference, September 2006.
http://www.buildinglearningpower.co.uk/blp/Extras.html
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Leadership for radical transformation in school education
A paper by Professor Brian Caldwell presented at the ACER conference, August 2007.
http://www.acer.edu.au/research_conferences/2007.html
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Moral purpose and shared leadership: The leaders transforming learning and learners pilot study
A paper by Associate Professor Michael Bezzina presented at the ACER conference, August 2007.
http://www.acer.edu.au/research_conferences/2007.html
