ICT leadership descriptors

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ICT leadership descriptors

• What kind of principal are you?

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Equitable provider

• Principal as an individual who is the source of
  the school ICT resources.
• Principal provides access to the ICT for all
  teachers and learners.
• Principal secures the technical support to keep
  the ICT infrastructure robust.

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Learning-focussed visionary

• Principal as an individual who is the "keeper of
  the school ICT vision.
• Principal maintains learning as a focus of ICT
  decision making.
• Principal maintains a balanced perspective so
  that the changing nature of ICT does not "quickly
  overwhelm teachers."

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Adventurer

• Principal as an individual who demonstrates a
  desire to be an ICT learner along with teachers
  and learners.
• Principal is willing to experiment with new
  technologies and learning strategies.
• Principal is an innovative educator - a principal
  "on the edge of knowledge" regarding ICT and
  learning.

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Teacher supporter

• Principal as an individual who is "close to the
  classroom" and who is willing to teach learners,
  teachers and parents.
• Principal is non-judgmental when teachers request
  assistance to learn ICT.
• Principal encourages teachers to participate in
  appropriate ICT professional development
  activities.

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Enabler

• Principal as an individual who creates learning
  opportunities for teachers and learners.
• Principal is willing to "remove roadblocks" - to
  make things possible
• Principal advocates ICT as a learning tool and is
  willing to defend the school ICT vision when it
  is challenged.

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Supervisor

• Principal as an individual who ensures that
  teachers and learners are using the ICT according
  to the provincial/national vision.
• Principal providing close supervision of
  teachers.
• The principal understands the individual
  strengths and weaknesses of teachers and learners
  in order to "help them grow."

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Reference

• Adapted from
• Leading, Learning, and Thinking with Information
  and Communication Technology (ICT) Images of
  Principals' ICT Leadership Research
  SummaryDianne Yee, Ph.D. September 27,
  1999http//www.soe.waikato.ac.nz/elc/research/yee
  .html