Fundamentals of Educational Leadership

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Fundamentals of Educational Leadership

• Dr. Mickey Dunaway

Class 2
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5 MinutePaired Discussion
Premise Leading a school is fundamentally
different from leading other organizations

• Left half of room take the affirmative
• Right half of the room take the negative

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Objectives and Activities
Objectives
Activities

• Review the syllabus and expectations
• Explore a leadership resource
• Explore concepts of leaders and leadership

• You expect us to do what?!
• Web activity
• Dimensions of Leadership
• The Nature of School Leadership
• Your Personal Style

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The Course General Expectations

• Mangers do things right. Leaders do the right
  things. Warren Bennis
• This is a LEADERSHIP course not a course in
  management or administration
• Practice and reflection without profound
  knowledge leads to shallow competence indeed
• Sometimes you are likely to feel pressed by the
  expectations of this semester. Pressures are
  inherent to the nature of leadership
• I am here to help you learn to actually use these
  pressures in positive ways so
• Call me email me come see me!

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The Affinity Diagram
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The Course Syllabus
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Leaders Do The Right Things

• Fast Company
• http//www.fastcompany.com/homepage/index.html
• The Nature of Leaders and Leadership
• Dimensions of Leadership
• The Nature of Educational Leadership
• A New Structure for School Leadership
• Your Personal Style
• The DiSC Profile

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Fast Company Internet Activity

• Go to www.fastcompany.com
• Explore the general site for five minutes
• For five minutes, ID an area that might be useful
  to you, read a little more, and be ready to share
  with group
• On the site
• Find the NEWSLETTERS section on the left
• Choose Fast Take and First Impressions
• Enter your email address in the yellow box
• Click Submit button
• Share your impressions with the class

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For Next Week

• Re-read Richard Elmore article
• Read Chapter 5 in Lunenburg
• Google the following phrases, peruse several
  related sites that and, be ready to talk about
  what you found
• Peter Senge and Mental Models
• Best-of-Class Mental Model
• Conscious Competency
• Deming and Profound Knowledge
• Kaizen and Quality

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A Quote to Ponder ...
Dream Big Plan Well Act Boldly!
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