Developing Educational Leaders for the 21st Century

by Dianne Yee, The University of Calgary, August 1997

• The Context for Contemporary Educational Leadership
• Educational Leadership Development
• Personal Reflections on Leadership Development
• Characteristics of an Effective Educational Leadership Development Program
• Content of an Effective Educational Leadership Development Program
• Formats for an Effective Educational Leadership Development Program
• Challenges in Designing Effective Educational Leadership Development Programs
• References
• Internet Resources for Educational Leadership Development Programs
  • Leadership Profiles and Checklists
  • Principals' and Teachers' Organisations and their Leadership Resources
  • Other Leadership Resources and Research

Internet Resources for Educational Leadership Development Programs

Leadership Profiles and Checklists

School Leadership: A Profile Document is by Svede and Jeudy-Hugo from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (1997). This website is based on Begley's (1994) publication, School Leadership in Canada: A Profile for the 90's. The site includes much of the original text and a list of references and Internet resources.

• Available at http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/~vsvede/

Becoming a Community of Learners: Emerging Leadership Practices is by Stinnette, Peterson and Hallinger (1996). This website is a checklist for reflection on leadership practices.

• Available at http://www.ncrel.org/cscd/pubs/lead21/2-1l.htm

Principals' and Teachers' Organisations and their Leadership Resources

Canadian Association of Principals

• Available at http://www.cdnprincipals.org/

The principals.org website is from the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

• Available at http://www.nassp.org/

The Principal Online website is from the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

• Available at http://www.naesp.org/

The American Association of School Administrators website includes articles on "Front Burner Issues," conferences, programs and American legislative alerts.

• Available at http://www.aasa.org/

The Saskatchewan School-Based Administrators' Professional Development Program is a modular program which was developed in response to a 1991 initiative from the Saskatchewan School-Based Administrators special subject council.

• Available at http://www.stf.sk.ca/prof_growth/ssc/ssba/modules_ssba.html

Other Leadership Resources and Research

The Leadership website, from Pathways to School Improvement is created by the North Central Regional Education Laboratory. It includes the following topics:

• Guiding Principals: Addressing Accountability Issues
• Building a Collective Vision
• Building a Committed Team
• Establishing Collaboratives and Partnerships
• Creating High Achieving Learning Environments
• Leading and Managing Change and Improvement

Each topic includes an overview, goals, options, pitfalls, illustrative cases, contacts and references.

• Available at http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/le0cont.htm

The Educational Issues and Information section of the Saskatchewan School Trustees' Association website includes a variety of leadership-related research reports.

• Available at http://www.ssta.sk.ca/

The Role of Leadership in Sustaining School Reform: Voices From the Field (July, 1996) is a report from the U. S. Department of Education. "What 'habits of mind and heart' enable some school leaders to guide successful school change over time? Here's what dozens of successful education leaders across the country said in response to that and other questions on The Role of Leadership in Sustaining School Reform."

• Available at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Leadership/

The Leadership for Learning website from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory includes publications such as "New Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools", a listserv and other leadership resources. The "Leadership Audit Tool" is an online questionnaire regarding leadership style.

• Available at http://www.ncrel.org/cscd/index.html

The Staff Development Library: Leaders and Leadership page from the National Staff Development Council website includes a variety of articles and research reports.

• Available at http://www.nsdc.org/library/leadership.cfm

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Last modified on February 22, 2004.