Learning Resources - Leadership 4.02 4.02 Effective Leadership. Describe effective leadership. Introduction Have you ever worked with a person who was able to rally the most skeptical members of your school or district? If you look at what makes people willingly follow another person's vision, spending their own time working to implement the vision or goals, you will find the qualities of an effective leader. Read the following resources to answer this competency and you will be taking a first step in improving your leadership skills. 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: Describes effective leadership. Describes the difference between a "leader" and a "LEADER"; in your opinion and from observation describes some of the inherent things that seem to make some people "natural leaders". (We've all been around them. What makes them tick? List these along with a short elaboration.) Lists quotes from your research about these characteristics. Discusses what makes it important for a technology specialist to learn these traits, and whether they can be learned or if experience and observation is the best teacher. 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 4.02 Effective Leadership on the "Utiliz" page. Under "4.02 Effective 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. The ten commandments of effective leadership. Larry M. Source Type of resource: Article (hard copy) Source: NASPA Journal. v25 n4. p297-391 Spr. 1988. Description: A leadership primer and a tool for producing leadership introspection for leaders. Internet Society - History of the Internet Type of resource: Web site Source: http://www.isoc.org/internet-history/ Description: This site offers many articles on the history of the Internet. 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. 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. 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]