May be helpful when working on your class presentation. The list of resources below come from previous versions of this course taught by Carol, Ken, Scott, Noel, and me :)
Videos:
Daniel Pink Video: The Puzzle of Motivation
Simon Sinek: How Great Leaders Inspire Action
John Maxwell video: The 5 Levels of Leadership
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.