Discussions
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First Discussion - Goals of Lean Hub
I thought I would start a discussion thread on the some ideas/goals of using LearnHub. I have been recently involved with a Grant through our local BOCES ...
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Sungard? Banner? perhaps
Hi All. If you haven’t already taken a look at the Banner suite of products from Sungard now might be the time. We use them for a number of our applica...
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Truth or Varnished Truth
Before responding to the guiding questions listed below, please refer to LESSON 12 “The Horns of Dilemmas of School Leaders” Read the summary fir...
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Balancing Personal Life with Professional Life
Once you accept a position of school leadership—have you become public property?( Goodwin 2005:312). The pressure on school leaders to balance personal...
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Idealistic vs. Realistic Leadership Decisions
Leadership training courses such as Ontario’s Principal’s Qualification Program focus on idealistic values and problem solving methods (ex. succe...
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Are educational leaders colour blind to issues of race and diversity?
In the past ten years within the GTA, the number of immigrants moving into the region has impacted the educational system. This migration of new immigrants ...
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Professional Learning Communites—From Private to Public
When reading The Learning Leader by Douglas Reeves, this discussion hit home. One of the most widespread reform efforts in education throughout the world is ...
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EDU 615
Intentional Leadership
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Character Education in Schools
I finished reading Stephen Cove’s book “The Leader in Me” a couple of weeks ago. This book was about taking the 7 Habits if Highly Effect...
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Good to Great
Jim Collins, a form faculty member at the Stanford University Graduate School of business has done much research to determine what makes some organizations g...
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Does gender play a role when a leader is being evaluated for effectiveness?
After many hours of discussion with both men and women. observation in the workplace and the reading of, particularly autobiographies (Katharine Graham’...
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Test
This is just a test…. Thanks. Daniela
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Leading and Managing Change and Improvement within Schools
Managing school change and improvement is one of the most complex tasks of school leadership. As Fullan (1993), Sparks (1993), and others point out, school l...
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Are we, as teachers, obliged to provide extra-curricular activities?
There is no doubt I remember my basketball tournaments and band concerts more readily than my physics class and grammar lessons. I’m not sure where I ...
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Invitational Leadership
One model of leadership that I find interesting is invitational leadership (Purkey and Seigel 2000). The principle concepts of invitational leadership are t...
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Facilitating Change In A Safe Environment.
Many teachers have had the opportunity to participate in Professional Learning Communities this year. While some teachers have been comfortable, many have fe...
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Leading an Aging Workforce
The education workforce is aging. In our Board, the average age of a teacher is 45 years plus. I think we all recognize that there are individuals who have...
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Unions - A delicate topic
During my first staff meeting as a new teacher at my first school, I was surprised to see the Principal leave when it was time for our Union Rep to speak abo...
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Guarded Language and School Administration
I’m tired of administrator talk. I understand the need for administrators to be guarded in speaking to students, parents, staff and other admin, so th...
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Culture and Inspiration
There is a definate belief in education that students who have goals, hopes and dreams have a better chance for success than those that do not. It is an ide...
