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Keys to Successful 21st Century Educational Leadership

Jazzar and Algozzine


Impact of No Child Left BehindImpact of No Child Left Behind on Leaders in Education on Leaders in Education

As No Child Left Behind continues, legislation, judicial mandates, and other

significant pressures develop, 21st century educational leaders will need to sharpen their “instructional leadership”

skills.


Mandated Punishments of Mandated Punishments of No Child Left BehindNo Child Left Behind

Parents are permitted to request transfer of students to a non-failing school at the district’s expense, if a school is failing for more than two years.

Parents of schools in failing schools may also request the school district to provide private tutoring at district expense.

If the school continues to fail Annual Yearly Progress, drastic measures are required of the staff, faculty and especially school leadership.


Impact of NCLB on Impact of NCLB on Educational LeadersEducational Leaders

Mandates of No Child Left Behind illustrate the importance of all

educational leaders becoming the very best instructional leaders.


Focus Areas for Focus Areas for Successful Educational LeadersSuccessful Educational Leaders

Focus on Instructional Focus on Instructional LeadershipLeadership

Develop Personal Instructional Develop Personal Instructional Leadership SkillsLeadership Skills

Shape the Instructional Shape the Instructional Climate and OrganizationClimate and Organization

Take Time to Celebrate Take Time to Celebrate

Provide Staff Professional Provide Staff Professional Development that Improves Development that Improves InstructionInstruction

Provide Mentoring that WorksProvide Mentoring that Works Increase Achievement with Increase Achievement with

Instructional TechnologiesInstructional Technologies Value and Expect Value and Expect

Differentiated InstructionDifferentiated Instruction


More Focus Areas for More Focus Areas for Successful Educational LeadersSuccessful Educational Leaders

Plan Purposefully Restructure Schools to

Improve Learning Use Research to inform

Instruction Honor and Welcome

Opportunities to Serve Others Provide Honest, Courageous

Leadership

Develop Learning Communities Use Teams to Boost

Achievement Enhance Your PersuasivenessEnhance Your Persuasiveness Pay Attention to Emotional SavvyPay Attention to Emotional Savvy Attract and Retain Quality Attract and Retain Quality

TeachersTeachers Promote and Develop Effective Promote and Develop Effective

PedagogiesPedagogies


Key Components for Key Components for Successful Educational Successful Educational

Leaders in the 21Leaders in the 21stst Century Century


Key Components for Key Components for Successful Educational LeadersSuccessful Educational Leaders

Focus on Instructional Leadership

And

Develop Personal Instructional Leadership Skills


Instructional LeadershipInstructional LeadershipFocus on Instructional Leadership

A. Educational Leaders Need to: Prioritize Make Decisions Demonstrate the Importance of Instructional Leadership

B. Charge Needs to be Continuous, Consistent and Highly Encouraging

Develop Personal Instructional Leadership SkillsA. Recommend that educational leaders become prolific readers of everything and keep abreast of current research, best practices, and cutting edge theories.

B. Do that little extra as an effective instructional leader to span difference between ordinary and extraordinary!


Key Components for Key Components for Successful Educational LeadersSuccessful Educational Leaders

Take Time to Celebrate Take Time to Celebrate

AndAnd

Shape the Instructional ClimateShape the Instructional Climate


Instructional Climate and Instructional Climate and OrganizationOrganization

A.A. Take Time to Celebrate Achievement Take Time to Celebrate Achievement Successful leaders instill the importance of continuous

and consistent student learning. Recognize and Celebrate Every Academic Success

B. Shape Climate and Organization B. Shape Climate and Organization Instructional Leaders can shape climate and

organization by altering their attitudes. Qualities of spirit, energy, enthusiasm and passion are

contagious.


Key Focus Areas for Key Focus Areas for Successful Educational LeadersSuccessful Educational Leaders

Provide Powerful Professional Provide Powerful Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

andand Constructive SupportConstructive Support


Professional Development and Professional Development and SupportSupport

A.A. Powerful Professional DevelopmentPowerful Professional Development Instructional leaders should provide, conduct and/or facilitate Instructional leaders should provide, conduct and/or facilitate

meaningful professional development.meaningful professional development. Instructional leaders should provide opportunities to develop Instructional leaders should provide opportunities to develop

effective teaching practices targeted at the increasing of effective teaching practices targeted at the increasing of student achievement.student achievement.

