Resources

Class Presentations & Projects will be posted below as completed

Class Presentations '18:

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Optional for fun readings /videos

May be helpful when working on presentations and/or projects. The list comes from previous versions of this course (Carol, Ken***, etc.):

  • Videos:
  • Readings 1 (by cluster) ~ big picture
    • In Conversation, Fall 2009 – Volume 11; Issue 1. The authentic leader.
    • Bruzzese, Anita (2013). 7 reasons your team thinks you’re a terrible leader. The Fast Track, posted September 16, 2013.
    • Donaldson, Gordon, George Marnik, Sarah Mackenzie, and Richard Ackerman (2009). What makes or breaks a principal. Educational Leadership, October 2009.
    • Lunenburg, Fred (2010). The principal and the school: What do principals do? National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal. Vol.7. No. 4, pp 1-13. 3
    • Mendels, Pamela (2012). The effective principal. JSD, Vol.33 No.1, pp. 54-58. MindTools (2012) 10 common leadership and management mistakes: Avoiding universal pitfalls.
    • Parker, William (2013) 7 hats principals must be prepared to wear. Connected Principals, December 20, 2013.
    • Rigsbee, Cindi (2009) What makes a principal great? Education Week Teacher. Published Online February 18, 2009.
      • *** The Who, What, and Why of Site-Based Management by Jane. L. David (Educational Leadership, Vol 53, No. 4, pages 4-9).
      • *** When Leadership Spells Danger by Ronald Heifetz & Marty Linsky (Educational Leadership, Vol. 61, Num. 7, April 2004, pp 33-37).


  • Readings 2 cluster ~ culture, climate, communication
    • Best Practice Briefs (2004). School climate and learning. No. 31, December 2004.
    • Goleman, Daniel and Richard Boyatzis (2008). Social intelligence and the biology of leadership. Harvard Business Review, September 2008.
    • Solution Tree (2009). The research on trust: Facts and definitions. From: Leading with trust.
    • Vail, Chris (2007). Discovering my job. Principal Leadership, November 2007.
    • Wilson, John (2012). 5 ways to build sustainable relationships within your school. Education Week’s blogs – John Wilson Unleashed. July 30, 2012.


  • Reading 3 cluster ~ dealing with difficult people
    • Kantor, Rosebeth Moss (2011).Nine do’s & don’ts for dealing with the disgruntled. Harvard Business Review: HBR Blog Network. Posted: August 29, 2011.
    • MindTools (2012). Team tools: Dealing with office politics
    • Having Hard Conversations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin (pp 7-24 & 35-58) and McEwan, Elaine K. (2005). How to deal with teachers who are angry, troubled, exhausted, or just plain confused. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press (pp.23-34)


  • Reading 4 cluster ~ human resources
    • Harrrison, Cindy and Joellen Killion (2007). Ten roles for teacher leaders. Educational Leadership. September 2007.
    • Hoerr, Thomas. The rule of six. The Principal Connection. Educational Leadership, April 2009, Volume 66, No. 7.
    • Schmoker, Mike. Why complex teacher evaluations don’t work. Educational Leadership. Published online: August 28, 2012.
    • *** Leadership in the Twenty-First Century by David A. McAdam (York Region District School Board, CAP conference).
    • *** The Principal Connection: What is Instructional Leadership? by Thomas R. Hoerr (Educational Leadership, Vol. 65, Num. 4, Dec./Jan. 2008, pp 84-85).
    • *** Leadership for the 21st Century: Breaking the Bonds of Dependency by Michael Fullan (Educational Leadership, Vol. 55, Num. 7, April 1998, pp 6-10).
    • Teachers as Leaders ASCD special issue (Sam)


  • Reading 5 cluster ~ time management
    • Carlson, Cheri (2012). Competing pressures put strain on school principals, study finds. vcstar.com. Published online: January 2, 2012.
    • Singer, Jack (2013). 7 super strategies for success over stress. Educational Leadership, Summer 2013.


  • Reading 6 cluster ~ safety
    • Lunenburg, Fred C. (2010) The crisis management plan: Promoting school safety. National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal, Volume 27, Number 4, 2010.


  • Reading 7 cluster ~ managing equity
    • The Red Shoe (Educational Leadership, ASCD, September 2000, Vol. 58, Num. 1, pp. 74-76).
    • Teaching the Tweens (Educational Leadership, ASCD, April 2006, Vol. 63, Num. 7, pp. 14-19).