Learning Resources - Leadership 4.01 4.01 Define Leadership. Create an expanded definition of Leadership. Introduction What is leadership? Is there a difference between leadership and management? To be an effective technology specialist you must be able to answer these and other questions related to leadership. Your Job: Use the details provided below to create a product that addresses and demonstrates mastery of this competency. Use the stepwise process listed under Your Portfolio to display the completed product in your ITSC portfolio. Product Details: Within INSYS 462, create a product that: Defines Leadership Describes the difference between traditional views of leadership and more current views. Identifies and defines Leadership roles. Provides a rationale for the importance of the Leadership roles identified. Discusses the Leadership skills necessary for the roles that you have identified. Incorporates quotes about Leadership to help support your position. Your Portfolio: FTP your completed product for this competency to the "4leader" folder within the web-based portfolio template provided. Click here to view the "Utiliz" page in the portfolio template. Download the "Utiliz" page from your ftp folder. Locate 4.01 Define Leadership on the "Utiliz" page. Under "4.01 Define Leadership" locate this sentence..."To view the evidence that I offer for this competency, please click here." Link the word "here" to your product. Delete the old "Utiliz" page in your ftp folder. Upload your revised "Utiliz" page. Submit the URL for your completed product in the student database.   Related Resources: The Delaware Administrator Standards Type of resource: Web site Source: http://www.doe.state.de.us/dpiservices/Admin_Standards.htm Description: The Delaware Administrator Standards have been influenced by the Standards for School Leaders, prepared by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC). The Delaware Administrator Standards, apply to all educational administrators requiring state licensure to practice. While actual leadership roles and contexts vary throughout the State, the Advisory Committee believes that these Standards reflect what educational administrators need to know and be able to do regardless of specific job responsibilities. The performances described in these Standards reflect active, focused leaders who apply leadership skills to build learning communities on behalf of students. Leadership in instructional technology. Mathew M. Mauer & George S. Davidson. Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Upper Saddle River, N.J. Merrill, c1998. Description: Constructivist and developmentally appropriate learning theories are the underpinnings of this engaging book. After reading this book, principals, teachers, and technology specialists can not help to "step out of the box" and view teaching and technology in a new light. Issues covered: planning, funding, leadership, staff development, shared goals, censorship, and software evaluation. Educational Leadership in the Age of Technology: The New Skills. Kearsley, Greg; Lynch, William Type of resource: Article (hard copy) Source: Journal of Research on Computing in Education; v25 n1 p50-60 Fall 1992. Eric No. EJ454701 Description: Analyzes the concept of educational technology leadership and how it differs from leadership in general. Educational technology, leadership perspectives. Greg Kearsley & William Lynch, editors. Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Englewood Cliff, NJ. Educational Technology Publications, 1994. Description: Chapter one of this book provides an excellent review of leadership issues. Handbook for effective department leadership, concepts, and practices in today's secondary schools. 2nd edition. Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Sergiovanni, Thomas J. Boston, Allyn and Bacon, Publishers 1984. Description: Technology Specialist will find many useful resources in this handbook. The first chapter covers leadership issues related to this competency. In addition, there are worksheets and guidelines for evaluating instructional materials with respect to gender and cultural issues. Providing Technology Leadership for Restructured Schools. Type of resource: Article (hard copy) Source: "Thomas, Lajeane G.; Knezek, Don"; "Journal of Research on Computing in Education; v24 n2 p265-79 Win 1991" Description: Leaders in professional education and technology were invited to envision the role of technology in restructuring schools and to suggest experiences designed to prepare educational administrators for technology leadership. The principal: creative leadership for effective schools. Ubben, Gerald C. & Larry W. Hughes. 2nd edition. Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1992. Description: Chapter one introduces many different perspectives on leadership and how they relate to education. The essence of leadership: the four keys to leading successfully / Edwin A. Locke ; with Shelley Kirkpatrick ... [et al.]. Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: New York. New York: Lexington Books, 1991. Description: While this book is written for business organizations, it offers an excellent introduction to leadership concepts that can benefit anyone. Chapter one discusses the nature of leadership, and chapter two, the motives and traits of leadership. Chapter four relates to competency 4.05, and discusses vision. Leadership for the Schoolhouse Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Thomas J. Sergiovanni, 1996. Josey-Bass Inc. Publishers, 350m Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 94104. Description: This book provides an alternative to traditional school leadership theories. Leadership expert, Thomas Sergiovanni, writes in his latest book, "Leadership for the Schoolhouse", that leadership theories developed for corporations may not be good leadership for social enterprises such as schools. In this book, existing theories of leadership are explained, and examples of how they are not appropriate for schools are given. Finally, a new framework for school leadership is developed. [Competencies Home Page] [ITSC Home Page]