B.B. Constructive SupportConstructive Support Instructional leader and teacher must have: trust, respect, Instructional leader and teacher must have: trust, respect,

credibility and professional accord.credibility and professional accord. Educational leaders must be skilled and successful advocates Educational leaders must be skilled and successful advocates

of resources and materials to meet the needs of improved of resources and materials to meet the needs of improved instructional practices.instructional practices.



Use Teams to Boost Achievement And

Develop Learning Communities


Develop Learning Communities Develop Learning Communities and Boost Achievementand Boost Achievement

A.A. Impact of Learning CommunityImpact of Learning Community Instructional leaders will work diligently to unify staff members to Instructional leaders will work diligently to unify staff members to

improve student achievement and develop learning communities.improve student achievement and develop learning communities. Fuel and synergy of staff members working together will produce Fuel and synergy of staff members working together will produce

results.results.

B. B. Boosting AchievementBoosting Achievement The collective contributions of all individuals will are far greater than The collective contributions of all individuals will are far greater than

any single individuals effort.any single individuals effort. In order for schools to be successful, instructional leaders and In order for schools to be successful, instructional leaders and

others who lead must collaborate and lend a hand to attack others who lead must collaborate and lend a hand to attack achievement gaps, deficiencies, and social promotions.achievement gaps, deficiencies, and social promotions.



Make Student Achievement the Make Student Achievement the Major Motivator Major Motivator

and and

Keep Teachers at Center of Keep Teachers at Center of Instructional ImprovementsInstructional Improvements


Students Achievement as Motivators and Students Achievement as Motivators and Teachers at the Center of InstructionTeachers at the Center of Instruction

A.A. Student Achievement the Major MotivatorStudent Achievement the Major Motivator Successful educational leaders encourage, motivate and demand that Successful educational leaders encourage, motivate and demand that

student achievement excel.student achievement excel. Student Achievement needs to be the number one educational priority Student Achievement needs to be the number one educational priority

for students, faculty, parents and community. for students, faculty, parents and community.

B.B. Teachers, the Center of Instructional Teachers, the Center of Instructional ImprovementImprovement

Instructional leaders must work diligently and successfully in motivating Instructional leaders must work diligently and successfully in motivating teachers and providing resources to make instructional improvements teachers and providing resources to make instructional improvements possible.possible.

Only teachers themselves can change and improve instructional Only teachers themselves can change and improve instructional practices in the classroom.practices in the classroom.



Plan Purposefully Plan Purposefully

AndAnd

Restructure Schools to Improve Restructure Schools to Improve LearningLearning


Planning and RestructuringPlanning and Restructuring

A.A. Plan Purposefully Plan Purposefully Instructional leadership master plans need to be long range and consistent.Instructional leadership master plans need to be long range and consistent. Instructional leadership programs need to be comprehensively prepared and Instructional leadership programs need to be comprehensively prepared and

implemented.implemented. Four steps to accomplishing an instructional leadership plan: plan purposefully, Four steps to accomplishing an instructional leadership plan: plan purposefully,

prepare thoughtfully, proceed positively, and pursue persistently.prepare thoughtfully, proceed positively, and pursue persistently.

B.B. Restructure Schools to Improve Restructure Schools to Improve LearningLearning

If the student achievement results are unsatisfactory, it is time to If the student achievement results are unsatisfactory, it is time to change the ways and methods we have been educating students.change the ways and methods we have been educating students.

Restructuring needs to include common planning times, additional Restructuring needs to include common planning times, additional planning time, looping, smaller class sizes and smaller schools. (Lee & planning time, looping, smaller class sizes and smaller schools. (Lee & Smith, 1997)Smith, 1997)


Unleashing Instructional Unleashing Instructional Leadership PotentialLeadership Potential

Successful 21Successful 21stst century century educational leaders will need to educational leaders will need to depart from past traditions, get depart from past traditions, get out of your comfort zones and out of your comfort zones and

take risks!take risks!


Eight Keys to Unleashing Eight Keys to Unleashing Instructional Leadership PotentialInstructional Leadership Potential

Keep your eye on the tigerKeep your eye on the tiger Prioritize your missionPrioritize your mission Abandon all that is not effectiveAbandon all that is not effective Communicate – attempt to be great!Communicate – attempt to be great! Keep time on your sideKeep time on your side Empower othersEmpower others Hire a games managerHire a games manager Minimize meetingsMinimize meetings

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