A Hurricane - The Latest Educational Forecast

 Are you really ever prepared for the next storm?  Even though you do not know when, where, and/or how, you are certain that it will happen?  When you least expect it, the torrential storm will strike!

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Leadership for Tomorrow

Researchers have told us many things about the skills needed by a leader of any educational institution of yesterday, however, what can we look forward to for tomorrow? Where are we as leaders heading? With the demands for accountability of schools and leaders by educational stakeholders, what do we do next in an attempt to meet these new benchmarks for success as a leader? Read more

Leadership - It is Everyone’s Business

Leadership requires learning on the job. With the willpower - and the heart - to continue, you can lead the way — Christian FuxThere are no shortages of opportunities for people to do great things. They can and they must. — Mary Beth Cahill-Phillips

Sometimes leadership becomes everyone’s business. Sometimes leadership becomes your business unexpectedly. There is a myth that exists even today that leadership is reserved only for the few. Many times the question is asked “Are leaders born or made?” Another leadership myth is that leadership is associated with the position. Leadership is not a place, it is not a gene in the body, and it is not a secret code that needs to be decoded before it can be used. Leadership does have everything to do with what we think of ourselves and the confidence that we possess. Read more

Centronics- A New Era in Leadership

Are you an effective educational leader today? Will you be an effective leader by tomorrow? Are you focused on the leadership skills needed for the 21st Century required by teachers, student, and parents? If you answered yes to the above questions, then you might be a “centronic leaders”. Read more

API of Leadership

 Authority

Leaders that are involved in making decisions, mediating conflicts, introducing change, supervising others, or any other reasonable administrative tasks should have a basis for action. In an organization such as a school, this basis is most commonly called “authority”. Authority can be defined as a right granted to a manager to make decisions within limitations to assign duties to subordinates and require others to conform to expected behaviors. This can also be considered as the authorization to get something done. Read more

Leadership Practices

Exemplary Leadership Practices

Many researchers have studied the art of leadership while attempting to find the best strategies of leadership that will provide the opportunities for success as a leader. Leadership is not about one’s personality but one’s practices. Kouzes and Posner (2002) have defined what research has described as five exemplary practices for leadership; model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the heart. Read more

Effective Leadership

Standards for Effective LeadershipAs a result of the enactment of many new federal and state laws, education today is faced with the challenge of educating all children equally. These new laws and regulations require a stronger connection between school leadership and pedagogy as states are demanding higher accountability for individual student achievement. Read more

The Nature of Leadership

The Nature of Leadership Leadership

Leadership has been defined in many ways. Fullan (1991) describes leadership as a process of persuasion. Hallinger and Heck (1998) see leadership as the process of influencing others. Leadership is also defined as a process of influence with the purpose of enabling groups and individuals to achieve goals or objectives (Sawbridge, 2000). Leadership is worth the risk because the goals extend beyond material and personal gain. In an educational setting, these risks may be aligned with teaching and student achievement.

Getting more out of life by putting more into it and putting yourself and your ideas on the line, responding effectively to the risks, and living to celebrate the meaning of your efforts can been explained as leadership (Heiftz and Linsky, 2002). Leaders, according to Fullan (1991), are generally people who do the right things. Educational leaders perform the appropriate tasks in most situations based upon their knowledge, experiences, and job responsibilities. Read more

When Is Enough - Enough?

When is enough - enough? Do you ever wonder when enough is enough? Too often, educators do not know when to say “no” when being asked to do something. Ask yourself, when is the last time that you told someone “no” when asked to do something? There is an old saying, ” If you want to get something done ask someone that is too busy.”  The idea behind this saying is that busy people will have organizational skills that will allow them to complete your requested task as well as complete the other things they need to do.

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The Cabinet without Drawers

When one thinks of a cabinet, one thinks of a place to store files, papers, supplies, unwanted items, and a place to hide clutter.  As a principal, there needs to be a place to put all of the necessary things that you cannot get rid of, because some day someone may ask for that piece of information. 

What is the Principal’s Cabinet?

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Recent Articles

• A Hurricane - The Latest Educational Forecast
• Leadership for Tomorrow
• Leadership - It is Everyone’s Business
• Centronics- A New Era in Leadership
• API of Leadership
• Leadership Practices
• Effective Leadership
• The Nature of Leadership
• When Is Enough - Enough?
• The Cabinet without Drawers