Professional+Reading

Mohandas Gandhi I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. Ralph Nader Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. Vince Lombardi || //**__[|Assessing the Contribution of Distributed leadership to School Improvement and Growth in Math Achievement..pdf] __**// ||   || This paper begins to investigates the impact of shared leadership on improved student learning || (a) using deep leadership content knowledge to (b) solve complex school-based problems, while (c) building relational trust with staff, parents, and students ||
 * [[image:Leadership-Posters.jpg width="146" height="175"]] || I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
 * Many of the readings below have formed the basis of my literature reviews of different ledaership styles and capabilities of scholl and numeracy leaders. Particular emphasis was given to Vivianne Robinson's work 'The Impact of leadership on Student Outcomes: An Analysis of the Differential Effects of Leadership Types' ||
 * **// [|From Instructional Leadership to Leadership CapabilitiesEmpirical Findings and Methodological Challenges..pdf] //** ||  || A discussion that centres around research that indicates the importance of three interwoven capabilities:
 * **//[|The Impact of Leadership on Student Outcomes.pdf] //** ||  || A look at differect types of leadership and their relative impact on student outcomes ||
 * **//[|Elementary School Leadership Strategies and Subject Matter Reforming Mathematics andLiteracy Instruction.pdf]//** ||  || This paper examines how leaders who interact regularly with teachers about purposeful maths can help to improve student learning outcomes ||
 * **//[|Sinking Ships, Emerging Leadership A True Story of Sustainability (or the Lack Thereof)..pdf]//** ||  || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">A different way of looking at Sustainable educational leadership and its impact in schools ||
 * **//[|Administrative support and teacher leadership in schools implementing reform.pdf]//** ||  || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">A paper that explores how teacher leaders assist teachers improve their mathematics and science teaching ||